Shown in circa 1890 is the Southern Pacific Railroad's depot, located on G Street, between Second and Third streets. One of the largest depots in the American West, the Gothic-style structure was built in 1879 along the margin of China Slough and...
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...
Shown in 1890, at its Capitol Park location, is the State Printing Office. Opened in November 1875 as part of a repurposing of what had been intended to be the Governor's Mansion, in an odd marriage, the office shared the building with the State...
Seen here in 1890, this residence at 917 “H” Street was built in 1882 by architects Seth Babson and James Seadler in the style of ‘Victorian Stick,’ characterized by rectangular shaping, wood siding, and a steep, gabled roof with...
This circa 1890 postcard shows the entrance to the State Printing Office, as seen from Fifteenth Street. Located in Capitol Park, contained a bindery, as well as electrotyping, box making, and warehouse facilities. It was converted into...
Shown in circa 1890 is eastern bank of the Sacramento River, near the Southern Pacific Railroad Steamer freight depots number six and seven, and fruit storage facilities. Notice the absence of the M Street Bridge downriver, not built until 1909.
Show in circa 1890 is the Lincoln's Hotel Burdge, located at the corder of Fifth and G streets. To the left is the brick-clad Independent Order of Odd Fellows building while, to the right, is a general store. The hotel was built in 1883 for 5,500...
The interior of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, is revealed in this photograph, taken in 1939, the same year that the church was built for 140,000 dollars. Located at 2231 Capitol Avenue, the large steel frame, concrete-reinforced structure...
This 1961 photograph takes in three venerable examples of mid-to-late nineteenth century Sacramento architecture; left to right, the Golden Eagle Hotel, built between 1853 and 1860, the Post Office, built between 1890 and 1894, and the Ochsner...
This photograph, taken in 1921, shows a batboy of the Sacramento Senators showing his stuff at Moreing Field. Sacramento’s first organized semi-professional baseball team was the Altas , who became the Senators in 1890, and played the 1891 and...
This 1956 photograph of K Street shows the following businesses: Jackson's Furniture (1330 K Street), The Morris Plan Company (1324 K Street), See's Candies (1322 K Street), Sherman-Clay (1312 K Street).
This postcard shows a statue dedicated to the memory of Andrew Jackson Stevens, a native of Vermont who went on to become a master builder of early Southern Pacific Railroad locomotives. Locted at Sacramento's Park Plaza at Ninth and J Streets,...
Presented in 1909 are Sacramento's English Lutheran Church at 1018 Sixteenth Street and the German Lutheran Church at 1207 K Street. The former was founded in 1890 at Fireman's Hall, moving to the pictured location in 1897. The latter was...
This circa 1900 promotional postcard from Phoenix Mills shows men fishing along the Sacramento River. By 1890, Phoenix was one of four major mills in the Sacramento area, an industry which draws its heritage back to 1847 with the construction of...
This circa 1900 promotional postcard for Phoenix Flour shows boaters along the Sacramento River. The Phoenix Flour Mills were founded in 1853 and, by 1890, its crew of 25 to 30 workers were producing 150 barrels of flour per day. Phoenix also...
Sutter's Fort and Saint Francis Catholic Church are displayed prominently in this postcard. The long road to returning the historic site to its previous grandeur started in 1890, when the Sunset Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West...
Shown in circa 1885 is Sutter Fort's multi-purpose central building, just before restoration in 1890. Prior to rehabilitation, the central building was the only portion of the original fort left and was viewed to be the first vestige of the fort...
Shown in circa 1930 is Sutter's Fort, as viewed from the northeast. The fort grounds -- left for dead -- were purchased by the Native Sons of the Golden West, after a donation of 15,000 dollars was made by the Crocker family in 1890, entering the...
This postcard depicts one of two ponds, located to the north of Sutter's Fort at 2701 L Street. The ponds were crafted from a slough that had served as the primary supplier of water for the fort, from its inception in 1839. The ponds were created...
