10100 Dante Avenue
Good old Arthur Moniz.
Archive for the ‘1954’ Category
1954 – A. G. Moniz
21 November 20151954 – F. D. Testa
27 October 2015
2024 101st Avenue
A handsome mark from a name new to me. In the middle of the driveway is the word “QUEEN” with another word below it, obscured.
1954 – Lee Railsback
1 July 2015
8809 Olive Street
Another rare date from the elusive Mr. Railsback.
Other dated things: EBMUD lid
20 May 2015
3718 Patterson Avenue
When I first noticed that some of the old EBMUD water-meter covers had dates, I freaked out for a while because I’d already covered half of Oakland. Then I decided to let someone else claim that obsession. You like these? They’re all yours.
Meanwhile, I’ve documented some more sidewalk stamps, so let’s resume.
1954 – Cragun & Cragun
24 December 2014
Bancroft Road at 68th Avenue
This is in the middle of Bancroft, on the median at the crosswalk.
First there was Cal Cragun, starting in the 1930s. Then, starting in 1940, there was Cragun & Cragun, whose marks were simply a double-stamp of Cal’s mark. I’ve found examples up to 1947. Then there is this lovely new custom stamp, sign of a thriving business. So why have I only found a single example in two-thirds of Oakland? I think it must be because they were headquartered farther south somewhere.
The date of this mark is a conundrum. I think the original mark reads 1954, but this must have been emplaced in a later year—I just can’t tell what year.
1954 – G. Tribuzio
17 December 2013
3745 Rhoda Avenue
This pushes G. Tribuzio still further into the 1950s. Note the partially obliterated part of the mark. He was using the full version as late as 1936 with his address, 425 Market Street.
1954 – A. J. Ferrero
5 December 2013
3546 Mangels Avenue
Oakland Underfoot 