Piedmont and Echo Avenues
Most WPA marks I’ve found are actually in gutters, not sidewalks.
1941 – W. P. A.
13 July 20081947 – J. Barale
13 July 2008
3923 Piedmont Avenue
Almost destroyed by the placement of a bicycle hitching post.
1903 – G. D. Prentice Co.
11 July 2008
4246 Gilbert Street
I think I’ve deciphered the maker of this stamp as G. D. Prentice, after repeated visits at different times of day and lighting. That’s probably the Geo. D. Prentice I documented from 1928.
1912 – Fred H. Austin
11 July 2008
336 Glendale Avenue
Fred H. Austin marks don’t wear well. The foot of the Cleveland Cascade has a Fred Austin mark whose date has been cut off.
1927 – N. Tribuzio
11 July 2008
351 Glendale Avenue
This strikes me as a rather early use of the telephone number on a sidewalk stamp.
1937 – Albany Concrete Co.
11 July 2008
5309 Manila Avenue
I’ve seen Albany Concrete marks in Albany, only this one in Oakland so far.
1943 – Frank Salamid
11 July 2008
5328 Manila Avenue
A late Frank Salamid mark. The earliest marks have “& Co.” where the date is here. Perhaps he was a sole practitioner by now.
