This 1995 postcard shows a camellia bush in Capitol Park. Located at Thirteenth and L streets, it is part of the Pioneer Camellia Grove that was planted in March 1942 by the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West. A total of 50 trees were...
Taken on January 1, 1933, this photograph shows a plaque, placed on the same day to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Young American Engine Company Number Six firehouse at 917 Tenth Street. The event was attended by...
This 1925 photograph looks south, across Duck Lake and up toward the Charles Swanston Memorial statue and William Land Park’s Community Clubhouse. Upon Land’s death in December 1911, 250,000 dollars were bequeathed via the hotelier’s last...
A crowd gathers in front of Helvetia Park's clubhouse in this May 11, 1930, photograph. Plans to establish the park were set upon in the spring of 1920. Its layout and amenities were completed for a cost of 3,000 dollars by the San Francisco firm...
A crowd gathers in front of Helvetia Park's clubhouse in this May 11, 1930, photograph. Plans to establish the park were set upon in the spring of 1920. Its layout and amenities were completed for a cost of 3,000 dollars by the San Francisco firm...
This photograph of the Southern Pacific Railroad Station, at 401 I Street, was taken in 1941. Covered in the right foreground is the Collis P. Huntington locomotive. To the left is the Theodore D. Judah Memorial. The engine was built on the...
Pictured in 1926, at Sixteenth Avenue and Freeport Boulevard, is William Land Park’s World War One Veteran’s Memorial. The 2,000 dollar monument was donated by the Women’s Council of Sacramento County and reads as follows: “Dedicated To...
Photographed in 1998 is one of several elaborate female statuettes standing in memoriam at Sacramento’s Old City Cemetery at 1000 Broadway. The angelic figure marks the the burial spot for the Meckfessel family, the matriarch and patriarch of...
This stone gravestone reads: R.M Daniels. Died Feb. 23, 1876 aged 26 y[rs] The stone has a motif of clasped hands at the top and some small illegible carving below the inscription. It has been badly damaged: a diagonal break divides the stone...
Pictured in 1940, and resting in memorium before the Southern Pacific Railroad Station, is the Collis P. Huntington. The Huntington was initially built for the Central Pacific Railroad. In 1871, it was transferred to Southern Pacific and...
A Shriner marching band and drill team, led by a motorcycle and drum major approach Fourth and I Street in this 1940 photograph. A large number of observers stand along sidewalks. The Southern Pacific railroad station and the Collis P. Huntington...
This 1940 photograph shows a Shriners marching band and drill team marching southward, on a crowded Fourth Street. In the background are the Southern Pacific Railroad station and the Collis P. Huntington monument.
In this 1940 photograph, throngs watch as several costumed Shriners make their way south on Fourth Street. The Southern Pacific Railroad station and the Collis P. Huntington monument are also visible.
A horse drawn carriage and procession make their way down Fourth Street in this circa 1960 photograph. Throngs of observers crowd sidewalks. The Southern Pacific railroad station and the Collis P. Huntington monument are prominent in the...
This 1926 photograph shows on of the female figures comprising the William Coleman Fountain in Plaza Park. The fountain was the creation of Ralph Stackpole, a noted San Francisco sculptor and artist. The three women symbolize the three rivers...
This photograph captures a sculpture of Franciscan missionary, Father Junipero Serra, located within the camellia grove near the east entrance to Capitol Park. The statue, dedicated on April 7, 1967, was funded by the Native Sons of the Golden...
This 1955 photograph of Capitol Park shows the Veterans of the Spanish-American War memorial, which abuts the park's trout pond. The feature, dedicated in 1949 and located just to the east of the Capitol Building, is known as the "Hiker Statue,"...
