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.
[Now moved from a combination post into its own post]
1923 – N. J. Lindstrom
16 June 2023U.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
A. Nelson
11 April 2023
5465 Lawton Avenue
Unlike the other examples of marks by A. (Albert) Nelson, which are hand-drawn, this one was made with a stamp. Interestingly, the periods after “A” and “Nelson” are triangles.
Also unlike the other examples, this one has no date. There are no cement workers named “A. Nelson” listed in the city directories of 1927 to 1937, so he may have lived elsewhere.
My thanks to Ken for spotting this. I surveyed this area early during my great quest, and my eye was less sharp than now. The area is so rich in stamps that I ought to survey it again.
1931 – N. MacLeod
30 March 2023
1603 18th Street
This must be the same guy who was N. McLeod in 1930 and N. MacLeod later in 1931, but this stamp includes the full year and spells the name N dot MAC dot LEOD for some reason. In any case, he may or may not be Norman McLeod of Spruce Street, Oakland.
