The following Second Street storefronts, between I and J Streets, are visible in this 1960 photograph: the Swiss Rooms at 911 Second Street, Kennedy Second Hand Store at 915 Second Street, the Railroad Cafe at 913 Second Street, and the entrance...
The Hotel Sequoia (as the Sequoia Hotel) first appeared in the 1911 Sacramento City Directory at 911 K Street, right next door to the Sequoia Theater, one of almost a dozen venues on K Street offering motion pictures at that time. Owned by the...
In this August 1932 photograph, a parade comprised of various posts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars moves eastward, down K Street, between Seventh and Tenth Streets. Their presence represented Sacramento’s hosting of the VFW’s thirty-third...
Pictured here in 1935, the auto top and upholstery business of Fred P. Fritz shared 1615 J Street with William H. Bartlett's Automobile Body Work, Auto Painting, Fender and Body Repair Shop. The employees of both enterprises, along with two...
This circa 1950 photograph shows a horse-drawn Budweiser wagon resting outside of the Elks Temple at 925 Eleventh Street. To the right of the picture is a sign for the Top of the Town Restaurant, a fourteenth-floor eatery and lounge that provided...
Shown in 1960 at 917 Sixth Street is Sacramento Bowl. Opened in November 1948 at a cost of 250,000 dollars, the business boasted 17 lanes, 15 billiard tables, a cocktail lounge and a restaurant. Its owner, W.S. Van Winkle and President of the Bay...
Several Second Street storefronts, located between I and J Streets, are visibile in this circa 1960 photograph, including the Wagon tavern at 909 Second Street, the Swiss Rooms at 911 Second Street, the Railroad Cafe at 913 Second Street, and the...
A circa 1960 view of M. R. Carpenter Company at 907 Front Street; Plumbing at 911 Front Street; Pacific Fur and Wool at 915 Front Street; and Howard and Dean Van Lines at 921 Front Street (McKesson & Robbins Building).
A parade featuring uniformed participants wearing police shields moves along K Street from Eighth to Tenth. The front line marchers all wear different outfits, including a cadet uniform, and are followed by a uniformed marching band. Throngs of...
Soldiers wearing doughboy hats and traditional caps march with sailors down K Street at Ninth during this 1920 parade as a color guard leads the way. Row upon row of marching military personnel fill the street and a very large crowd of spectators...
Officers and enlisted men of the United States Armed Forces representing the Army and Navy troop down K Street between Seventh and Tenth followed by an equal number of marching men in plain clothes. Rows of spectators lines the street on both...
A 1920 parade progresses along K Street at Ninth led by as traditional color guard. A military guard carries an enormous American Flag held on all sides by participants as they march, followed by lines of soldiers and sailors. A very large crowd of...
Photo, taken on March 31, 1931, of K Street beginning at Twelfth Street. In the photo are the Weinstock Lubin Department Store (1120 K Street), E.N. Skeel's Shoes (1110 K Street), The Boy's Store Clothing (1108 K Street), Pacific, Gas, & Electric...
A bustling scene on K Street was captured in this 1913 photograph. A horse and wagon in the photograph’s foreground contrasts a slowly shifting paradigm toward the use of automobiles. Sidewalks are lined with pedestrians. In the background and...
Pictured in circa 1955, at the corner of Twenty-First and Q, are the plant and offices of the “Sacramento Bee” newspaper. The building was opened in spring 1952, boasting 200,000 square-feet in work space and claiming the equivalent of two...
A group of women form a cross as they march along K Street between Ninth and Eleventh Streets in a Legionnaire's parade. Businesses along the route include Hotel Sequoia (911 K Street), The Sutter Restaurant (1011 K Street), Hippodrome Theatre...
Busy street scene looking east on K Street. Many pedestrians and vehicles are in this photo. There is a horse and wagon in the foreground and female pedestrians crossing K Street at Tenth Street. The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is in the...
This 1939 photograph captures a busy scene on K Street, near its intersection with Tenth Street. In the foreground, street car 15, carded number five, makes its way west while two pedestrians look for a sidewalk. Hanging above number 15 is a...
