Pictured in circa 1924 is Sacramento Solon great Earl McNeely. Born in Sacramento in 1898, the speedy, center-fielding McNeely went on to become the hero of the 1924 World Series as, while playing for the Washington Senators, he drove in the...
The 1924 California Boys Hexathlon team from Sacramento, the state championship winners for 1924, are featured on this group portrait taken on a rooftop. Hexathlon is a coined term, and what the six events were that the the competition consisted...
Shown in 1924 is the newly constructed Sacramento High School, located at 2315 Thirty-Fourth Street. It was designed by San Francisco-based architect Edgar A. Matthews, who, for much of his career, had been primarily a residential designer. For...
This 1924 photograph shows the Frederick Foto Service resting at 916 Seventh Street. It was founded by Harley W. Frederick shortly after his return from Europe and the First World War. He apprenticed for a career in photography with Sacramento's...
The First Christian Church sits at 2701 N Street in this circa 1924 photograph. The Romanesque structure was built in 1911 for a cost of 30,000 dollars. The previous church – located at Sixteenth and L Streets – was burned down during the...
In this circa 1924 photograph of K Street, several business fronts are visible. They include the Golden Eagle Hotel (627 K Street), the Bon Marche women's clothing store (631 K Street), the Liberty Theatre (617 K Street), and Heeseman Clothing...
This 1945 photograph shows the entrance to Sutter Junior High School, located at 1816 K Street. The building was constructed for 222,283 dollars in 1908 as Sacramento Senior High School, operating in that capacity until 1924. The school's...
Pictured on July 17, 1928, is the Disabled American Veterans building at 2317 Eleventh Street. Balanced above its entrance are two bombs that would have been used for aerial targeting in World War One. Club rooms, dressing rooms, a caretaker room...
This circa 1924 parade along K Street at Ninth is fcaptured in this photograph featuring a marching band followed by a drill team, all of whom are dressed in military uniform. Led by a line of men in civilian clothes and a color guard flying...
This circa 1924 parade along K Street at Ninth is pictured in this photograph. A uniformed marching band is followed by men in street clothes wearing uniform caps and joined by an occasional child. A large crowd of spectators lines the street and...
K Street at Ninth circa 1924 is the site of this photograph featuring a marching band with their instruments at ease followed by a drill team, all of them dressed in military uniform. A large crowd of spectators lines the street, some sitting on...
A small group of seventeen men dressed in military uniforms and civilian clothes march along as part of a much larger parade. Just passing Sixth Street on K circa 1924 the marchers pass large crow of spectators lining the street. Business signs...
Photograph taken in 1924 at the corner of Front and P Streets. On the corner is the California Packing Company factory. On the right side of the photo, at the corner of Front and Q Street, is the Sacramento Public Bean Cleaning Company, and to...
Pictured on May 20, 1924, is the Sacramento Symthony, just prior to first concert. It was given at the Masonic Temple with Franz Dicks conducting. The orchestra is posed on the stage, instruments in hand with Dicks standing at the center.
Originally framed, with a label from McDowell and Harding Art Dealers (810 K Street); hand numbered 13240. The photograph is identified on the back in handwritten pen and pencil as follows; Front row: Mickie Johnson, Gertrude Freeman, Mrs. Henry...
A line of African American men and women with an audience in the background.The suited men wear top hats. The women wear light colored dresses and carry parasols.
This July 4, 1924 photograph shows two African American couples at Field Day festivities, held every Independence Day at Folsom Prison. The tradition was instituted by Warden Charles Aull, and included live entertainment, baseball games and a...
Resting at the southwestern corner of Thirtieth and I Streets is this four-unit apartment building. Its architectural style matches a vernacular style common to the early twentieth century. One of the units was empty at the time the photograph...
Pictured on September 24, 1936, is the Crane Company Plumbing Supplies warehouse at Front and M Streets. The four-story, brick and concrete structure was built between 1921 and 1924 for 150,000 dollars. When the facility opened in April 1924 it...
