This makes the 12th corner I’ve documented with names stamped in the concrete. Notice that while the street signs on 4th Street spell it “4th,” this says “Fourth.”
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Corners: Alice and Fourth Streets
16 June 20231995 – J.R.’s Landscaping
16 June 2023
202 Webster Street
It’s no surprise I missed this one before. Presumably I decided it was indecipherable, but that isn’t true.
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1923 – N. J. Lindstrom
16 June 2023
722 Washington Street
At this time N. J. Lindstrom was using both this straight mark and a racetrack mark. That tiny little “S” also appears in his mark from 1922.
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U.S. Sprint
15 June 2023
5659 Snake Road
These are everywhere, of course.
1909 – Burnham Co.
3 June 2023
3018 College Avenue, Berkeley
Oakland contains C. B. Burnham marks only from 1908, so it’s nice to expand the firm’s record a bit.
1948 – T. J. Garvey
2 June 2023
2338 Telegraph Avenue
Giving this mark its own post. I originally had it as part of a post with other stuff.
1998 – Apodaca & Huelga
9 May 2023
1300 Park Street, Alameda
Oakland Underfoot 