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LPW, Rolling Brook Ln., 1968?

A little further south on Rolling Brook from my last entry, still on the west side, I found more LPW stamps. This one is on the sidewalk proper and this time the date appears to be 1966 or 1968 – thanks to the curvy font it’s hard to be sure. I have noticed that stamps from this era often use this same typeface for dates even when it’s a different contractor and even when the typeface used for the name is dissimilar. Sadly, I still have no insight as to who LPW is.

The house this stamp is in front of was built in 1967, according to East Lansing’s online property records.

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Rolling Brook Ln., East Lansing, LPW, illegible date

I continued further south after finding the C.E. Schneider stamp from my last entry and finally hit something entirely new to me, again on the west side of the street, north of Red Leaf Lane. This is on a driveway apron and the date is unfortunately mostly illegible.

If it were in Lansing I might suspect LPW was another variation on Lansing DPW/DPS (Department of Public Works/Public Service) but as this is in East Lansing that can’t be it. I really don’t know who or what LPW is. After noticing this one, I went a bit further and found several more houses with the same stamps on their driveways, arranged on either side of the seam between the two blocks making up the large driveway apron.