2011 – Andes

16 August 2011

59th Street at Genoa Street

There are a bunch of these in the area. It looks like Andes Construction Co. is really in the business of fixing old sewer lines, but they do the concrete afterward too. They’re in Oakland in a funky part of the Melrose neighborhood, doing well by all appearances.

1938 – Lovisone

15 August 2011

1938

815 Arlington Avenue

With this mark I’ve documented Lovisone between 1928 and 1938.

1935 – J. Bowen

14 August 2011

1935

866 Aileen Street

This driveway was hand-textured as well as hand-marked by J. Bowen, in a nice piece of work.

1929 – Hutchinson

13 August 2011

1929

813 57th Street

Notice that the maker had to press a “2” into service as an “S,” but he still blew it. In fact, I’m not too sure about the “C” either. Things like this make me wonder exactly how some of these marks were produced.

1928 – Frank Salamid

12 August 2011

1928

832 Aileen Street

Nice to see old Frank Salamid again. For some reason, the places I’ve surveyed didn’t have any of his marks.

1927 – Aaron Dahlquist

11 August 2011

1927

887 57th Street

A classic Aaron Dahlquist mark.

1926 – L. M. Williams

10 August 2011

1926

812 57th Street