This circa 1907 photograph provides a view of the library at the Elks Temple at 824 J Street. Prominent is the beam work and molding, made of Flemish oak and mahogany. Bookcases bracket a fireplace, in front of which is a large, wooden table...
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York early in 1868, originally comprised of thespians (actors) but soon open to all qualified potential members who believed in their stated goals. The name of the organization was...
Taken in circa 1907, this photograph reveals the lounging room of the Elks Temple at 824 J Street. The second floor room contains a piano, billiard table, gramophone and stuffed elk. The room also provided access to a balcony, allowing some of...
Pictured in circa 1907 is the meeting hall at the Elks Temple at 824 J Street. The room was 43 by 60 feet in size with a height of 32 feet. It was also fitted with a miniature stage for live entertainment, a spring floor for dancing, and an...
Viewed from the southeast, on August 27, 1930, is the monolithic Elks Lodge Number 6 at 925 Eleventh Street. Dedicated on July 3, 1926, fundraising for the 1.5 million dollar structure started in 1905. In the one year that it took a crew of 150...
This circa 1950 photograph shows a horse-drawn Budweiser wagon resting outside of the Elks Temple at 925 Eleventh Street. To the right of the picture is a sign for the Top of the Town Restaurant, a fourteenth-floor eatery and lounge that provided...
Photograph, taken in 1953, of the Elks Charity Baseball game at Edmonds Field showing Stan Hack and other notables. From left to right; F. R. Howard; Stan Hack; Frank Bottaro; Murv Shea; and Larry Williams.
Elks Lodge members with v-shaped tunics and adults dressed in military uniforms march along K Street near Tenth beating drums and blowing horns. Businesses along the route include Fox Senator Theatre (912 K Street), Capital Clothing Company (916 K...
It's the third annual dance and entertainment for Sacramento Chapter No. 153 of the Order of AHEPA. Elks Hall is filled with the merrymakers who pose for a group picture. Smiles and stoic stares appear on the faces of the many males wearing ties...
The newly-completed Elks Temple on J Street, between Eighth and Ninth Streets, is the subject of this 1907 postcard. In accordance with the appearance of the National Irrigation Congress, the building is adorned with decorations. Arriving in...
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 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...
The storefront of the Remington Rand Company at 1107 J Street is shown in this 1960 photograph. The business was formed during the summer of 1927 as a producer of office equipment. Its location would be on the floor level of the Elks Building for...
This March 7, 1941, photograph shows the Sears, Roebuck and Company department store, located at 1123 K Street. In the background are the tops of the Elks Temple, and the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The store opened in April of 1928 at...
This 1939 view from the Senator Hotel at 1121 L Street shows the spires and apse of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament at 1017 Eleventh Street. Several men in the foreground are painting the word "Sacramento" on the roof of the Weinstock,...
This circa 1910 photograph shows the Elks Club as it sat at 824 J Street. The cornerstone for the building was layed on September 10, 1905. Republican Congressman Grove L. Johnson spoke at the occasion. The five-story structure, with a 42-foot...
The California Fruit Building provides the vantage point for this circa 1940 photograph. Beyond the rear of the Travelers Hotel, the distance reveals, from left to right, the Elks Building, the California Western State Life Insurance Building, and...
This wide open view of the northern reaches of William Land Park was taken in 1926. To the photograph’s left is the memorial statue and fountain of Charles Swanston, built in 1923/24 by Paris-based sculpture Ralph Stackpole, who also created the...
This circa 1930 photograph of the 14-story California Western State Life Insurance Building, also known as the Cal-West Building, was taken from across a shaded Plaza Park from the east side of Tenth Street in the 1920s. It was the tallest...
