1935 – W. O. Nelson

15 October 2012

1935

4017 Balfour Avenue

1932 – J. H. Fitzmaurice (II)

14 October 2012

1932

4152 Balfour Avenue

There are about ten of these on this block, which probably constitutes a unique set of dated Fitzmaurice marks. All but this one have nice hand-drawn dates in an antique hand.

1932 – R. Appleby

13 October 2012

1932

733 Walavista Avenue

Piedmont Paving Co.

12 October 2012

Lakeshore Avenue at Walavista Avenue

The Piedmont Paving Company was founded in 1893 to operate the quarry in the Davie Tennis Stadium, which was originally the home of the Alameda Macadamizing Company quarry, upon the death of that company’s partner Hugh Slicer. Its offices were downtown in the Union Savings Bank Building. It remained in business into the 20th century.

Its sidewalk stamps are quite rare, and undated.

Holbrook Concrete

11 October 2012

holbrook

724 Mountain Boulevard

1974 – Chris S.

10 October 2012

1974

2328 19th Avenue

If dates from the 1970s weren’t so scarce I might have let this one go.

1970 – Geo. Jardin

9 October 2012

1970

2428 19th Avenue