1937 – F. E. Flaherty

4 August 2014

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1447 Seminary Avenue

This beat-up mark pushes F. E. Flaherty’s original racetrack mark forward three more years.

1931 – C. L. Rogers

3 August 2014

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6122 Bromley Avenue

This replaces my previous example, which was pretty faint.

1914 – The Oakland Paving Co.

2 August 2014

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East 16th Street at 61st Avenue

Very few of these in East Oakland; lots of them in the College/Piedmont area.

1914 – A. H. Kopperud

1 August 2014

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2411 Seminary Avenue

This mark is a few days earlier than the Kopperud mark with the palindromic date.

1914 – Avelar & Co.

31 July 2014

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2419 Seminary Avenue

There are a bunch of those all along Seminary between International and Foothill Boulevards. This is the best of them.

1912 – Fred H. Austin

30 July 2014

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1947 Seminary Avenue

I’ve found two configurations of the 1912 Fred Austin mark; this is the more common one (the other has a curving date). It’s missing the outline because it apparently wasn’t pressed down as hard as usual.

G. W. Melvin

29 July 2014

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2130 51st Avenue

I look forward to finding dated examples from Mr. Melvin.