Oakland Underfoot

2808 Monticello Avenue

Finally I’ve found a dated mark by M. A. Lopes, who may or may not be related to the later Frank Lopes. I think of him as Lopes the Elder.

71st Avenue at International Boulevard

Frank’s signature suggests to me that he knew his way around wet concrete, but until now I hadn’t seen his work.

726 70th Avenue

One day, Fran patched her front sidewalk. It’s held up for 45 years and counting.

6234 Harmon Avenue

Right across the driveway from yesterday’s mark by M. Dias is this one by (presumably) his partner on the job, Texeira.

6234 Harmon Avenue

This mark pushes M. Dias’ dates later than ever.

6200 E. 16th Street

6616 Eastlawn Street

This mark is so huge that I couldn’t capture it all. (My ancient #1 camera can only shoot closeups now.) Even my other camera couldn’t get it all, but it caught most of it. Click to see a 1000-pixel version. There must be a story behind Joe’s Traveling Market.