This photograph, capturing the operations of the Perkins Gravel Company, located at 1846 Thirty-Seventh Street, was taken on October 27, 1941. Ready-mixed concrete, crushed rock, road rock, sand and gravel formed the purview of the company, a...
Pictured on August 21, 1936, at 2200 Stockton Boulevard, is the Coca Cola Bottling Company. The 27,500 building was designed by Sacramento architect Charles F. Dean and went into operation shortly after this photograph was taken. The modern...
Pictured on November 2, 1938, is Corey’s Flower Shop at 2921 Y Street. The cottage-style shop sits on the north side of Y Street. Its owner, Joseph A. Corey, ran the business from 1937 to 1949. Prior to being a florist, the Sacramento-native...
In this July 4, 1931, photograph, a group of axe-carrying young men, representing Capital Camp, make their way eastward on K Street, between Ninth and Tenth Streets. 1931’s Independence Day proved a memorable one in Sacramento: 17 fires were...
This circa 1960 photograph shows notable storefronts on the south side of J Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets. From left to right are Country Maid Creamery Restaurant, Sherwin-Williams Paints, and the Sacramento Sewing Machine and Vacuum...
Pictured on September 24, 1936, is the Crane Company Plumbing Supplies warehouse at Front and M Streets. The four-story, brick and concrete structure was built between 1921 and 1924 for 150,000 dollars. When the facility opened in April 1924 it...
This circa 1925 photograph shows the Front Street side of the Crane Company Plumbing Supplies warehouse located at Front and M Streets. The nationwide company was established in Chicago in 1910 with Sacramento becoming a distribution point in...
Here is Andy's Drive-in, as it stood on March 18, 1941. Named for Andrew Swenson, it was located at 2995 Freeport Boulevard. The carhops in fancy uniform pose alongside their customers' vehicles for this publicity shot.
Pictured in 1895 is the exhibit at the California State Fair for the Sacramento-based Crystal Palace Pottery at 610 J Street. Owned by W.G. Barr and managed by Joseph Thieben, the business enjoyed a banner time, winning in several areas, according...
This circa 1955 photograph shows two men posing inside Johnson’s Restaurant at 1019 Tenth Street. To the left is restaurateur George Johnson, a Greek-American who immigrated to the United States in 1913. After spending his formative years on...
Legendary western star of the first half of the 20th century Tom Mix is seen here on his horse Tony leading a parade down K Street and waving to his admirers. Movie studios often sent stars to promote their movies, which is the case here. The...
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. ...
The "Angels" of the Oak Park-Elmhurst Little League pose for a team portrait in 1957. With the post World War II wave of youth baseball excitement, the league received its charter in 1953. The diversity of smiling faces are indicative of an...
The H Street Market's facade was captured in this February 1947 photograph. That same year, a local business directory carried an advertisement extolling the H Street Market's ""complete line of groceries, meats, fresh fruit and vegetables,"" along...
Hale Brothers began its Sacramento business in 1880. Founded by Marshall Hale, the department store had a huge dry goods and mail-order service. When this picture was taken on December 12, 1945, Hale Brothers was located on 825 K Street, with a...
This opulent entrance to the Herman Davis and Sons optometrists at 1014 K Street was captured on June 4, 1931. The firm occupied this spot from 1924 to 1946 before moving to 1225 L Street. Davis, a native of England, started his Sacramento business...
This 1921 interior view of the Bank of America at 530 K Street shows two employees at work. They are surrounded by the safes, filing cabinets, and lighting fixtures of the era. The building was razed in 1968 under the dictates of redevelopment.
This 1895 photograph shows the storefront of the Crystal Palace Pottery at 610 J Street. The short lived business started up at the time this photograph was taken, but never made it out of the nineteenth-century, closing just a few years later. ...
Adorned with striped bandanas, middies and bloomers, young women basketballers pose for a team photograph in 1925, just three decades after the sport's invention in Springfield, Massachusetts, by James Naismith.
The facade of Albert Elkus Menswear at 830 K Street displays the latest styles and fashions for the well-dressed gentleman in 1930. Elkus had a second location, at 904 J Street, in the 1940s. Descended from German immigrants, Elkus was mayor of...
