1907 – C. J. Lindgren

1 December 2022

2415 Prince Street, Berkeley

Charles J. Lindgren was active in the 1900s decade. I can’t find out much about him, but his son Charles Jr. appears to have continued in the contracting business. There is this alarming item from 1908 about him getting in a fist fight on a Berkeley streetcar.

W. D. Perine

17 November 2022

2026 12th Avenue

This is right by its former mate at the corner of E. 20th Street and 12th Avenue, which is now gone.

1935 – Reichel & Bredhoff

15 November 2022

111 Requa Road, Piedmont

The Reichel & Bredhoff firm left dates from 1921 to 1951, but I’m still missing a half-dozen years. So it was a pleasure to spot this one recently.

1949 – Chas Somers & Sons

8 November 2022

425 28th Street

This is actually at the back side of the Humanist Hall property. The date is so faint, and the trash from the oak trees so thick, that I never saw it before.

1907 – Peterson & Adler

5 November 2022

1808 Fairview Street, Berkeley

1905 – C. B. Burnham

23 October 2022

3138 California Street, Berkeley

Lovely to collect more C. B. Burnham stamps.

1951 – Troy Wilson

4 October 2022

1417 Fairview Street, Berkeley