Oakland Underfoot

5549 Manila Avenue

356 41st Street

Conti used the same lozenge, or stylized pavement square, as A Salamid. I’ve only seen a couple of Conti marks, whereas A Salamid is everywhere.

339 41st Street

I’ve retraced a few blocks that I covered some months ago, collecting even the obscure and understated marks like this J. Bowen guy.

4279 Montgomery Street

4452 Montgomery Streeet

This is a different, fancier Hal Bennett mark. The space in the middle looks like it could hold a date, so if I find any more of these I’ll be looking.

5379 Bryant Avenue

Since I posted this I’ve found a dated A. Soda mark, but this one is pretty definitive.

4161 Emerald Street

I think the marketing ploy by which people name their businesses to be listed first in the phone book must date from the 1950s or so. Other than that I have no clue how old this mark is.