1924 – Geo. D. Prentice

26 July 2009

1924

3903 Ruby Street

1924 – Bua & Roberts

25 July 2009

1924

79 West 10th Street

I can’t make out the first character, but Lincoln Cushing’s catalog makes it clear. Across the top it reads “BUA & ROBERTS” and across the bottom it says “254 BACON BLDG”. The Bacon Building was on Broadway between 11th and 12th Streets.

1923 – W. E. Ensor

24 July 2009

1923

458 38th Street

1916 – P. Lauridsen

23 July 2009

1916

300 block 26th Street, east of Broadway

1912 – J. Andersen

22 July 2009

1912

3618 Telegraph Avenue

Most of Telegraph Avenue is paved in big swatches by anonymous contractors, but this little stretch is a patchwork of old pavement.

The Oakland Paving Co.

21 July 2009

oakland paving

489 36th Street

There are several of these on this block. The words are in a trapezoid instead of the familiar triangle, and there were no dates associated with them.

J. E. McCaffrey

20 July 2009

mccaffrey

493 36th Street

This mark has room for dates, so I expect to find a dated one some time.