This circa 2005 postcard captures a portion of Sacramento's California International Marathon, as it moves itself along Carmichael Park at Fair Oaks Boulevard and Grant Avenue. Founded in 1983, the event served as the United States National...
The southeast corner of Eighth and J Streets is captured in this circa 1940 photograph. Businesses shown are Hank's Smoke Shop at 800 J Street, George Lidekas Fruits at 802 J Street, Chris' Blue Plate Special at 1001a Eighth Street, Ramona Shoe...
This 1975 photograph shows - looking west - a sunny, active K Street Mall at Eleventh Street. The marquee of the Crest Theater looms large in the middle of the frame while in the right foreground is Ransohoff's, a department store located at 1031...
A large sculptural fountain sits in the center of the intersection of Eleventh and K Streets. In an effort to prevent the migration of retail outlets to suburban shopping centers, Sacramento turned K Street into a pedestrian mall in 1969. Having...
This May 1974 photograph shows a snake sculpture, also serving as a child's slide, resting along the K Street Mall. The structure was removed to the Sacramento Zoo in Spring 1984.
Shown in circa 2002 is the apse and nave of the Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church, located at 11427 Fair Oaks Boulevard. The venue's pipe organ - a 58 rank Schantz - was installed in 2002 at a cost of 650,000 dollars, and debuted in May 2002. The...
This vertical view of the California State Capitol Building framed against a gray/green sky is a dramatic example of an innovative way to get more mileage out of a stationary subject. Hundreds of views of the Capitol Building have been marketed as...
The California State Capitol set back from an illuminated fountain at night is the subject of this postcard. "A dramatic night view of the Capitol with a photo of the stained glass window replica of the Seal of California, which was installed...
This circa 1990 postcard provides a view of the Delta King, as seen from the west banks of the Sacramento River. In the background stand, left to right, the Wong Center, the California Fruit Building, and the Holiday Inn. The sternwheeler was...
Resting near Old Sacramento State Historic Park, in 1999, is the "Delta King" riverboat. Prior to rehabilitation, the vessel, built in 1926, was sunk in Richmond Harbor for 15 months. After purchase, it arrived at Sacramento, under the power of...
Sacramento High School is located at 2315 Thirty-Fourth Street in Sacramento, California. Founded just one week after San Francisco’s Lowell High School opened its doors in mid-August 1856, “Sac High” has matured into the second oldest high...
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