Oakland Underfoot

4011 Allendale Avenue

Every other F. Roberts mark in this neighborhood—and there are lots of them—is from 1923.

2700 High Street

4002 Patterson Avenue

I hope Cornman and company have good memories of ol’ Pig-Pig.

Drake Lane

I include this mark just so you know I really do check every street in person, both sides.

3618 Virden Avenue

A. G. Moniz collaborated with several different people over the years. I think I like this mark the best of them, although the Moniz & Moniz mark is also pretty wonderful, as is the rare Andrade & Moniz mark. I’ve documented a “Johnson Moniz” mark from 1941 that was hand-drawn.

Patterson Avenue at Harbor View Avenue

This abbreviated version of the Hutchinson Co. mark is new to me. It’s right across the street from the mark I showed yesterday. Not many companies did this; the only other one that comes to mind is A. Nilsson.

4088 Patterson Avenue

This is several years after the other Hutchinson Co. marks I’ve seen, and a quite different configuration.