1947 – J. Widell

17 June 2015

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2804 Oliver Street

The first mark establishes the date. The second is on the other edge of the job and includes the name Moniz, presumably Arthur Moniz.

1947 – J & J General Contractor

16 June 2015

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2804 Oliver Street

I know the date because this one appears along with a dated mark by J. Widell.

1940 – J. Widell

15 June 2015

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2807 Oliver Street

No clue why J. Widell made that little gesture on the final zero.

2015 – AJW Construction

14 June 2015

2015

13th Street at Harrison Street

Last year I found my first current-year mark in January. Usually it takes at least half the year, like it did this year.

1956 – Hayward Concrete Construction Co.

13 June 2015

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8654 International Boulevard

Out in Deep East, parts of E. 14th Street didn’t get made over. This is a new maker for me, in a part of town where I didn’t expect any maker’s marks at all.

1947 – F. Lopes

12 June 2015

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8628 Olive Street

Several years after his record of stamps gives out, Frank Lopes made this careful hand-drawn signature.

1937 – T. A. Ryan

11 June 2015

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1712 86th Avenue

T. A. Ryan went through a lot of changes in 1937, using three different stamps over the course of the year. But on this day he just signed his work by hand.