1938 – Ed Doty (straight mark)

24 February 2014

1938hhh

3048 Wisconsin Street

Ed Doty changed to a curved mark after 1936, but I’ve seen a handful of dated marks from later years where he used the old straight text instead.

1938 – S. DeGuarda

23 February 2014

1938ggg

3287 Arizona Street

I believe that this very nice mark by Salvatore De Guarda is hand-drawn. Here’s another configuration from the same year.

1933 – Frank Salamid

21 February 2014

1933zz

3325 Florida Street

As always, I feature nearly every Frank Salamid mark because its configuration is unique, even within a given year.

1928 – Cunningham & Gunter

20 February 2014

1928zzz

Laurel Avenue at Sylvan Avenue

Here’s another mark that Nancy alerted us to back in 2012. Dated marks by Cunningham & Gunter are rare as hen’s teeth.

1924 – R. P. Smilie

19 February 2014

1924mm

3719 Laurel Avenue

Hard to read, but definitely another rare example of R. P. Smilie’s work. My other example from 1924 is configured differently.

1924 – F. W. Metge

18 February 2014

1924ll

3212 Laurel Avenue

Here’s another mark that Nancy made note of in 2012. It was a pleasure to find it myself, and I hope it lasts many more years.

1915 – P. Mathiesen

17 February 2014

1915v

3286 California Street

Had to feel this one out with my fingers to be sure of the date.