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Title	Daytime Prelude to Grand Electric Carnival
Date	1895
Description	This September 1895 photograph reveals a daytime look at various adornments for Sacramento’s Grand Electric Carnival, held to celebrate the July 1895 transmission of hydroelectric power from Folsom to Sacramento’s Station A on Sixth and H Streets. In the center of the photograph is a pavilion made of lights. It hangs over the intersection of Eighth and K Streets and has the letters NSGW – Native Sons of the Golden West – inscribed atop it. The NSGW was one of the event’s main participants. Below the NSGW decoration is a street car and horse drawn wagon, side-by-side. The Clunie Theater can be seen to the immediate right at 811 K Street. In the distance, and in the center of the photograph, is the tower of the city’s new Post Office – having been built in 1894 – at the northeast corner at Seventh and K.
Format	8x10 in.; b&w
Holding Institution	Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library
Rights	This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Street/Neighborhood	K Street; 8th Street; Downtown
City/County	Sacramento
Subjects	Street Scenes Festivals and Celebrations Street Cars Post Offices Buildings, Government
Collection	Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number	2384