A bustling scene on K Street was captured in this 1913 photograph. A horse and wagon in the photograph’s foreground contrasts a slowly shifting paradigm toward the use of automobiles. Sidewalks are lined with pedestrians. In the background and...
Busy street scene looking east on K Street. Many pedestrians and vehicles are in this photo. There is a horse and wagon in the foreground and female pedestrians crossing K Street at Tenth Street. The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is in the...
Taken in 1926/27 is this photograph of the service station of Bobby Schang and Lloyd Jones at the corner of Twelfth and C. Schang was a player for the Sacramento Senators baseball team, having his best year in 1924 as he hit .348 in 115 games. He...
This 1924 photograph shows the Frederick Foto Service resting at 916 Seventh Street. It was founded by Harley W. Frederick shortly after his return from Europe and the First World War. He apprenticed for a career in photography with Sacramento's...
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...
Pictured is Sacramento's Central Library as it looked in circa 1949. The view is from one of the upper floors of the Post Office, on the north side of I Street. After the City Commission, in 1914, purchased a section of land at Ninth and I Streets...
This December 9, 1922, photograph captures the Thirtieth Anniversary Meeting of the Saturday Club. The meeting was held at the Masonic Hall at 1121 J Street. Standing is Mr. Behmyer and Ms. Hawley. Silver cake knives are being awarded to Ms. R....
This costume party of the Saturday Club, held at the Tuesday Club was photographed in 1935. From right to left are as follows: Maude Torrey, Agnes Kirkman, Harry Fenton, Florence Lenthicum, Pauline Neland, Ethel Brett, Zuegeary Pease, Winifred...
Taken in circa 1975, this photograph captures a view of the K Street Mall, looking east from the intersection Twelfth and K Streets. To the left of the frame are the venerable McCurry's Photography at 1131 K Street and Lauter and Son's Gifts. To...
Pictured on May 20, 1924, is the Sacramento Symthony, just prior to first concert. It was given at the Masonic Temple with Franz Dicks conducting. The orchestra is posed on the stage, instruments in hand with Dicks standing at the center.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Looking east on K Street about 1910, the transition from horse to gas is very evident. There are many vehicles in this scene; two electric street cars, horse-drawn carriages and wagons, and a number of automobiles. Pedestrians dot the sidewalks...
This circa 1913 photograph shows the Diepenbrock Theater at 1203 J Street. The picture also shows signage atop the building which reads “Orpheum Shows Theater.” The Orpheum was the vaudeville-style company that provided much of the live...
This 1925 photograph shows the façade of the 41-unit Merrium Apartments at 1017 Fourteenth Street. A roadster sits to the lower right of the frame and hanging over the building’s entryway is a massive eave. The building’s architect, etched...
Children gather at the Traveling Branch of the Sacramento City Library. This bookmobile was designed by City Librarian Grace Taylor Dean, constructed from a war surplus trailer chassis, and built by Mr. Semas, a mechanic at the Corporation Yard. It...
