This circa 1900 leather postcard shows a rendering of the Crocker Art Gallery, as it stands at Second and O streets. Built in 1872/73, the gallery was expanded in 1912 to include what had been the Crocker family's residence at the northeast corner...
This circa 1980 postcard shows the Crocker Art Gallery at Second and O streets, as seen from Third Street. The gallery provides stands as the most robust symbol of the Crocker legacy and a Sacramento saga that started with Edwin and Margaret...
This circa 1940 postcard shows the Crocker Art Gallery, located at Second and 0 Street. Gifted in March 1885 to the city of Sacramento and California Museum Association by Margaret Crocker, it quickly became the first and finest public art...
Shown in circa 1910 is the first floor lobby of the Crocker Art Museum at 216 O Street. The doorways and stairways are made of walnut while the paneling is made of California laurel. Through the door to the right of the photograph is the...
This photograph taken circa 1880 is of the residence of Mrs. E. B. Crocker (located at Third and O Streets). In 1884, the Crocker Art Gallery became the property of the City of Sacramento.
This circa 1995 postcard shows the Crocker Art Gallery at Second and O streets. The pictured section of the gallery was constructed in 1872, housing an initial collection of 700 items. Its construction proved a boon for local contractors,...
This circa 1980 postcard shows a Buddhist shrine and Japanese costuming, part of the Oriental Gallery at the Crocker Art Gallery at Second and O streets. Thanks to one of the Crocker daughters, Mrs. J. Sloat Fassett and travels to East Asia, the...
Tucked into the fog-shrouded, northwest corner of Sacramento's Old City Cemetery, at Tenth Street and Broadway, is the E.B. Crocker family monument. It contains the remains of Edwin and Margaret Crocker and their daughter, Amy. Just above their...
This circa 1905 postcard shows the E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, located at Second and O streets. Opened to the public in 1873 and bequethed to the city of Sacramento and California Museum Association in 1885, one of the first tasks of the...
Shown at Second and O streets in 1900 is the Crocker Art Gallery. The venue was opened to the public in 1873, and then gifted to the city of Sacramento and California Museum Association in March 1885 -- an act, in the eyes of the Sacramento Daily...
This circa 1915 sepia hued postcard shows the Crocker Art Gallery at Second and O streets. To the far left is what used to be the Crocker home and what, in 1912, became part of the gallery, aptly referred to as "the annex." The annex operated...
Pictured on June 18, 1955, is the landmark sign at the Sacramento’s City Cemetery at 1000 Broadway. Attached to the facility’s main office, it states as follows: “City Cemetery; Capt. John A. Sutter donated the original ten acres to the...
This 1956 photograph shows the west side of J Street, between Second and Third Streets. Businesses include the Red Front Shoe Shop at 206 J Street, Hop Wo Laundry at 212 J Street, and the Jamall Hotel at 208 J Street. The Jamall was set in the...
Shown in circa 1991 is the parquet floored grand ballroom at the Crocker Art Museum, located at 216 O Street. Adorning the walls and nooks are various European-style paintings and vases. The room is also characterized by the presence of four...
This circa 1991 postcard shows the foyer of the Crocker Art Gallery, located at Second and O streets. The spiral stairways on either side of the photograph were made by Langland and Carter, who had a wood working concern at Front and Q streets. ...
This circa 1970 postcard provides a detailed view of some of the artisan wood work done in the entrance way to the Crocker Art Museum's ballroom. The carved and molded panneling throughout the ballroom area was done with both Maple and California...
This circa 1990 postcard shows Thomas Hill's "Great Canyon of the Sierra," which gained the prestigious New York Pallette AClub medal. E.B. and Margaret Crocker purchased the painting in 1873, then hanging it on the south wall of what would become...
This circa 1980 postcard shows the Crocker Art Gallery's main entrance at O Street, between Second and Third streets. Built in 1872/83 under the guidance of N.D. Goodell, the Italian suburban-style structure was built to measure some 60 feet in...
Pictured in 1927 is the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament at 1107 Eleventh Street. Several period cards are parked on Eleventh Street. The city’s moneyed Catholics were giddy to make their mark on the structure: Ellen Dwyer, Daniel McCarthy,...
