This circa 1980 postcard shows a prtion of the Charles C. Jensen Botanical Gardens, located at 8520 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Carmichael, California. The garden was founded in 1958, then becoming part of the Carmichael Recreation and Park District in...
Pictured at Carmichael's Ancil Hoffman Golf Course at 6700 Tarshes Drive, are several wild turkeys. The fowl are the results of a 1908 effort by the California State Department of Fish and Game to introduce them as game birds into the area that...
This circa 1990 aerial photograph provides a view of the William B. Pond Recreation Area, a seen from the northeast. Tabbed as the park's namesake in 1983, Pond was the first director of Sacramento County's Department of Parks and Recreation, and...
This circa 2000 postcard shows a portion of Carmichael's Palm Drive. With the road's namesake obvious, Mary Deterding - who, with husband, Charles, bought 425 acres along the American River in 1907 - planted nearly 100 Canary Island date palms,...
Shown in circa 1995, amidst the colors of Fall, is the Carmichael Presbyterian Church, located at 5645 Marconi Avenue. The congregation was founded in 1925, joining the Presbyterians in 1927. It was not until the late 1940s and early 1950s that...
Shown in circa 1990 is a portion of Ancil Hoffman Park as it sits along the American River. Constructed in 1959/1960, the 297-acre park was named after longtime Sacramento County Supervisor and boxing promoter, Ancil Hoffman. Park amenities...
Shown in circa 1990 is a bevy of Labor Day rafters along the American River near San Juan Rapids. Located on the lower American River, and within a bend between Sacramento Bar and Rossmoor Bar, the class two rapids are a popular destination for...
This circa 1918 photograph shows an infantile citrus orchard in the proximity of Carmichael, California. In the background sits a farmhouse. Beyond that, one can see undeveloped prairie, populated with native grasses and several oaks trees. As...
This circa 1918 photograph shows a herd of dairy cows, grazing amongst the native oaks and sweet native grasses of primeval Carmichael, California. By 1920, Sacramento County was the thirteenth-highest producer of dairy products in the State of...
Pictured in circa 1918 is a family and early residents of Carmichael, California. All of those pictured are well dressed. Distant oak trees sit in the middle of the frame. The area had been part of the 44,000-acre Rancho San Juan land grant,...
This circa 1918 photograph captures a small farm near early Carmichael, California. Two men sit, posing for the picture, while well-dressed women mill about a period automobile near the left of the frame. In the middle of the picture, a sprinkler...
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...
This August 12, 1948, photograph shows the firefighters of Carmichael Fire Protection District No. 1 and Fire Chief Dan Donovan, Assistant Fire Chief Fontain Johnson and Commissioner Bob Wall standing next to fire engine No. 7, a 1946-7...
A 1948 photograph Fire Chief Dan Donovan, Assistant Fire Chief Fontain Johnson and Commissioner Bob Wall, standing next to fire engine No. 7, a 1946-7 International/Van Pelt pumper fire engine.
