This August 4, 1940, photograph shows Chinn-Beretta Optometry at 1022 K Street. Prominent is a display window of glasses and indication of the business’ staff optometrists, Bolling Chinn and W.B. Leonard. At the time the photograph was taken,...
In this 1960 photograph, automobiles are parked at the curb in front of the Hotel Chicago at 1022 Second Street, Marvin's Second Hand Store at 1020 Second Street, the Channel Restaurant at 1018 Second Street, Big Jim's Place at 1016 Second Street,...
Jack's Breakfast House at 1018 Sixth Street, the Golden Gate Laundry at 1020 Sixth Street, and Harry's Clothing at 1022 Sixth Street are all visible in this circa 1960 photograph.
This photograph, taken in circa 1960, reveals a portion of Sixth Street. Businesses included are Harry's Clothing at 1022 Sixth Street, the Sixth & K Grocery at 1024 Sixth Street, the Stadion Cafe and Greek Lodge at 1024 Sixth Street, and the...
View of the Hotel Chicago at 1022 Second Street, circa 1950. Constructed during Sacramento's building boom in the mid-1920s, the business survived under the same name for forty years despite the decline of Old Sacramento.
This photograph of Chandler’s Shoes at 1022 K Street was taken in circa 1950. It shows much of the business’s storefront and a worker filling a section of display windows. Chandler’s – a nationwide chain – came to Sacramento in 1922. ...
This March 29, 1952, photograph captures an eastbound automobile procession on K Street, advertising the opening of the film "Steel Town" at the Esquire Theater. In addition to the parade, the photograph reveals several downtown businesses,...
Pictured on March 31, 1947, are the Esquire Theater and Stanley T. Lovett Jewelers at 1219 and 1217 K Street, respectively. Designed by noted theater architect William B. David of San Francisco, the Esquire opened at 5:00 pm on March 14, 1940, for...
This dramatic view of the locomotive “C.P. Huntington” was taken at the 1926 opening of the Southern Pacific Depot at Fourth and I Streets. Resting behind the Huntington is the newly built Southern Pacific engine number 4337. Visitors are...
Taken in circa 1960, this photograph shows a portion of Third Street, between J and K Streets. Inhabiting the old Sacramento Bee building is the the Big Meal Cafe at 1020 Third Street. Also visible is the Xochimilco Cafe at 1022 Third Street.
In this circa 1960 photo several storefronts are visible. S & G Doughnuts (527 K Street), Elwood Hotel (527 K Street), Sacramento Loan and Jewelry Company (531 K Street), W.C. Lum Laundry (1020 Sixth Street), and Harry's Men's Clothing (1022 Sixth...
Taken in circa 1975 and looking west, this photograph of a busy K Street Mall captures pedestrians passing by the Hotel Regis at 1106 Eleventh Street. Also visible - and lining the southern side of K Street - are Grebitus and Son Jewelers at 1100...
A frenzied scene of pedestrian and automobile traffic clogs the intersection of Ninth and K Streets in this 1945 photograph. Between 1945 and 1946, total national retail income rose from 18.2 billion dollars to 19.8 billion dollars, and a bustling...
A frenzied scene of pedestrian and automobile traffic clogs the intersection of Ninth and K Streets in this 1945 photograph. Between 1945 and 1946, total national retail income rose from 18.2 billion dollars to 19.8 billion dollars, and a bustling...
Photograph, taken in 1923, of the Heeseman Clothiers baseball team of the Sacramento City League. Charles Heeseman opened his clothing shop at 619 K Street in 1916, and for over thirty years it operated at that spot. The business eventually became...
As part of the May 1939 World's Fair Rodeo Parade, several riders, including some children, make their way east on K Street. Throngs of spectators, a few resting upon parked cars, crowd the parade route. Visible businesses include as follows: ...
The World's Fair Rodeo Parade makes its way east, down K Street, in this May 1939 photograph. A stagecoach, piled with cowboys, skirts the south side of K Street. The street's edges are filled with spectators, including many children. Visible...
Several riders, participating in the 1939 World's Fair, make their way down K Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets, in this May 1939 photograph. The edges of the course are filled with spectators, including many children. Businesses along...
This May 1939 photograph captures the World's Fair Rodeo Parade. Riders make their way east on K Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets, while spectators line the route. Businesses along the route include as follows: Auslender's Women's...
Shown in circa 1905 is the Southern Pacific Railroad's drawbridge along the Sacramento River. Built as a Howe truss bridge, it was composed of seven spans, the shortest at 150 feet, the longest at 200 feet. The draw, a length of 200 feet, was...
