1953 – Andrade

19 December 2011

1953

1660 35th Avenue

1951 – Frank Cizek

18 December 2011

1951

1748 35th Avenue

I haven’t sighted a Frank Cizek mark in quite a while.

1947 – C. A. Heldt

17 December 2011

1947

1709 35th Avenue

C. A. Heldt is a new maker for me.

1945 – C. Valenzuela

16 December 2011

1945

3505 E. 16th Street

A very nice date from C. Valenzuela using all four digits.

1930 – J. Widel

15 December 2011

1930

3500 block E. 15th Street

I have two similar marks, one “J. Widel” from 1931 and the other “J. Widell” from 1959.

2011 – HB

14 December 2011

2011

Glascock Street at Peterson Street

This curb-cut mark is conceivably by HB Parkco, of Hayward, in connection with the revamping of Glascock and construction of the new waterfront walkway. Whatever—I’m always glad to see a mark from the current year.

1986 – Davis & Sons Inc.

13 December 2011

1986

707 37th Avenue

This forlorn little block, where you take your electronics recycling, has a pristine version of the 1986 Davis mark I’ve documented previously. In fact, it differs from the other in having two dots flanking the date.