This circa 1951 photograph shows the proposed deep water ship channel project, intended to connect Sacramento's Lake Washington to Suisun Bay. Prior to the 1963 completion of the channel, the transport of goods was done primarily through rail and...
Taken in 1951, this photograph shows the Sacramento Solons baseball team at Edmonds Field, located at Broadway and Riverside Boulevard. After a successful individual season from Joe Gordon, who had 136 runs batted in and 43 home runs, the Solons...
This photograph of Babcock's was taken on February 28, 1951. Owned by Otis D. Babcock, the store sold automobile tires, batteries and other devices, as well as home electrical appliances. Babcock also practiced law, as indicated by a sign in the...
This graphically-enhanced promotional photograph of the proposed Port of Sacramento was taken in 1951. It faces east, showing both West Sacramento in the foreground and, in the distance, Sacramento proper. Plans for a freshwater shipping channel...
This is a circa 1960 photograph of Herbert E. Goodpastor, a Sacramento architect between 1936 and 1964. One of his most entertaining personal projects was the art deco style Colonial Theater at 3522 Stockton Boulevard, opened June 7, 1940 and still...
Archibald O. Hoover sits in his City Hall office in this 1951 photograph. The Texas native served as Sacramento's Deputy City Controller between 1932 and 1934 and was the city's primary Controller from 1935 through 1960, retiring from public...
The Hotel Land, a five story structure occupies this K Street corner in downtown Sacramento. The ground floor shops in this building include: Don Burton Shoes (914 K Street), Graysons Women's Clothing (918 K Street), Leeds Shoes (922 K Street),...
This evening photograph of the American Trust Company’s 1011 Tenth Street branch was taken on March 3, 1951. The company established itself in Sacramento with a mere ten employees at the corner of Seventh and J Streets. By the time this...
Shown in circa 1951 is an aerial view of Sacramento, as seen from the southeast. Most prominent is the California State Capitol and Capitol Park. Also visible is the contrast between the city's strong government dimension and a century old...
Photograph of proposed deep water ship channel project for the Sacramento River, connecting Sacramento's Lake Washington to Suisun Bay. This picture is of a drawing of the proposed channel looking to the south.
This November 14, 1948, photograph shows the Town and Country Village, located at the intersection of Fulton and Marconi avenues. A brainchild of contractor, Jere Strizek, the open air shopping center opened in 1946 and, by 1951, was home to 73...
Taken on August 8, 1940, this photograph shows the interior of the Otto Wiesen Jewelry Shop at 1024 Tenth Street. Prior to settling in at the pictured location, Wiesen had stores at 501-and-a-half K Street, 1013 Eighth Street, 1009 K Street, 1007...
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...
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 sketch shows Rio Linda Junior High School, designed by Sacramento-based architect Leonard F. Starks. Opened in 1951, the school was part of a 3.4 million dollar building program within the Grant Union School District. The 26-unit structure...
This 1945 photograph shows the steamy interior of the American Can Company at 3325 C Street. Founded in 1926, by 1951, American employed 900 workers during the canning season and 275 over the winter months. In total, American’s employees...
Photographed, in circa 1953, is an architectural plan, done on June 9, 1951, of Las Palmas Senior High School at Las Palmas and Sixth Street in North Sacramento by the architect Leonard F. Starks. Starks won a major contract, in the 1950s, to...
A view of the California Junior Museum from the parking lot (circa 1955). A sign on the building indicates that the building contains a planetarium. Established in 1951, its address was 4500 Y Street.
This circa 1955 postcard shows the southeast corner of the California State Capitol building and its 7.25 million dollar annex which was completed in 1951. Attached to the east side of the original capitol, the 200-by-275 foot wing was designed to...
This "Shini color" postcard of the Los Robles Motor Lodge, across from the Sacramento Municipal Golf Course, shows an idyllic courtyard of ceramic-roofed cottages and advertises "45 fully modern, carpeted units, with central heating and...
