Oakland Underfoot

1250 E. 34th Street

There are a pair of these at this address. Both of them are much better preserved than the one I documented earlier, except for the date, which required extreme scrutiny.

800 block E. 24th Street

Flener is a familiar name on Oakland streets, but I haven’t seen a Griffin of any sort before. This mark gives a date, an anchor in time, for E. Flener.

1008 Bayview Avenue

817 E. 24th Street

R. G. Montgomery is a new one for me, although he may be the guy in Andersen & Montgomery.

1221 E. 34th Street

I have another Geo. Thomas mark from this year, but it includes the phone number whereas this one doesn’t.

900 Bayview Avenue

9th Avenue at E. 24th Street

I can’t make out the name of this maker, but Ken’s comment helps me see “Ransome” at the bottom in the full-size image. (I originally thought it said Oakland.) This mark is also noteworthy for being the oldest barrel-shaped mark I’ve found. No one else used this shape, as far as I can tell, until J. H. Fitzmaurice adopted it in 1926, and after that no one used it until 1940.