“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.

R.S. Blome Co. (1903)

Photo taken on
August 14, 2021
Location
Denver, Colorado

Also in Denver, Colorado

  • “Laid by K. W. Walker Concrete, Contractor, 2010” is encircled by a simple oval border with squared off ends.
  • “P. J. Cawood, Cement Contractor, 1953” is set in all-caps using a serif typeface and bordered by a rectangle with concave corners.
  • George Kling Co., 1962
  • A deeply oxidized brass seal is entirely green with patina. It reads, “The Hinchman-Renton Co., Denver”.
Written in Stone Written in Stone

A gallery of sidewalks, and the stamps and seals left by the people who laid them.

Made by Ashur Cabrera

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