The pool and shaded lawn behind the Coral Reef Lodge at 2700 Fulton Avenue is the subject of this postcard. The printed description on the back indicates that the lodge is " 'the quiet place'...away from Freeway 80 traffic...breakfast at La Petite...
The Maleville brothers played an important role in establishing the Town and Country area of Sacramento and particularly Fulton Avenue, known from the 1940s through the 1960s as a thoroughfare loaded with quality eateries, lodges and nightclubs....
This circa 1955 rendition of the Cordova Lodge at 10701 Folsom Boulevard, eight miles east of Sacramento. Built in mid-1950s under the leadership of George E. Johnson, the "motel lodge" was constructed for price of 2.5 million dollars, boasting...
This postcard featuring the entrance, parking lot and rooms of the Mansion View Lodge in 1968 offers the following enticement on the back, "Opposite Governor's Mansion ...cooled by refrigeration." More than 40 years later both the Governor's...
This 1936 postcard shows the inviting Victoria Motor Lodge at 5716 Stockton Boulevard. The longest run of management at the lodge - 1953 to 1980 - came with widowed Italian immigrant Angelina Amoruso and her sons Peter and Vincent, both of whom...
This January 6, 1945, photograph shows a group portrait of Legionarios Del Trabajo, Lodge number 618, also known as the Camellia Lodge. The picture was taken at the Legionarios Del Trabajo Temple at 225 Capitol Avenue. Founded in San Francisco in...
Pictured here in 1932 is the lodge of Camp Sacramento. The second woman from the left is Gladys Babayco. The woman facing the camera is Helen Babayco, while Joseph Albert Babayco holds a small boy, Albert James Babayco. The lodge was the primary...
Viewed from the southeast, on August 27, 1930, is the monolithic Elks Lodge Number 6 at 925 Eleventh Street. Dedicated on July 3, 1926, fundraising for the 1.5 million dollar structure started in 1905. In the one year that it took a crew of 150...
Pictured in 1950 are the officers and members of Gomez Lodge number 12 of the Caballeros of Dimas-Alang, located at 1025 Ninth Street. The fraternal organization - comprised of Filipino Americans - was founded in San Francisco in 1921. The...
This circa 1910 postcard shows the building for Elk's Lodge 328, resting on the south side of J Street, between Eighth and Ninth streets. Built in 1906, the four-story offered an assembly hall, library, smoking and card rooms, buffet, parlor, hat...
This street-level view of the Cordova Lodge at 10701 Folsom Boulevard shows the building, sign and parking lot as it appeared when business was very good. With the closure of Aerojet General and McDonnell-Douglas and the new Highway 50 bypassing...
This circa 1960 photograph shows a typical room at George E. Johnson's Cordova Lodge at 10701 Folsom Boulevard. Rooms came with single, double or twin double beds and were furnished with both television sets and full air conditioning. Located on...
This "Shini color" postcard of the Los Robles Motor Lodge, across from the Sacramento Municipal Golf Course, shows an idyllic courtyard of ceramic-roofed cottages and advertises "45 fully modern, carpeted units, with central heating and...
Located at 2712 Fulton Avenue, the Coral Reef Lodge was across the street and slightly west of namesake Coral Reef Restaurant, a fixture and family favorite for over 40 years. Brothers John, Elwood and later band-leader Edwin "Buddy" Malrville...
Shown in circa 1960 is the dining room of George E. Johnson's Cordova Lodge, located at Highway 50 and Zinfandel Drive in Rancho Cordova. Built to seat 100 people, the room was adjoined to a cocktail lounge known as the Burgundy Room. Both...
Shown in circa 1895, at the southwest corner of Sixth and K streets, is the Masonic Temple. Built in 1865 for 35,000 dollars, the structure served as the fifth meeting place of Sacramento Lodge number 40. Antebellum-style awnings that surrounded...
Taken in circa 1907, this photograph reveals the lounging room of the Elks Temple at 824 J Street. The second floor room contains a piano, billiard table, gramophone and stuffed elk. The room also provided access to a balcony, allowing some of...
This off-season photograph of the sign and entrance to Camp Sacramento was taken in 1928. The typical on-season for the camp ranged from early June through late August. Even during the winter months communication to the outside world - without...
This photograph, taken in circa 1960, reveals a portion of Sixth Street. Businesses included are Harry's Clothing at 1022 Sixth Street, the Sixth & K Grocery at 1024 Sixth Street, the Stadion Cafe and Greek Lodge at 1024 Sixth Street, and the...
The Sacramento Lodge No. 6 B.P.O.E. (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks) Escort Team takes a moment out of a formal dinner to pose for a photograph. Two tables of men and women pose for the camera.
