This 1897 photograph provides a northwesterly view of downtown Sacramento from the Capitol dome. Running horizontally at the bottom of the picture is Tenth Street between L and M Streets. The near steeple to the left of the photograph is that of...
This circa 2000 postcard the hub of Sacramento's governmental district, as viewed looking west. In the foreground are the California State Capiol building and Capitol Park. The grass mediums moving vertically to the top of the frame are a feature...
A Sacramento skyline sprouted in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Along with a host of new state government buildings, city developers helped to build new office spaces for a growing downtown workforce as well as for cultural needs. The Renaissance...
Shown in circa 1960 is this dual-framed postcard, showing, above, looking west, the commercialized intersection of Seventh and K streets, and below, looking east, Eighth and Capitol Mall, lined with new government buildings and an old California...
In the years following World War II, Capitol Avenue was the focus of redevelopment efforts. When visitors entered the city from the west via the M Street Bridge, they had to drive through the middle of the west-end slums that lined both sides of...
In the years following World War II, Capitol Avenue was the focus of redevelopment efforts. When visitors entered the city from the west via the M Street Bridge, they had to drive through the middle of the west-end slums that lined both sides of...
Sacramento in the 1940s was a city transformed by World War II. “Although the Sacramento Valley was not a heavily industrialized area, it received contracts to manufacture $7,500,000 worth of wartime goods. Much of this money was for preserved...
In 1975, a federal study of the quality of life in American cities placed Sacramento near the top, using economic indicators as well as an evaluation of social, political, educational and environmental well-being. This occurred, in large part to a...
This nighttime photograph of one of Sacramento’s most recognizable landmarks, the Tower Bridge, was taken in 1940. The Capitol dome, on the left side of the picture, has been superimposed. The earliest official support for a replacement for the...
This aerial photograph shows the waterfront, with downtown Sacramento spreading out into the background. The Southern Pacific Railroad depot is visible on the lower, left-hand side of the picture. To the upper, right-hand corner is the California...
This 1927 aerial view, from the southeast side of the Capitol and Capitol Park, shows Sacramento's downtown area. In the middle of the frame is the Capitol building and, to the left of it, are the recently completed Capitol Extension buildings. The...
Capitol Park is the focus of this aerial photograph of the downtown Sacramento in 1932. The original east entrance of the California State Capitol building is visible, as are, from left to right in the middle of the photo, the California Western...
This rare 1868 photograph was taken from the unfinished dome of the California State Capitol building. Running side-to-side in the foreground is Tenth Street intersecting with L Street to the right. Also, in the far distance, and to the...
A rainy day in 1868 is viewed from on high upon the unfinished dome of the California State Capitol building. N Street and Twelfth Street intersect in the upper portion of the photograph.
The California State Capitol building is shown here under construction, circa 1873. The photograph is taken from the Leland Stanford Home, located to the southwest of the Capitol at Eighth and N Streets. The State Printing Plant, erected in 1872,...
This 1879 photograph captures a youngish California State Capitol building as viewed from the corner of Tenth and L Streets. The building's raised posture was due to a desire to avoid flooding. Accordingly, in 1862, workers hauled wheelbarrows of...
This photograph of the California State Senate was taken on September 21, 1950. Goodwin "Goodie" Knight sits in the foreground, in the first row. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1946 and reelected to the same post in 1950. He would...
