Posed next to a coach is a group of men with instruments (fiddle, banjo, flute, guitar). Two men sit on the driver's seat and three more sit inside the coach. A sign on the coach reads, "Wells, Fargo & Co. U.S. Mail Clear Lake and Ukiah [North]."
This picture of the Tower Bridge was made on March 4, 1937. It was taken from the west side of the Sacramento River, in West Sacramento. The Crane Company, a plumbing supply business, and the tip of the Capitol building's dome are visibile in the...
This April 19, 1929, photograph shows Sacramento Junior College's 512-foot-long administration building, located at 3835 Freeport Boulevard. The school was founded in the fall of 1916, but didn't make its way to the Land Park area campus until...
This 1928 photograph provides a view of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and the Hotel Senator from the California State Capitol building’s dome. Nestled between the hotel and church is the Weinstock, Lubin and Company department store. A...
This February 3, 1933, photograph captures the enormity of locomotive and car parts at the Southern Pacific Railroad Shops. At the time of the photograph, Southern Pacific had invested 125,000 dollars into the modernization of forty-one of its...
Shown on June 2, 1931, is a group portrait of the eighteen member Sacramento High School Girls' Riding Club. The group later changed its name to Merrie Mounted. Miss Beth Hightower and Mrs. Dorothy Barber organized the class in 1930; half of the...
Pictured on November 2, 1938, is Corey’s Flower Shop at 2921 Y Street. The cottage-style shop sits on the north side of Y Street. Its owner, Joseph A. Corey, ran the business from 1937 to 1949. Prior to being a florist, the Sacramento-native...
Pictured on September 24, 1936, is the Crane Company Plumbing Supplies warehouse at Front and M Streets. The four-story, brick and concrete structure was built between 1921 and 1924 for 150,000 dollars. When the facility opened in April 1924 it...
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.
This opulent entrance to the Herman Davis and Sons optometrists at 1014 K Street was captured on June 4, 1931. The firm occupied this spot from 1924 to 1946 before moving to 1225 L Street. Davis, a native of England, started his Sacramento business...
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...
