Oakland Underfoot

3525 Hageman Avenue

W. Brill has a spotty record. Until I saw this mark, I didn’t know he practiced at all in the 1950s. If you follow his mark through the years, you can watch it get simpler until it reached this state.

3768 Allendale Avenue

The bulk of the Allendale sidewalks were laid down by the Hutchinson company around 1920, but driveways and other patches presented opportunities for later contractors. This is my earliest mark for C. A. Heldt.

2817 Short Street

L. Scaramelli’s mid-period marks are precious for their hand-lettered dates.

2817 Short Street

G. Pool followed in the footsteps of W. Pool (his father?) in this neighborhood.

2816 Viola Street

F. E. Flaherty abandoned this racetrack-format mark in the mid-1930s. That is to say, the latest example I have is from 1934.

2825 Viola Street

This is the third of three W. Pool marks I found around Allendale.

2900 Viola Street

Here’s another specimen from W. Pool. I wonder if he lived nearby.