This circa 1928 postcard shows the California State Life Insurance Company's headquarters, located at 926 J Street. The 14-story building was built to contain 85,000 square feet of office space and 8,000 square feet of street level retail shops. ...
This 1929 photograph shows the pristine tables and stacks of the new California State Law Library within the Library and Courts Building at 914 Capitol Avenue. It was renamed the Witkin State Law Library in 1998, in honor of Bernard E. Witkin, the...
Pictured on May 5, 1945, is the Capital National Bank, located at 700 J Street. Covering an 80 by 87 foot frontage, the building’s exterior was composed of California granite and with window frames of bronze. The eight-ton girders used to...
Resting in splendor at the southwest corner of Twelfth and K Streets in this November 19, 1940, photograph is the Weinstock, Lubin and Company department store. It was built in 1924 for 1,250,000 dollars and opened on June 2 to tremendous...
This January 1, 1900, photograph looks northerly from the dome of the California State Capitol building toward the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament at Eleventh and K Streets. The steeple on the immediate right of the photograph is that of the...
Pictured on March 8, 1929, and just days after opening, is the façade of the 148-room Hotel Ramona, at the southeast corner of Sixth and J streets. The Spanish Mission-style structure was built with five stories and represented an investment of...
This 1928 photograph shows the mausoleum and administrative buildings of the East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery at Forty-third Street and Folsom Boulevard. The 250,000 dollar mausoleum, constructed in 1925/26, was built by the Fresno-based Robert...
This westerly view, from the intersection of Twelfth and K Streets, was taken in 1939. On the right are the towering spires of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, built in 1889 for 250,000 dollars. Its design was directed by the Sacramento...
This 1925 photograph looks south, across Duck Lake and up toward the Charles Swanston Memorial statue and William Land Park’s Community Clubhouse. Upon Land’s death in December 1911, 250,000 dollars were bequeathed via the hotelier’s last...
A Sacramento Northern passenger car idles in front of the Charles Swanston and Son Packing House in this circa 1920 photograph. Located along the Haggin Grant, just north of American River, the plant was built for 250,000 dollars, just a few years...
Shown in 1960 at 917 Sixth Street is Sacramento Bowl. Opened in November 1948 at a cost of 250,000 dollars, the business boasted 17 lanes, 15 billiard tables, a cocktail lounge and a restaurant. Its owner, W.S. Van Winkle and President of the Bay...
This November 3, 1932, photograph shows the Saint Patrick’s Home for Children at 5945 Franklin Boulevard. The 250,000 dollar structure was dedicated on August 1, 1932, and received its first tenants three weeks later. It replaced a similar...
Pictured on May 5, 1945, is the Capital National Bank, located at 700 J Street. Covering an 80 by 87 foot frontage, the building’s exterior was composed of California granite and with window frames of bronze. The eight-ton girders used to...
Pictured in circa 1960, at 1001 Second Street, is Walsh’s Tavern. At the time this photograph was taken, it was owned and operated by Denis J. Sweeney, a native of County Donegal, Ireland. The business operated until Sweeney’s death in 1965. ...
Sacramento's Tower Bridge glistens in this evening photograph, taken from its northern side. The bridge was lighted up for first time in August 1989 to commemorate the John Sutter’s August 1839 landing at the confluence of Sacramento and...
Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
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