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...
This circa 1940 photograph reveals the southern face of the Ochsner Building and a few of its first floor business tenants. Resting at the corner of Seventh and K Streets, the building’s first three stories were built in 1904, while two more...
Members of Sacramento’s beverage industry pose to promote the collection of scrap to help the war effort in this July 1, 1943, photograph. The salvage of scrap was a nationwide effort, seeking excess metals and rubber from the public and...
A tree-lined H Street is the subject of this photograph, taken on April 26, 1929. Looking west, down H, one can see an intersection with Seventeenth Street as well as the 24-unit Villa Marquise Apartments, just off to the left.
This 1960 photograph shows the inviting storefront of the Wonder Café at 1116 Seventh Street. The restaurant was operated by Mary Yee. To the far right of the frame is the P.C. Penney department store on the southwest corner of Seventh and K...
Two women and a child walk past a part of town slated for change in this scene. The Berkshire Building is at the corner and automobiles are parked at the curb in front of the Roma, a tavern at 525 L Street in the center of this circa 1960...
Looking east, this 1960 photograph captures a blighted section of Merchant Street, between Sixth and Seventh Streets. The thoroughfare was first called Oak Avenue, then changed to California Street sometime before 1880. It became Merchant Street...
This 1960 photograph of Merchant Street captures the street's north side, between Sixth and Seventh Streets. The first two structures - from left to right - are the Ramona Hotel at 1007 Sixth Street and the Ramona Garage at 606 J Street. Once...
The Wonder Cafe at 1116 Seventh Street, Jade Liquor at 1118-and-a-half Seventh Street, Frank's Apartments at 1118 Seventh Street, ABC Cleaners at 1120 Seventh Street, Hotel Marshall at 1122 Seventh Street, Rainbow Jewelers at 1127 Seventh Street,...
This 1960 rooftop photograph, looking west, shows the aging Berkshire Apartments at 1126 through 1134 Sixth Street. To the right of the apartment building is the Volunteers of America building at 1116 Sixth Street.
This 1961 photograph provides a view of Seventh Street, looking north from K Street. Visible are the American Typewriter Exchange at 1010B Seventh Street, Len's Leathercraft at 1010C Seventh Street, and the Home Apartments at 1008 Seventh Street. ...
This circa 1970 photograph shows La Rosa Apartments at 502 Tenth Street and Angela's Bargain Center at 500 Tenth Street in Sacramento's Alkali Flat neighborhood. Both reside within the Huelsman Building which was constructed between 1905 and 1915....
Taken in circa 1970, this photograph of the 5-unit La Rosa Apartments at 502 Tenth Street and Angela's Bargain Center at 500 Tenth Street was shot from the intersection of Tenth and E Streets. The building was constructed between 1905 and 1915 by...
This 1936 photograph shows the southwest corner of Alhambra and G Street and the Wilniwa Apartments, located at 3024 G Street. Built in 1921, the eight-unit structure was named by its builder, Mr. Amos W. Norris, who took the first few letters...
The corner of Fourteenth and N Streets is dominated by the large multi-family dwelling shown here in a photograph taken circa 1925. The brick and rough stone entrance, corner window nooks and decorative support beams contrast with the rest of the...
This quiet street scene, photographed January 25, 1945, features two automobiles parked at the curb in front of the following businesses: F.E. Lauppe Commercial Insurance, (1319 K Street), Leslie H. Watkins, Optometrist (1321 K Street), John J....
