4401 San Leandro Boulevard
Recently I walked the whole length of San Leandro Boulevard in Oakland. South of 41st Avenue, there are only three marks other than a few Fitzmaurices. This is the first and the other two follow.
1944 – Frank Lopes
2 December 20081939 – East Bay C. & C. Co.
1 December 2008
5559 Taft Avenue
1936 – J. Bowen
30 November 2008
5538 Taft Avenue
I’ve seen J. Bowen stamps before, but on this block of Taft there are several of them, at least two of them with 1936 dates. Notice that the bar under the name is actually a series of dashes.
1936 – J. Devoto
29 November 2008
5538 Taft Avenue
1935 – East Bay C. & C. Co.
28 November 2008
5597 Lawton Avenue
Gus Peterson
27 November 2008
5527 Lawton Avenue
This is hard to read, but I think it’s someone named Peterson. Will correct it if a better version crops up.
UPDATE: Found an undated version at 6481 Colby Street that clearly reads “Gus.Peterson.” Also, the number in the middle is not a date, but the street number “3130”.
1928 – Gus Johnson
26 November 2008
5491 College Avenue
It isn’t always easy to figure out a digit. It looks to me like this was a 1927 stamp that Gus Johnson had to turn into a 1928 using only blunt instruments.
