This circa 1900 postcard shows the Southern Pacific Railroad Hospital. What was once the palatial home of railroad mogul Charles Crocker became the company hospital of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1900. By 1906, three-story-and-basement...
Pictured in circa 1900, at the northeast corner of Twelfth and ""H"" Streets, is the City Brewery. It was established in 1856 by German expatriates Wilhelm Borchers and Benedict Hilbert. The two-story structure was made of brick, rested on a lot...
This January 1, 1900, photograph looks northerly from the dome of the California State Capitol building toward the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament at Eleventh and K Streets. The steeple on the immediate right of the photograph is that of the...
This circa 1900 photograph shows a gathering crowd at the entrance to the Westminster Presbyterian Church at Sixth and L Streets. Built in 1867, the wooden structure had a frontage of 38 feet and a depth of 60 with a cost eclipsing 10,000...
This circa 1900 photograph captures an omnibus from Sacramento’s Western Hotel. The Western was first built in 1854, but felled by fire in 1875. It was rebuilt that same year by Sacramento hostelling luminary William Land who went on to found...
Pictured January 2, 1900, school children and their teacher stand in front of Edward Kelley School at 3336 Bradshaw Road. As of 2010, the two-room structure is the oldest standing educational institution in Sacramento County. Originally opened in...
Waldo E. Julian's residence, at 1618 M Street, is the focus of this circa 1900 photograph. The sidewalk along the south side of M Street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, is made of wood planks, and a small girl stands in front of the...
This circa 1900 photograph shows a guard posing with a Gatling gun, a major deterrent to riot and escape. The weapon was usually placed in a wooden tower to the west of the prison, just off the banks of the American River. The pictured model is...
Taken in circa 1900, this photograph reveals the prison yard at Folsom Prison, as viewed from the east. Arranged in a circle, the prison’s band conducts a practice session while inmates and prison staff observe. Years later, a ten-piece...
This circa 1900 photograph shows the inner portion of the Folsom Prison’s West Gate. Just beyond the gate is the administrative building, with the Warden’s residence on the top floor. Left of the frame is the prison’s original cellblock. ...
A granite-lined canal and prison power station sit in the foreground of this circa 1900 photograph of Folsom Prison, as seen from the west bank of the American River. Beyond the power station, and to the right of the frame, is the prison’s...
As seen from the northeast in circa 1900 is Gothic-style Folsom State Prison. As early as 1878, it was the State’s intent to make Folsom a branch prison of San Quentin. In accord, it received its first 44 inmates from San Quentin in July 1880. ...
This circa 1900 photograph shows a man, vintner James Frasinetti, delivering barrels of wine. He is doing so with a wagon, pulled by two horses. A native of Italy, Frasinetti founded his self-styled winery in 1897. It covered 400 acres of land...
This circa 1900 photograph shows Geary S. Gilmore and his wife, Edith, standing in front of their Victorian-style home at 2318 O Street. A native of Pennsylvania, Gilmore was employed as a general foreman at the Southern Pacific Railroad’s...
As shown in this circa 1900 postcard, the second Sacramento County Courthouse built on the northwest corner of Seventh and I streets, was 80-feet wide, 120-feet deep and measured 61-feet from street to rooftop. The cost for the multi-purpose...
This circa 1900 postcard shows California's official state flower, the Golden Poppy or "eschscholtzia." The decision was leglislated in March 1895, passing by a vote of 29 to 1. The bill, SB 707, was sponsored by Guy Earl of Alameda. Also...
This circa 1900 postcard shows two children enjoying a fraction of Capitol Park's enormous compliment of flowers. The State Gardener at that time was Matthew H. Dunn, a native of England. He was responsible for the addition of pathways along L...
As seen from the center of Capital Park, this circa 1900 postcard shows, to the left, the State Printing Office and its bindery wing, and, to the right, the State Agricultural Fair Building. The latter structure would be razed by 1908. Fifteenth...
This circa 1900 postcard shows the corner of Tenth and L streets. The granite piers at either side of the entrance were put into place in 1881 to a crowd of 100 onlookers who cheered when installation was complete. Each pier weighed roughly 15...
The California State Capitol building is the subject of this circa 1900 postcard. In the foreground is the southeast corner Tenth and L Streets. Visibile are several statuettes and urns standing behind the building's balustrade. Some 30 of the...
