January 10, 2010

At my feet

These reminders of the past are all around the city - with different contractors in each area. Fred A. Johnson seemed to be prolific in my neighborhood in 1909...


with some competition from Berge Bros. in 1910:



Many streets still have these stamped designations:


Here is a less-readable example of a contractor's stamp:


And the long-lost Columbia Ave, now South 37th: