1050 Warfield Avenue
1936 – Carl T. Petersen
31 July 20111932 – W. M. Sharp
30 July 2011
883 Athens Avenue
This is a half-charming, half-desolate street in West Oakland with a lot of old sidewalk and Victorian homes. A lot of the dates are hard to read, though.
1929 – A. Angelo
29 July 2011
806 27th Street
There are three marks on this property and all of them are weird in different ways, but as an ensemble they clearly date from 1929.
1926 – Douglas & Wolfe
28 July 2011
594 Kenmore Avenue
A new earliest date for the Douglas & Wolfe mark.
1915 – Lena & Helling Makers
27 July 2011
819 Athens Avenue
I wish I could read the right side of this mark. For now I will assume that Lena is N. Lena, whose earliest mark I have is from 1920.
2011 – Rosas Brothers
26 July 2011
636 59th Street
Good old Rosas Bros. patched this whole block, putting dates on each bit. I’d hate to think that they are the only outfit left doing this, but I’m glad someone is carrying on the tradition.
1997 – SLAPAR
25 July 2011
498 Fairbanks Avenue
We’ll see if this guy turns up again somewhere.
