The Midtown Motel at the corner of Twelth Street and G Street hasn't changed much since this postcard was circulated over 40 years ago, though the neighborhood has. A fence now surrounds the structure, though it is still within "walking distance of...
This 1928 photograph shows the busy loading area of the Crystal Ice and Cold Storage Company at 1618 and 1620 R Street. Two trucks are posed for delivery in front of Southern Pacific railroad spurs. Built in 1921/22 for 100,000 dollars, the...
This 1955 photograph shows the front of the Harry August Nauman Funeral Home at 2021 Twenty-Eighth Street. Nauman came to Sacramento from Pennsylvania in 1889 and went into the mortuary business after a stint as an executive with the John Breuner...
Resting on the northeast corner of Alhambra Boulevard and Casita Way on September 26, 1936, is the brick-clad Channel Pie Shop. The design brainchild of Sacramento architect Harry Devine, the 75 by 112 foot bakery was built in 1934 for 13,000...
Shown here, in circa 1950, is the business office of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) at 2101 K Street. The power utility was created by the vote of Sacramento County residents on July 11, 1923. For the next two decades, however,...
This 1920 photograph shows the distinct twin-spired St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church, located at 1112 Twenty-sixth Street. Built for 100,000 dollars, the church's cornerstone was laid on October 10, 1908, and then dedicated on October...
The Turnverein Building on 3349 J Street is the subject of this photograph, taken in 1925, the same year that the structure was built. The cornerstone for the 100,000 dollar building was laid on October 25, 1925, enabling the organization to move...
As early as 1927, and as evidenced in this photograph, Sacramento has long been the site of several urban forests. By February 1927, the Capital City contained more than 32,000 trees, half of which lived in residential sections of the central...
This circa 1925 photograph shows a relatively new Scottish Rite Temple at the southwest corner of Twenty-Eighth and L Streets. Placed on a 90 by 160 foot lot, the structure was built of brick, stone and concrete in 1916/17 for a cost of 125,000...
Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson, pictured here circa 1873, was the wife of dairyman John Frink Richardson. Born in England in October 1817; she came to the United States in 1841 and settled in Sacramento in 1849. Upon arriving in the young city, she...
A class picture - perhaps the new graduates - at Marshall School. Thirty-nine students pose in three rows for the photographer. A boy in the back row hold up an American flag. All the students are wearing a rosette with long trailing ribbons.
A class poses for a picture on the front steps of Marshall School in this January 1927 photograph. The 10-room schoolhouse was built in 1904, and through the twenty-first century, stands as the largest surviving example of Classical Revival...
A class poses for a picture against a tree-shaded wall at Marshall School. A girl with long braids holds the American flag at the left end of the middle row (June 14, 1926).
This June 1922 photograph shows a giddy group of seventh grade girls modelling of their self-made garb at Marshall School at Twenty-Eighth and G Streets. They were directed in preparation by the schools sewing instructor, Ms. Mercedes McGinnis. ...
Seventh-grade girls from Marshall School, at Twenty-Eighth and G Streets, take a moment from a fashion show to pose for this June 1922 photograph. The show was an annual event that enabled pupils to show off products from their sewing class. In...
A class stands posed for the camera in this late 1920s photograph. Several children are wearing coats or sweaters and three girls in the front row are wearing long striped socks. One little girl in the back row holds out the edge of a flag that...
A class from Marshall School stands smiling for the camera. All the girls in the first row wear rosettes with long ribbons. A boy at the left end of the back row displays the flag with a grin.
In this shot, many of the children wear rosettes with long trailing ribbons. All are dressed very nicely and looking seriously at the camera. A young man in the back row holds his right arm across his chest, displaying an American flag (June 9,...
A class at Marshall School poses for a picture on a sunny June 5, 1930. Students stand in neat rows on the front steps of Marshall School and one boy holds an American flag.
