This 1942 photograph shows the William Land Park rose garden, located in the southwestern section of the park, near the zoo. At the time of the photograph, it contained over 90 different varieties of roses. The pool, visible in the distant center...
The nothwestern grounds of Sutter's Fort are captured in this April 1937 photograph. Along the western wall and written in well-trimmed planted beds are the words "Sutter Fort." Sutter's Fort is located at Twenty-Seventh and L Streets.
This circa 1935 postcard shows a newish post office at the intersection of Ninth and I streets. The structure was opened in 1933. Framing the view are two elm trees, resting at the northwest corner of Plaza Park.
This circa 1937 postcard shows Sacramento's U.S. Post Office and Federal Building, as seen between two elms and from Plaza Park at Ninth and I Streets. The Post Office was built in 1933 and the park, bordered by I and J Streets and Ninth and Tenth...
This circa 1980 postcard shows the Westminster Presbyterian Church, as seen from Capitol Park, and standing watch over N Street. Prominent is the Byzantine-style structure's 137-foot-high tower and 87-foot-high dome. The church, built in 1926/27,...
Shown in circa 1945 is the North Sacramento viaduct. Built in 1942, the 847,000 dollar project enabled motorists to avoid seasonal flooding and traverse the lowlands north of the American River, and surrounding Sacramento Northern and Western...
Shown in 1910 is the roof garden of the four-story Elk's Lodge number 328, located at 824 J Street. The cornerstone had been layed just five years earlier in September 1905 in front of 400 excited members and their families. Visible is the low...
This postcard captures an evening setting around the facade of the California State Capitol building. In the foreground is the landmark fountain that sits between Capitol Extension Building Number One and the Library and Courts Building.
The grounds of Capitol Park over a century ago are captured in this verdant image featuring lush lawns and a wide variety of trees, plants and shrubs. A broad walkway cuts through the park while the Capitol Building, usually a dominant part of any...
This carefully-composed picture postcard view looking west at the California State Capitol and Park was published some time before the First World War. The card features an uncommon balance in the palm trees on either side of the Capitol Building...
This 1910 postcard shows a youngish Capitol Park, with the California State Capitol building, shown to the west. Beautification of park grounds was started in 1869, the original planting consisting of 200 different kinds of rare plant life from...
This circa 1900 postcard shows two children enjoying a fraction of Capitol Park's enormous compliment of flowers. The State Gardener at that time was Matthew H. Dunn, a native of England. He was responsible for the addition of pathways along L...
As seen from the center of Capital Park, this circa 1900 postcard shows, to the left, the State Printing Office and its bindery wing, and, to the right, the State Agricultural Fair Building. The latter structure would be razed by 1908. Fifteenth...
Shown in circa 1975 are Capitol Park and the eastern face of the dome of the California State Capitol building. The earliest mentions of the lands stretching east from the building being made into a grand park go back as far as 1870s, just after...
This circa 1996 postcard shows the facade of the California State Capitol building, as seen from the fountain between the Capitol Extension buildings, just to the west of the Capitol. The portico is accented with seven granite archways and eight...
Shown in 1954 is a rendering of the 20-unit El Cortez Hotel. Resting on the Roseville Freeway and Auburn Boulevard, the motor court sat across the street from the Sacramento Municipal Golf Course. It also offered steam heat, radios, and tiled...
This "Shini color" postcard of the Los Robles Motor Lodge, across from the Sacramento Municipal Golf Course, shows an idyllic courtyard of ceramic-roofed cottages and advertises "45 fully modern, carpeted units, with central heating and...
This view of the Hotel Sacramento from across the street circa 1920s features automobiles, pedestrians and streetcars, very similar to postcard BBSAC476, but a decade later. The California State Capitol Building on the right appears in full color...
