Oakland Underfoot

1960 87th Avenue

2011 86th Avenue

Less than two weeks after placing a somewhat slipshod mark in front of his own address, Banchero did the walkway just down the block and marked it rather aggressively. Because it’s a much better example than my previous one, here it is.

2019 86th Avenue

This mark is special for two reasons. One, it’s a date by this maker I haven’t found before, so I had to collect it. Second, it’s the mark placed at Banchero’s actual address. I would think that he’d have done a more careful job, considering.

1734 Auseon Street

It looks like early in 1922, M. B. Wiggins used large numerals for the date. Later that year he used smaller digits. “2-22” was pretty special. Maybe he started business on 2/2/22, the same day that James Joyce’s Ulysses was published.

1635 86th Avenue

I continue to find new makers from the early days, even after all this time.

1663 Auseon Street

This has the typical configuration of other Kopperud marks, with all three parts of the date underneath.

1609 86th Avenue

This mark is from very early in 1914, January to be precise. The month is up inside the mark, and the day and year are underneath.