This photograph of the California Governor's Mansion was taken on July 24, 1943, from the northeast corner of Sixteenth and H Streets. When the structure was built by Albert Gallatin as a private residence in 1877, the area was semi-rural. The...
This 1968 postcard provides a view of the main entrance to the Governor's Mansion with the following description printed on the back, "Built in 1877, the mansion truly represents the early California era. It housed all of California's Governors and...
This 1996 postcard offers an aerial view of the Governor's Mansion and coachhouse, as taken from the southeast. As the home to California Governors from 1903 to 1967, the mansion and its grounds were named to the National Register of Historic...
This 1996 postcard offers an aerial view of the Governor's Mansion and coachhouse, as taken from the southeast. As the home to California Governors from 1903 to 1967, the mansion and its grounds were named to the National Register of Historic...
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 photograph of a pristine interior of the California State Capitol Governor's Office was taken in 1942. Levy Olson was the Governor at this time. The Governor's office was moved to the Capitol annex in 1951, when this room was then occupied...
This circa 1930 photograph shows the two-lane Yolo Causeway. Opened in spring 1916 to a fete that lasted four days, and involving everything from beauty queens to sporting events (74, to be exact), to governors, the structure was created under the...
One of the many bedrooms located on the second and third floor of the Old Governor's Mansion, which is located at Sixteenth and H Streets. Designed and built in 1877 by Nathaniel Dudley Goodell for Sacramento hardware business magnate Albert...
The winding staircase in the Old Governor's Mansion, which is located at Sixteenth and H Streets, is the subject of this photograph, taken circa 1955. The wife of a previous governor-in-residence at Albert Gallatin's former home ordered the...
The living room in the Old Governor's Mansion, which is located at Sixteenth and H Streets, is the subject of this photograph, taken circa 1955. Lavishly decorated, this former drawing room boasts one of seven Italian marble fireplaces. All the...
The dining room in the Old Governor's Mansion, which is located at Sixteenth and H Streets, is the subject of this photograph, taken circa 1955. The finely carved wood, Oriental rugs, splendid mirror above the ornate marble fireplace and crystal...
The bathroom in the Old Governor's Mansion, which is located at Sixteenth and H Streets, is the subject of this photograph, taken circa 1955. Original owner Albert Gallatin encouaged innovative planning for his elaborate Victorian house, using an...
The entrance hallway of the Governor's Mansion at 1524 H Street (the corner of Sixteenth and H Streets), is the subject of this photograph taken circa 1955.
The old Governor's Mansion, located at the corner of Sixteenth and H Streets, is the subject of this photograph. This exterior shot, taken circa 1955, shows the ornate Victorian decoration and mansard roof of the house.
Here is a photograph, taken circa 1947, of Bedell's Restaurant, located at 1117 Eleventh Street. It was opened by Edwin "Eddie" Bedell in 1939 and closed in 1961. Over that span of time, Capitol reporters chose Bedell's to give farewell dinners...
Shown in 2002 are three homes, located on the north side of F Street -- left to right, 1017, 1021, and 1029 -- in the Alkali Flat section of Sacramento. To the far right of the frame is the J. Neely Johnson House which, built in 1854, has been a...
This circa 1920 postcard reveals the dining room of the Leland Stanford Mansion, located at southeast corner of Eighth and N streets. In the event of parties, the dining room -- situated on the second floor -- was often used for dancing, with...
