Written in Stone
Monolith Cement, J. Hildebrand Contractor

J. Hildebrand

Photo taken on
July 23, 2022
Location
Clayton, Denver
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Also in Denver, Colorado

  • “Denver Conc. Repair Co., 1967” is set in an all-caps sans-serif inside a triangle set a 45-degree angle at the lower right corner of the sidewalk slab. Fall leaves are scattered over the sidewalk.
  • National Construction Company, Denver, Colo.
  • “Laid by R.S. Blome Co., Unity Building, Chicago, 1903” is pressed into aging concrete with a heavy dotted grid pattern emerging as it wears away.
  • The Hinchman-Renton Co., Denver
  • “A.C. Toney, Cement Contr., Denver, Colo. (1954)“ is set in an all-caps sans-serif. The left and right sides of the bordering rectangle are concave.
  • “Mead & Mount Const. Co., General Contractors, 1958” set in all-caps serif with no additional adornment
  • “Laid by Edward Tamminga, 1982” is set in all-caps sans-serif, encircled by a simple oval.
  • Van Rose Const. Co., 1957, set in all-caps sans-serif and encircled by an oval
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