2001 – Martin

8 January 2015

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7206 Favor Street

This street runs parallel to Orral, so in my head I think of it as “Fah-VOR.” But maybe Orral isn’t “Or-RAL” either.

1965 – A. G. Moniz

7 January 2015

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7115 Weld Street

This extends Moniz’s wonderful scroll well into the 1960s.

1960 – C. Valenzuela

6 January 2015

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7006 Arthur Road

Looks almost as good as the day it was laid, and far superior to my previous example from this year.

1953 – A1 Con / J. J. Silva

5 January 2015

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7120 Weld Street

Some marks I despair of ever finding a dated example. Things like this are what keep me looking at every one, just in case.

1949 – Hiawatha

4 January 2015

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2801 Broadway

I’ve passed this a million times and finally had a camera with me.

1930 – Ed Doty

3 January 2015

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Orral Street at 70th Avenue

I thought I’d seen all the variety to be found in Ed Doty’s marks, but here it looks like for a short time in 1930 he posted the month and day as well as the year.

1925 – E. Smith

2 January 2015

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7121 Orral Street