A view of magazine and newspaper racks at the far end of the Periodical Room, located on the east end of the first floor of the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library. This photograph was taken around the time of the library's opening in 1918.
Photograph of the second floor landing at Sacramento Public Library's Central Library, including a view of the stairwell and the entrance to the main reading room. The picture was captured around the time of the library's opening in 1918.
This photograph shows the ground floor landing as seen from the I Street entrance to the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library, and includes a view of the stairway. The picture was captured around the time of the library's opening in 1918.
Shown in 1996 is the Central Library's archives and research room, the Sacramento Room. Opened in 1995, the facility was set in the original reference room of the 1917 Andrew Carnergie-funded library. To the far right of the photograph is the...
A view of the Children's Room located on the first floor of the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library as it appeared around the time of the opening in 1918.
A view of the Children's Room located on the first floor of the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library as it appeared around the time of the opening in 1918.
This 1992 photograph shows the glassy facade of the recently-completed Angelo Tsakopoulos Galleria, contrasted with the original 1917 Carnegie version of the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library. The Central Library was added to the...
Pictured here is the reference desk and stacks located on the second floor of the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library as it appeared around the time of the opening in 1918. The Carnegie-funded library was constructed on the corner of 9th...
A view of the Branch and School Department located on the third floor of the Sacramento Public Library's Central Library as it appeared around the time of the opening in 1918. The sign on the transom identifies this area of the library.
This photograph was taken in February of 1960 from the balcony overlooking the Sacramento Central Library's Reference Room. At the desk is librarian Edna Cunningham, who worked at Central from 1958 to 1960. In 1995, the room was converted into a...
Taken on October 26, 1928, in the State Library's Circulation Room, this Edward Field Sanford, Jr., sculpture symbolizes ""Wisdom."" The work was done in green bronze and Sanford was quoted in the 1939 Sacramento Bee Guide Book as saying that for...
Taken on October 26, 1928, in the State Library's Circulation Room, this Edward Field Sanford, Jr., sculpture symbolizes ""Inspiration."" The work was done in green bronze and Sanford was quoted in the 1939 Sacramento Bee Guide Book as saying that...
This 1931 photograph shows the Sacramento Public Library's Oak Park Branch, one of 42 branches operating throughout the city. The building's site - Thirty-Fifth Street and Fifth Avenue - was approved for construction in January of 1929. 75,000...
As taken from Cesar Chavez Plaza, this 1992 photograph shows the Ninth Street entrance to the Angelo Tsakopoulos Library Galleria. The venue was built in concert with the Sacramento Public Library's expansion and rennovation in 1992/93
The Sacramento Public Library's Wonder Wagon bookmobile sits parked at a Sacramento festival. The Wonder Wagon project was funded by the Sacramento Public Library Foundation in 1997 to deliver books and technology to area residents unable to visit...
Children dressed in Summer Reading costumes (the theme was Circus of Books) pose in front of the Sacramento Public Library's Traveling Branch (ca. 1970).
