This 1865 photograph offers a view down J Street, showing, to the right, both the Metropolitan Baths and B.F. Hastings and Company. Hastings was a long standing bank in Sacramento and held distinction as the western terminus of the Pony Express...
Shown on August 28, 1932, is one of the several boats that were lost to fire along the River Lines docks. The fire of unknown origins was said to have started on 500-ton freighter, Valetta, which, with other craft, was moored just south of the I...
Pictured on July 15, 1947, is a meeting of the Sacramento Credit Women’s Breakfast Club. Members sit at a u-shaped banquet table, looking toward the camera. Born out of a desire for credit office workers to organize and socialize, the...
Ruth Julia Slenczynska was born to Polish immigrants in Sacramento on January 15, 1925. Her father started giving her instruction in musical theory when she was three, and started her on piano when she was three-and-a-half. A year later, she was...
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...
Shown in circa 1960 is a building at 1014 Third Street. The photograph reveals a ground floor entrance to upstairs rooms for rent and an entrance to the Chicago Lunch Counter. The restaurant's window sports the advertisement "Joe never sleeps" and...
This circa 1960 photograph shows 1014 Third Street. At the ground level is the entrance to the Chicago Lunch Counter, its window reading "Joe never sleeps" and lists, among other menu items, "chili dogs 15 cents, 2 for 25 cents." Three passersby...
Captured in 1960, this photograph reveals the Samuel Brannan Building, built in 1853, at 1007 through 1009 Front Street. It was at this same spot - in February 1849 and at the southeast corner of J and Front Streets - that Brannan built a...
The Capitol soon after its completion. Notes on reverse read: "Started - Sept. 24, 1860 Cornerstone - Masonic ceremonies - May 15, 1861 Completed 1874 First occupied 1869 $2,600,000."
Golden West Motors Company officials pose within the concern's very first truck, unveiled during a celebratory christening on July 1, 1914. Its General Manager was Mark L. Burns while its Corporate Counsel was Fred A. Sloss. The company had been...
Fritz Kaminsky, Sacramento City Police Chief, is pictured in this 1952 portrait. A native of Sacramento, Kaminsky was first employed as a secretary to the chief of police on November 18, 1923. Through the years, however, he rose through the ranks...
This July 15, 1932, photograph provides a view of the California State Fair's Poultry Building. The 25,000 square foot structure was built by Sacramento contractors Guth and Fox in 1931/32 for a cost of 75,000 dollars. The interior included...
This photograph of the famed Sacramento Police Juniors City League baseball team was taken in circa 1933. In 1931, the team won 15 straight games, going on to become Sacramento rural league champions. Sponsored by the Sacramento Police...
This 1952 photograph shows several storefronts of the Country Club Centre. Anchor stores for the development include, to the left of the frame, a Lucky store, covering some 15,350 square feet of selling space, and, to the far right, the 23,000...
Looking east, this circa 1930 photograph shows the sedimentation basin of Sacramento's water filtration plant in action. At this time, and in In full operation, the plant accomodated 85 percent of city's needs while the other 15 was handled by the...
This July 2, 1928, photograph shows the girls' polo team from the Sacramento Riding Club. The 15 members and four ponies pose in front of the club's barn and 3401 Del Paso Boulevard location, in Del Paso. The riding group had been established just...
Shown on July 14, 1936, is a meeting of the Sacramento Advertising Club. The group - known also as the "Ad Club" - was started in 1907 by 15 local advertisers as a way for Sacramento firms to exchange ideas and promote Sacramento through its...
Sitting at 5022 Fifty-Eighth Street in 1955 is Peter Lassen Junior High School, resting alongside Mark Twain Elementary School on the far right. Named for the early California pioneer and secessionist, Lassen was dedicated on October 31, 1954. ...
