444 24th Street
I’ve only found three J & A marks, and the other two are gone, so I went back and photographed this one today.
Archive for the ‘ Undated examples’ Category
Jacobs and Pattiani
27 March 20262025 – Cooper Construction & Engineering
30 August 2025
1960 Adeline Street
The stamp isn’t dated, but the work was still wet.
Cooper Construction & Engineering is a small family firm headquartered in Oakland.
A. Dinelli & Sons
28 February 2025
2305 Ward Street, Berkeley
I have a dated stamp from this firm, but here they left their mark in both lanes of the driveway too; more visible in the full 1000-pixel image.
Sidewalk maker: J. H. Green
6 July 2023
3017 College Avenue, Berkeley
Jesse H. (Pappy) Green lived and worked in Berkeley; he’s listed in the directories from 1923 to 1938. He was born in Sacramento in 1883 and died in 1969 at his ranch at Lake Berryessa.
This is a different configuration of the J. H. Green mark than the two examples (dated 1929 and 1930) I have from Oakland.
A. Nelson
11 April 2023
5465 Lawton Avenue
Unlike the other examples of marks by A. (Albert) Nelson, which are hand-drawn, this one was made with a stamp. Interestingly, the periods after “A” and “Nelson” are triangles.
Also unlike the other examples, this one has no date. There are no cement workers named “A. Nelson” listed in the city directories of 1927 to 1937, so he may have lived elsewhere.
My thanks to Ken for spotting this. I surveyed this area early during my great quest, and my eye was less sharp than now. The area is so rich in stamps that I ought to survey it again.
J. A. Feeley
4 March 2023
Ambo Concrete
11 June 2022
3798 Harrison Street
Ambo Concrete was an outfit run by Sam Sposeto, who may have been related to Angelo Sposeto. I have Ambo marks from two dates, 1976 and 1979. This mark could be any age. I assume W. S. Wayne worked for Ambo.
Oakland Underfoot 