Oakland Underfoot

333 42d Street

P. M. Henning marks run from the late 1920s to about 1940, at least in Temescal/lower Rockridge. Good ones are hard to find.

Desmond and 51st Streets

Occasionally masons would be lazy in updating their stencils; here they had to kludge “1932” from a “1931” stencil. Another example is the 1901 mark.

42d Street near Emerald Street

T. A. Ryan marks are few and scattered around North Oakland. T. A. seems to be the second generation of Ryans in the business.

42d Street at Opal Street

5296 College Avenue

I’ve seen a couple Ferrando marks, only in driveways.

5528 Broadway

I deciphered the name of this maker from another mark. Roland C. Malone was located in Fruitvale instead of Oakland. There are lots more of these in Fruitvale sidewalks. There’s another one in even worse condition on Miles west of College.

Desmond and Coronado Streets

J. Mottino did hundreds of driveways around North Oakland, but almost none of them are dated. In fact, after nearly two years of assiduous searching this is the only one I’ve found. [Update: I finally started finding a few dates from the 1930s]