1954 – F. D. Testa

27 October 2015

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2024 101st Avenue

A handsome mark from a name new to me. In the middle of the driveway is the word “QUEEN” with another word below it, obscured.

1952 – Pat Ryan

26 October 2015

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2016 103rd Avenue

Pat Ryan must have been a professional, because the work is excellent, but I haven’t seen the name before.

1947 – Gallagher & Burk

25 October 2015

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1452 104th Avenue

A much better strike than the previous one I documented.

1946 – C. A. Heldt

24 October 2015

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3644 Calafia Avenue

Unlike other C. A. Heldt marks from 1946, this one has only a hand-drawn date.

1945 – MI + AK

23 October 2015

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9923 Birch Street

1940 – Albany Concrete

22 October 2015

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3644 Calafia Avenue

This is much larger than the usual Albany Concrete mark, leaves out the word “Co.,” and appears to be carefully hand-drawn.

1939 – C. Valenzuela

21 October 2015

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1932 103rd Avenue

This splendid specimen includes the day and month. In fact, this is the first and only Valenzuela mark I’ve found that he stamped with the day and month (he hand-wrote one in 1959).