Oakland Underfoot

Desmond and Coronado Streets

There’s another 1916 J. P. Fugel right across Desmond, but those are the only ones I’ve found. A hand-drawn mark on 41st Street might be another; I need to recheck.

Howe Street near 40th Street

I’ve found only three Lauridsen marks so far.

5368 Broadway

This is the first J. O. Adler mark I’ve found. This may be the same Adler from the Peterson & Adler company.

Clifton Street at College Avenue

So far I’ve found Fred Austin marks only from 1912 and 1913, scattered around Rockridge with an outlier at Cleveland Cascade.

4957 Desmond Street

The Oakland Paving Company operated the large quarry that is now occupied by the Safeway/Lucky complex at 51st Street/Pleasant Valley Avenue at Broadway. I’ve only seen marks from 1910 to 1918, but they’re scattered all over North Oakland and Berkeley. It was also called the Bilger quarry, and Blake & Bilger marks also exist.

341 49th Street

Here the “1901” date was made by filling in the last zero in a “1900” stencil. Another example is the 1932 mark.