1917 – H. C. Petersen

6 May 2009

1917

66 Linda Avenue

1915 – Ransome Crummey Company

5 May 2009

1915

138 Monte Cresta Avenue

Ransome Crummey is a new one for me. The building at this address is a handsome old apartment building, like many in the Piedmont Avenue neighborhood.

1912 – The Oakland Paving Co.

4 May 2009

1912

50 Entrada Avenue

Here’s a much better 1912 Oakland Paving Co. mark than the other one. Most of Entrada Avenue was paved as one job, and there are several of these there.

C. R. Noble

3 May 2009

c r noble

5257 Manila Avenue

A Concrete Co.

2 May 2009

a concrete co

5245 Lawton Avenue

These guys weren’t creative, but “A Concrete Co.” gets them at the front of the alphabetical line. There’s a laundromat near me named A Laundromat with the same strategy.

1964 – C. Valenzuela

1 May 2009

1964

5212 Claremont Avenue

This C. Valenzuela mark is poor, but it is a new date.

1957 – Larry Frye

30 April 2009

1957

485 55th Street

First Larry Frye mark I’ve found.