In this promotional postcard - touting the allure of the Sacramento Valley - a schoolboy is spanked by his teacher. Accordingly, from 1900 to 1910, Sacramento alone saw its population increase from 29,282 to 44,696.
Raising turkeys in Northern California was a profitable venture during the first decade of the 20th Century. Butte, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo Counties claimed nearly 400,000 of the birds during that time with a total valuation of over 2,000,000...
The Young America Engine Company Number 6 firehouse at 915 Ninth Street celebrated 75 years of service in January of 1933 with a large party and an even larger cake. According to newspaper accounts of the event, held in what was then known as Plaza...
Students move about the grounds of Sacramento Grammar School in this circa 1890 postcard. Located on J Street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, the school could be entered by any one of six stairways. A portion of the pictured trees was...
Shown in circa 1890 is the Georgiana School. The Georgiana School District was formed in 1866, with the school house standing along the Sacramento River, halfway between Isleton and Walnut Grove. At around the time this images was captured, between...
Taken in January 13, 1893, is a graduation photograph of seventh grade students at Sacramento Grammar School. The school changed its name to Mary J. Watson Grammar School in 1910. Built in 1872/73, it was located on the northeast corner of...
This 1893 photograph reveals a group of school children and their teacher posing for a class picture. One of the smaller boys, in the first row, holds a blackboard which has written upon it in chalk "Long Valley School. J.A. Wardlow. Teacher. ...
This circa 1895 postcard shows a ferry crossing along the Sacramento River. Long a staple of pioneer transportation throughout Sacramento County -- the first recorded Delta operation being in 1848 -- the State of California slowly replaced ferries...
Pictured January 2, 1900, school children and their teacher stand in front of Edward Kelley School at 3336 Bradshaw Road. As of 2010, the two-room structure is the oldest standing educational institution in Sacramento County. Originally opened in...
Waldo E. Julian's residence, at 1618 M Street, is the focus of this circa 1900 photograph. The sidewalk along the south side of M Street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, is made of wood planks, and a small girl stands in front of the...
This circa 1900 photograph shows Geary S. Gilmore and his wife, Edith, standing in front of their Victorian-style home at 2318 O Street. A native of Pennsylvania, Gilmore was employed as a general foreman at the Southern Pacific Railroad’s...
This circa 1900 postcard shows two children enjoying a fraction of Capitol Park's enormous compliment of flowers. The State Gardener at that time was Matthew H. Dunn, a native of England. He was responsible for the addition of pathways along L...
This circa 1900 postcard shows the Southern Pacific Railroad Hospital, with children sitting at the southeast corner of Seventh and F streets. The would be hospital was built in 1870, very likely by San Francisco-based architect Seth Babson whose...
Sacramento High School is located at 2315 Thirty-Fourth Street in Sacramento, California. Founded just one week after San Francisco’s Lowell High School opened its doors in mid-August 1856, “Sac High” has matured into the second oldest high...
Sacramento High School is located at 2315 Thirty-Fourth Street in Sacramento, California. Founded just one week after San Francisco’s Lowell High School opened its doors in mid-August 1856, “Sac High” has matured into the second oldest high...
This circa 1905 postcard shows Oak Park and Joyland's signature entrance arch, located at Thirty-Fifth Street and Fifth Avenue, the latter originally known as Park Avenue. It was erected in 1903 by the California Gas and Electric Company, which...
