450 24th Street
Battered but handsome. I’m a sucker for the small caps in the word “and.” Hope I find more from this maker. See my profile here.
Jacobs and Pattiani
9 November 2010Duffin Concrete
8 November 2010
26th Street at Telegraph Avenue
I assume this is L. B. Duffin, whose other marks show no city.
C & D Paving & Const. Co.
7 November 2010
372 24th Street
F. H. Austin
6 November 2010
425 25th Street
This must be Fred H. Austin, whose elaborate escutcheons date from 1912-1913. Those marks show the address 2328 14th Avenue.
J. H. Fitzmaurice (IV)
5 November 2010
6142 Acacia Avenue
I am guessing, just on the basis of style, that this Fitzmaurice mark is of more recent vintage than the typical one. It’s the first one I’ve noticed. Oddly, the address is an empty lot left over from the 1991 fire. I’m guessing that the owner didn’t chip in when the sidewalks were repaved afterward.
1975 – Hess
4 November 2010
6336 Contra Costa Road
I will assume for the moment that this is an amateur mark, but I’ve done that and been wrong.
1935 – V. Di Zillo
3 November 2010
6000 Acacia Avenue
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