A crowd gathers in front of Helvetia Park's clubhouse in this May 11, 1930, photograph. Plans to establish the park were set upon in the spring of 1920. Its layout and amenities were completed for a cost of 3,000 dollars by the San Francisco firm...
A crowd gathers in front of Helvetia Park's clubhouse in this May 11, 1930, photograph. Plans to establish the park were set upon in the spring of 1920. Its layout and amenities were completed for a cost of 3,000 dollars by the San Francisco firm...
Pictured is a July 17, 1932, public gathering at the picnic grounds of East Sacramento's Helvetia Park. Prior to the Park's existence - 1920 to 1953 - it served as the burial ground for Sutter's Fort in the 1840s and 50s. The first person interred...
Photograph circa 1943 of the New Helvetia Homes Housing Project at 816 Revere Street, a short stretch south of Broadway that dead ends at Sacramento's Old City Cemetery.
Members of Sacramento’s beverage industry pose to promote the collection of scrap to help the war effort in this July 1, 1943, photograph. The salvage of scrap was a nationwide effort, seeking excess metals and rubber from the public and...
This 1998 photograph shows the headstone of Georgia Fisher who died on December 27, 1875. She was aged 19 years, 10 months and 2 days. The elaborately carved plaque mounted on a red tile background features carved flowers and clasped hands. It...
This view of the south side of J Street taken in 1959 shows several businesses. At the left are, Shorrock's Hardware (signs posted in the windows indicate that soon it would become home to a Spalding Sports Store) (818 J Street), Palace Market...
This circa 1960 postcard shows John Sutter's Fort Sutter office, regaled with the national flag of his native Switzerland. Sutter's allusions to building a New Helvetia on the Pacific Coast are common throughout local geography and numerous...
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