Pictured in 1942 is the Fox Capitol Theater at 615 K Street. Its marquee advertises the premiere of "In Old California," starring John Wayne. The theater also promotes the purchase of war bonds with the phrase "Slap the Jap." In the foreground...
Pedestrians, most unprepared for the weather conditions, shuffle their way by S.H. Kress and Company at 818 and Montgomery Ward at 830 K Street in this snowy March 14, 1942, photograph. On that day – between 1 and 3 p.m. – temperatures dropped...
Pictured in April 1942 is Taylor's Drive-In Restaurant, located at 1132 Del Paso Boulevard in the Woodlake area of North Sacramento. The business was opened by Fred A. Taylor a year prior to the taking of this photograph.
Pictured is the California State Automobile Association building as it sat on November 23, 1942, at the corner of Seventeenth and L Streets. Just six years earlier, thieves broke into the building and took the organization's safe which contained...
The surreal sight of snow on California palms came to Sacramento on March 14, 1942. This photograph shows a snowy west end of Capitol Park and a distorted view of the eastern half of the Capitol dome.
A snowy southwestern corner of the California State Capitol building is shown here on March 14, 1942, just three months after the United States entered World War II.
This March 1942 photograph shows a recently modernized Globe Mills building at 1125 C Street. Its renovation, started in August 1941, came via the Federal Government's wartime plan to increase grain storage capacities and overcome nationwide...
The evening of May 27, 1942, is enlightened by the neon sign of the Art Deco-style Hart's Restaurant at 919 K Street location. The location, previously occupied by the Vienna Restaurant, opened in the fall of 1937 with a chromium metal marquis,...
Pictured on March 8, 1942, is the newly constructed Ransome truck terminal at 324 North Sixteenth Street. It was built in order to provide mechanical, lubrication, fuel and personal assistance to agricultural and industrial truckers operating in...
The storefront of the Fashion Bootery at 702 K Street is shown in this 1942 photograph. Opened in December 1929, the 50,000 dollar store became the ninth West Coast location for the company, based in Seattle. The 20 foot by 100 foot structure...
Taken on March 23, 1942, is a photograph of the Bethel Temple Full Gospel Church on 2030 W Street. The members are seated, displaying a banner reading, "Welcome to the Assemblies of God Regional Sunday School Conference bringing Christ to our...
A springtime 1942 photograph of Bethel Temple Full Gospel Church, on 2030 W Street, reveals young church members during a break from a Sunday school conference. Youth evangelists from Missouri to San Francisco were on hand to speak. The Temple's...
Shown on May 28, 1942, is the Oak Park Methodist Episcopal Church, at the corner of Thirty-Sixth Street and Sacramento Boulevard. Under the direction of Oakland-based architect Wilson J. Wythe, the exterior of the structure was made of hollow...
This circa 1942 photograph reveals a glowing interior of the Hippodrome Theater at 1013 K Street. Just four years later, on September 14, 1946, the marquee of the Hippodrome collapsed onto K Street, killing one person and injuring three. A...
This screenward shot of the Hippodrome Theater's interior was taken in circa 1942. The 1013 K Street venue had changed much since its opening in 1913, when it was known as the Empress. At that time, it provided vaudeville-style entertainment and a...
This photograph of a pristine interior of the California State Capitol Governor's Office was taken in 1942. Levy Olson was the Governor at this time. The Governor's office was moved to the Capitol annex in 1951, when this room was then occupied...
Standing amidst the whitened Capitol grounds on March 14, 1942, these children make the most of Sacramento’s heaviest snowfall in 26 years. The two-inch accumulation led to a carnival-type feel throughout the city with snowmen, sleds and...
Pictured here in May of 1942, and located in North Sacramento at 1917 Del Paso Boulevard, is the Grand Theater. The Grand operated from 1943 to 1960. A church called Evangel Temple rented the theater space after it closed. The church purchased...
This 1942 photograph shows the William Land Park rose garden, located in the southwestern section of the park, near the zoo. At the time of the photograph, it contained over 90 different varieties of roses. The pool, visible in the distant center...
