A moment of giddiness is captured in this 1960 photograph of the Reference Room in Sacramento's Central Library at 828 "I" Street. The library was built in 1917/18 through 100,000 dollar grant from Scottish-American steel baron and philanthropist...
This April 1962 photograph shows the west end of the reading room at the Sacramento Central Library at 828 I Street. It was located on the second floor, along with a reference room, delivery and open stacks for 20,000 volumes. The first floor...
This 1996 photograph reveals the splendor of the Sacramento Room, the archives and research room of the Central Library at 828 I Street. All of the wood work in the room - done in Honduran Mahogany - was performed by Sacramento's Burnett and Sons...
This 1992 photograph shows three different eras of Sacramento architecture. To the left of the photograph is the Angelo Tsakopoulos Galleria, built in 1992. To the right, and built in 1917, is Sacramento's Central Library at 828 I Street. To the...
Shown at the southwestern corner of Ninth and I Streets, in 1955, is the main branch of the Sacramento City Library at 828 I Street. The Hotel Californian, at 800 I Street, rests to the far right of the photograph.
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...
This photograph was taken in February of 1960 from the balcony overlooking the Sacramento Central Library's Reference Room. At the desk is librarian Edna Cunningham, who worked at Central from 1958 to 1960. In 1995, the room was converted into a...
Pictured is Sacramento's Central Library as it looked in circa 1949. The view is from one of the upper floors of the Post Office, on the north side of I Street. After the City Commission, in 1914, purchased a section of land at Ninth and I Streets...
Shown in 1996 is the Central Library's archives and research room, the Sacramento Room. Opened in 1995, the facility was set in the original reference room of the 1917 Andrew Carnergie-funded library. To the far right of the photograph is the...
This 1992 photograph captures both the new Angelo Tsakopoulos Galleria and the 1917 Central Library. On both sides of the entrance to the galleria are bronzed sculptures of foxes. Ninth Street runs in the foreground.
As taken from Cesar Chavez Plaza, this 1992 photograph shows the Ninth Street entrance to the Angelo Tsakopoulos Library Galleria. The venue was built in concert with the Sacramento Public Library's expansion and rennovation in 1992/93
This 1992 photograph shows the glassy facade of the recently-completed Angelo Tsakopoulos Galleria, contrasted with the original 1917 Carnegie version of the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library. The Central Library was added to the...
This 1995 photograph shows Sacramento Room Librarian, Clare Ellis, posing with some of the Sacramento Room's treasures. Ellis, a graduate of Catholic University in Washington, D.C., served with the Sacramento Public Library until 2009. Prior to...
A view of the Children's Room located on the first floor of the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library as it appeared around the time of the opening in 1918.
Pictured here is the reference desk and stacks located on the second floor of the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library as it appeared around the time of the opening in 1918. The Carnegie-funded library was constructed on the corner of 9th...
Photograph of the second floor landing at Sacramento Public Library's Central Library, including a view of the stairwell and the entrance to the main reading room. The picture was captured around the time of the library's opening in 1918.
This photograph shows the ground floor landing as seen from the I Street entrance to the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library, and includes a view of the stairway. The picture was captured around the time of the library's opening in 1918.
A view of the Branch and School Department located on the third floor of the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library as it appeared around the time of the opening in 1918. The sign on the transom identifies this area of the library.
A view of magazine and newspaper racks at the far end of the Periodical Room, located on the east end of the first floor of the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library. This photograph was taken around the time of the library's opening in 1918.
