The waterfronts of both Sacramento and West Sacramento bracket this photograph, taken on September 4, 1937. On the right side of the scene are two beached riverboats while the Superior Boat Livery and Paulson's Marina rest just below. On the left...
This photograph of Sacramento's waterfront, between roughly J Street to M Street, was taken in circa 1906. In August of 1906, the Southern Pacific Railroad was in the process of expanding its wharf facilities toward M Street as well as adding a...
This circa 1904 photograph reveals a cluttered Sacramento River waterfront. Taken from the I Street Bridge, the view stretches from roughly J Street to just beyond the Sacramento and Yolo Bridge at M Street. A series of riverboats are docked to...
Taken on February 4, 1926, this photograph shows a high rising Sacramento River. The waterfronts and shipping facilities for both Sacramento proper, on the right, and the village of Broderick, on the left, are also visibile. Also visible is the...
Indicative of a rich railroading history, this circa 2000 postcard shows a Union Pacific 0-6-0 switching locomotive, making its way along Front and L streets in Old Sacramento State Historic Park. The engine was built in Lima, Ohio, in 1920. In...
Resting near Old Sacramento State Historic Park, in 1999, is the "Delta King" riverboat. Prior to rehabilitation, the vessel, built in 1926, was sunk in Richmond Harbor for 15 months. After purchase, it arrived at Sacramento, under the power of...
Shown in circa 1996 is an evening view of Sacramento's Old Sacramento State Historic Park. The pictured river boats are, left to right, the "Delta King," the "Spirit of Sacramento," and the "Matthew McKinley." The pagoda-style roof of the Wong...
Shown in circa 1900 is the bustle of the Sacramento riverfront and loading of cargo upon the steamer Modoc. The Modoc, built to hold up to 400 tons in freight, made regular runs between Sacramento and San Francisco, with its maiden trip coming in...
Shown in circa 1890 is eastern bank of the Sacramento River, near the Southern Pacific Railroad Steamer freight depots number six and seven, and fruit storage facilities. Notice the absence of the M Street Bridge downriver, not built until 1909.
This 1910 postcard shows the riverboat "Navajo" turning about near the M Street Bridge. Built in 1909/1910 by the Southern Pacific Railroad in West Oakland, the "Navajo," in 1910, smashed a speed record, going from Sacramento to Rio Vista in three...
Shown in circa 1895 is the eastern bank of the Sacramento River as it passes through the city of Sacramento. In the distance, at Front and T sreets, is the smoke stack of the Pioneer Box Factory which had been dormant since October 1893, having...
This circa 1910 color postcard shows the Sacramento Boat Club, floating at the banks of the Sacramento River and the Yolo County hamlet of Broderick. The image was captured from the Southern Pacific Railroad's drawbridge, positioned just to the...
Shown in circa 1910 is the Sacramento Boat Club and its mooring at Broderick, just across from the Sacramento River from Sacramento proper. Prominent is the club's relatively new boat-house, built in 1907 and placed near the Southern Pacific rail...
Shown on this postcard, prior to 1911, is the Sacramento Boat Club, as situated on the west banks of the Sacramento River at Broderick. The group attempted to move from the depicted site in April 1911 and away from the recently built, yet ominous,...
Shown in circa 1905 is the Sacramento Boat Club, moored along the western bank of the Sacramento River, near Broderick. The pictured boathouse was constructed in 1892 when the organization was known as the Undine Boat Club. By 1912, the...
