722 Jean Street
This obscure mark is near the Morcom Rose Garden. As I was photographing it I thought it said “C. Donovan,” but now I see that it’s Monohan, an uncommon spelling of Monahan. The initial could be G rather than C, but only another example will help.
(Since I first posted this, I’ve revisited in better light. That’s what this photo shows now.)
494 Boulevard Way
Whitmore was one of the Fruitvale people, which puts him back around 1920, I think.
5361 Golden Gate Avenue
Castro Valley is a long way from Broadway Terrace. Perhaps I’ll find more as I push into East Oakland.
674 28th Street
I’ve collected this date before, but this is a much better example.
5000 Golden Gate Avenue
This is the first Fitzmaurice mark of this kind—the barrel shape—that I’ve found with a date. I’ve found another 1931 Fitzmaurice mark, but that one is the arched-text design. Two others of that configuration date from 1933 and 1934. Therefore it seems that the barrel came second, after the escutcheon and before the arched text, which in turn was before today’s barrel design. If that result holds up, I’ll have to redesignate the order of this mark, which up to now I’d considered the third, not the second Fitzmaurice mark.
5268 Golden Gate Avenue
This mark clearly displays the bottom row, making it obvious that AND-1661 was a phone number. It’s odd that Poblitz didn’t consider the last four digits permanent.
601 23rd Street
Unlike the Geo. Thomas marks from the 1930s, this one does not include the phone number.
