Oakland Underfoot

1715 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda

I have only a single dated example of Testa’s work from Oakland.

702 Solano Avenue, Albany

I have only a single Lee J. Immel mark from Oakland, which I think is older than this one.

2016 103rd Avenue

Pat Ryan must have been a professional, because the work is excellent, but I haven’t seen the name before.

9241 Sunnyside Street

Larry Frye marks are scattered and scarce.

2627 60th Avenue

Very interesting: besides being the first hand-drawn mark I’ve found by Hayward contractor Lee Railsback, this sprawling example in a driveway shows that he signed his name Railsbach. Also note the “Greek E’s” he used.

61st Avenue at Foothill Boulevard

This is huge—the first date I’ve found for this configuration of the Fitzmaurice mark.

5420 Ygnacio Avenue

My first Frank Brown mark from the 1950s.