1929 – J. Rodrigues

28 April 2015

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1757 82nd Avenue

Rodrigues made a special point of scratching in his new address, which he adopted some time after June 18 of this year. By November 26, he was using a stamp with the new address in metal. The odd thing is, both addresses appear to be the same corner lot at Orral and 73rd.

1928 – Hennig

27 April 2015

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8015 Holly Street

Hennig’s marks varied a lot this year; this one used just the last two digits of the year, with no month or day.

1927 – F. E. Flaherty

26 April 2015

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1732 82nd Avenue

1913 – Reardon-Dowling Co.

25 April 2015

1913

8100 Birch Street

This date is awfully obscure, but it’s definitely not 1912.

1912 – Reardon-Dowling Co.

24 April 2015

1912

1672 81st Avenue

This very old mark, on a long expanse of good strong sidewalk, tells me that I’m edging into historic Elmhurst. Reardon is a familiar name, but not Dowling, although this is rather near Dowling Street.

2010 – Andrew Hernandez

23 April 2015

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7830 Alder Street

1937 – F. Verheyen

22 April 2015

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4120 Kuhnle Avenue

Another hand-drawn example from this early year for Verheyen, who did most of this block.