1357 63rd Avenue
I’ve surveyed the whole area around Abreu’s address and didn’t see his mark there. Always fun to find a new name in the Oakland sidewalk scene.
Archive for the ‘ Undated marks’ Category
J. Abreu & Son
21 June 2014E. M. Hylt
27 May 2014
3688 Lily Street
A mark like this demands a Talmudic attention to font design. Is the obstructed first letter an E or an F? I was ready to guess F, but the 1911 Husted’s Directory for Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley has a listing for Eric M. Hylt, laborer, residing at 25 Franklin Avenue, which later became 39th Avenue. The 1922 directory lists him at 3732 39th Avenue, presumably the same house. The 1909 directory lists him as “cementwkr.” He wasn’t in the 1907 or 1910 directory.
This is his only surviving mark in Oakland.
(Manuel) Rose
4 May 2014
C. A. Peterson
3 May 2014
3914 Maybelle Avenue
You might call this a “type” mark from C. A. Peterson, whose business address was right next door. There are several others near here, all of them beautifully made.
Mackenzie & Lundberg
2 May 2014
4221 Masterson Street
Interesting; I know Mackenzie from the 1950s, not the 1920s. Was it an elder Mackenzie? And what about Lundberg?
Manuel Rose
11 April 2014
3722 38th Avenue
There are a bunch of these here, all of them better than the previous example I used for this so-far-undated mark.
Paul Mara
9 April 2014
3825 Harbor View Avenue
A faint mark, with some hesitant attempts at style.
Oakland Underfoot 