This April 12, 1935, image captures the front of A. J. Affleck Drugs, A. J. Affleck Laboratories, and California Western State Life Insurance Company at 1006 through 1008 Tenth Street. Three men appear at the business's entrance at the northeast...
This aerial view of the Capitol was taken circa 1926. It shows some of Capitol Park as well as the adjacent state buildings and some of the surrounding area.
This 1936 photograph shows the southwest corner of Alhambra and G Street and the Wilniwa Apartments, located at 3024 G Street. Built in 1921, the eight-unit structure was named by its builder, Mr. Amos W. Norris, who took the first few letters...
Here is a front view of the Alhambra Hospital at 3014 M Street, on June 27, 1929. It was one of eleven hospitals serving Sacramento at the time. In an advertisement from the 1935 Sacramento City Directory, the hospital claimed "rates from $3 up"...
A February 12, 1931, photograph of the American Legion George W. Manhart Post 391. A group of men salutes an American flag. The organization met on Twenty-First Street between K and L Streets.
A June 21, 1930, photograph of the American Legion Sacramento Post 61 Convention Committee with 18 members present. Seated on the grass in the first row are: Joe Knowles, Paul Wise, George Compte, Tom Deise, E.J. (Joe) Plato, Frank Malany. In...
This photograph of the newly-completed American Trust Company building at 1011 Tenth Street was taken in 1938. The site had been the location of a nineteenth and early twentieth-century livery stable. By 1948, the structure had been expanded to...
Here is Andy's Drive-in, as it stood on March 18, 1941. Named for Andrew Swenson, it was located at 2995 Freeport Boulevard. The carhops in fancy uniform pose alongside their customers' vehicles for this publicity shot.
Members of the Sacramento Archery Club take aim in this circa 1928 photograph, shot at Curtis Park. By 1928, the club was one of 12 to be found in California. It was common for clubs to practice their way toward the California State Fair’s...
Shown on May 31, 1930, several cloche-topped female archers participate in the Western Archery Association’s first annual tournament at William Land Park. The event included roughly 100 archers from throughout the American West. Sacramento’s...
Photographed on May 31, 1930, several male archers compete at William Land Park in the Western Archery Association’s first annual tournament. The Santa Barbara Archery Club claimed the men’s team title while Clinton Douglas of Los Angeles won...
This May 31, 1930, photograph shows several female participants in the Western Archery Association’s first annual tournament at William Land Park. The three-day event attracted the American West’s best archers, but saw California participants...
An army of archers take aim in this 1930 photograph, shot at William Land Park. By the mid-1920s, Sacramento’s archery community had formed a club, consisting of over 50 members, and found venues for sport at Land, Curtis and McKinley parks. ...
Here is the Argonaut Liquor Company, as it stood on January 18, 1938. Founded in the mid-1930s, and located at 517-523 I Street, the Argonaut moved into the pictured location in 1937 and was one of just nine liquor wholesalers in Sacramento at the...
Auburn Highway, later known as Auburn Boulevard, is shown on February 18, 1937 as a quiet, country road passing through the splendor of Del Paso Park. The park was officially opened in April 1911 with a picnic which included a barbecue, dance, and...
