1938 – J. C. James

4 September 2013

1938ccc

Salisbury Street at 35th Avenue

A new name for me.

1937 – Johns & Son

3 September 2013

1937www

3881 Fruitvale Avenue

I’ve come across this signature before and never quite trusted it, but this great big example, one of two on this driveway, leave no doubt that it was Johns & Son.

1937 – Dante Del Vigna

2 September 2013

1937vvv

4060 Harding Way

Dante Del Vigna did a bunch of the properties on this block, mostly in 1938.

1932 – J. Widel

1 September 2013

1932bbb

4076 Waterhouse Road

I’m a sucker for the pretty old-style script some of these guys used.

1931 – Rasmussen Co.

31 August 2013

1931ppp

3858 Fruitvale Avenue

Uppermost Fruitvale is full of stamps.

1930 – Paul Mortensen

30 August 2013

1930aaa

3991 Waterhouse Road

Faint but unmistakable.

1930 – N. Lena

29 August 2013

1930zz

3951 Lyman Road