Taken from the southwest corner of Seventh and I Streets, this 1956 photograph shows the front and side of the County of Sacramento Administration Building at 827 Seventh Street. The structure was completed in the same year for nearly two million...
The Sacramento Little League team representing Stop and Shop Markets poses on Malcom Hersko Field for this 1956 photograph. Opening in 1956, the field was located behind the Sacramento Children's Home at 2750 Sutterville Road, and was named for...
This 1956 photograph shows the west side of J Street, between Second and Third Streets. Businesses include the Red Front Shoe Shop at 206 J Street, Hop Wo Laundry at 212 J Street, and the Jamall Hotel at 208 J Street. The Jamall was set in the...
This 1956 portrait captures promotional activities for the motion picture "Arouond the World in 80 Days." Amidst several Sacramento political and business luminaries, Sacramento Mayor Clarence Azevedo stands sixth from the left.
The Sacramento County Administration Building is shown in 1956, at the northeast corner of Seventh and I Streets. The five-story structure was completed in the same year, providing a home for the County's Welfare Department, Treasurer, Recorder,...
Automobiles are parked along the street in this view of K Street circa 1956. The south side of the street is occupied by Jackson's Home Furnishings (1330 K Street), the Morris Plan Company (1324 K Street), and See's Candies (1322 K Street).
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).
Taken from the south, this May 1956 aerial photograph captures Sacramento High School at Thirty-Fourth and W Streets. Y Street runs east- west in the foreground while Thirty-Fourth Street runs north-south to the far left of the photograph. The...
This circa 1956 photograph captures a sports car, numbered two, blazing its way near a bale of hay during a Sports Car Club of America event at the California State Fairgrounds at Stockton Boulevard and Fourth Avenue. Sacramento’s chapter of the...
In circa 1956, a sports car, numbered 180, races along during a Sports Car Club of America event at the California State Fairgrounds at Stockton Boulevard and Fourth Avenue. Sacramento’s chapter of the SCCA was founded in 1952.
Two sports cars blaze toward a right turn during a Sports Car Club of America event at the California State Fairgrounds at Stockton Boulevard and Fourth Avenue in circa 1956. Drivers in each car wear helmets. One car is marked with the number 19,...
This circa 1956 postcard shows a Christmas window display at Breuner's Furniture, located at 600 K Street. A regional fixture from 1934 to 1971, the displays offered animated, three-quarter-sized figures living out Holiday scenes. The company...
This circa 1956 postcard shows a portion of its time-honored tradition of hliday window diplaying. On the back of the card, it reads: "Breuner's 22nd musical, moving Christmas display shows the whole family out for a ride on Christmas Day in...
Basking in its orginal silver sheen is Sacramento's Tower Bridge, the primary entrypoint to Sacramento for decades, when the predecessor to Interstate 80, Route 40, passed over the bridge. For anyone transitting from San Francisco to Reno,...
This August 28, 1950, photograph captures the northern stretch of K Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets. The Bon Marche department store at 1031 K Street was known to be one of the premier women’s clothing merchants in Superior...
Pictured in 1959 at its 2700 Marconi Avenue address is a Cardinal grocery store. Several period automobiles are parked in the foreground. The two-story market was part of the retro-styled Town and Country Village shopping center, built in 1949 by...
The Port of Sacramento's nascent deep water channel is pictured here on January 18, 1954. The two silos are on the north bank of the channel. The earliest feasibility study on the Port was done in 1911 by Paul Norboe, an engineer for the State of...
The Port of Sacramento's nascent deep water channel is pictured here on January 18, 1954. The two silos are on the north bank of the channel. The earliest feasibility study on the Port was done in 1911 by Paul Norboe, an engineer for the State of...
