6310 Camden Street
1932 – Doyle & Sons
22 December 20141929 – J. Rodrigues
21 December 2014
6733 Foothill Boulevard
I like this mark a lot—one, because it’s crisp and uses red concrete, and two, because it documents Rodrigues at both addresses (7221 Orral Street and 1619 73rd Avenue) in the same year.
1928 – T. A. Ryan
20 December 2014
2967 68th Avenue
1924 – Lindholm (Mike) and Carlson (George)
19 December 2014
3231 63rd Avenue
I have the feeling that these were two fun guys.
M. B. Wiggins
18 December 2014
2709 60th Avenue
I have dated examples of M. B. Wiggins’ marks, but there are several on this block in which the space where he wrote the date instead had the letters “OAK.” I didn’t see a date nearby, so I can’t say where these fit in his chronology.
1952 – Lee Railsbach (Railsback)
17 December 2014
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.
1952 – J. H. Fitzmaurice (V)
16 December 2014
61st Avenue at Foothill Boulevard
This is huge—the first date I’ve found for this configuration of the Fitzmaurice mark.
Oakland Underfoot 