This February 1920 postcard shows the locations of the Sacramento Bee and Sacramento Union newspapers, two of the longest-standing in the city's history. The former was located at 911 Seventh Street until 1952 while the latter could be found at...
In this circa 1928 photograph, a throng of "Sacramento Bee" paper boys or "newsies" stand in front of the Sacramento Abstract and Title building at 701 K Street. During the 1920s and 30s, being a paper boy for the Bee was quite sought after....
Pictured in circa 1955 is the façade of the News Publishing Company at 1213 H Street. The Bauhaus-style building was constructed in 1937 at a cost of 25,000 dollars for the brochure, catalog, mailer and newspaper firm, which was in existence...
The entrance to the Sacramento "Shopping News-Times," at 3301 Broadway, appears in this 1960 photograph. The business started publishing in the mid-1930s under the guidance of Alfred Perry and Lon Morgan. In the early 1950s, the typographical duo...
Pictured here on the evening of November 17, 1939, is the 1510 L Street location of Woodall and Lehman Flowers and Gifts. The business was founded by the English born Herbert “Bert” Woodall in 1924 at the Oak Park address of 2753 Thirty-Fifth...
This 1945 photograph captures the northeast corner and bustling intersection of Seventh and J Streets. At the center of the photograph is the Log Cabin Tavern flanked to the right by a series of businesses, including the Spaghetti Palace,...
This 1945 photograph captures the northeast corner and bustling intersection of Seventh and J Streets. At the center of the photograph is the Log Cabin Tavern flanked to the right by a series of businesses, including the Spaghetti Palace,...
Taken in circa 1960, this photograph shows a portion of Third Street, between J and K Streets. Inhabiting the old Sacramento Bee building is the the Big Meal Cafe at 1020 Third Street. Also visible is the Xochimilco Cafe at 1022 Third Street.
Poised for a shot in circa 1935 is “Sacramento Bee” photographer Robert Handsaker. Handsaker, who eventually became chief of the Bee’s photography department, served the paper for 41 years. The Tacoma, Washington, native was noted for...
The fourth Bi-Annual Banquet for the Accredited Press Representatives held at the Hotel Senator is pictured here. Identified in the back row is Charles "Gus" Johnson (the gentleman in the dark suit - no flower - with the center parted gray hair). ...
Pictured in circa 1955, at the corner of Twenty-First and Q, are the plant and offices of the “Sacramento Bee” newspaper. The building was opened in spring 1952, boasting 200,000 square-feet in work space and claiming the equivalent of two...
The Nineteenth Street and Capitol Avenue headquarters of what Mark Twain once referred to as the most influential newspaper on the West Coast, the "Sacramento Union," is shown in this circa 1955 photograph. The Union -- long associated with...
This 1955 photograph reveals a display of Sutter's Fort printing equipment. A printing press and type set make up the bulk of the display. Sutter's Fort is located at Twenty-Seventh and L Streets.
Photograph taken circa 1955 of the exterior of radio station KFBK, located at 708 I Street. KFBK was licensed to McClatchy Broadcasting in 1925 when it was powered by a one hundred watt transmitter and the Sacramento Bee became the first newspaper...
April 16, 1947 photograph of Ninth Street features the following businesses: Oscar's News Stand (1000 Ninth Street), Mack's Restaurant (1004 Ninth Street), Anderson's Coffee Shop (1004 Ninth Street), UptheGrove Beauty Culture (1006 Ninth Street),...
The California State Capitol Building as seen from the shade of the loggia of the Hotel Senator sometime during the late 1920s is the subject of this color-tinted postcard. Vintage automobiles, palm trees and the Capitol are the main elements on...
Shown in this circa 1960 postcard is the reenacted publishing room of the "Placer Times" newspaper, set in Sutter's Fort, at Twenty-Seventh and K streets. The paper was started at the fort in April 1849, running through June 1950. One of its...
Depicted on this postcard is the the Sacramento Bee newspaper's headquarters at 911 through 915 Seventh Street. When erected in 1901, C.K. McClatchy had a tile mosaic of a bee installed in the building's lobby. The building was vacated in 1952...
Sacramento High School is located at 2315 Thirty-Fourth Street in Sacramento, California. Founded just one week after San Francisco’s Lowell High School opened its doors in mid-August 1856, “Sac High” has matured into the second oldest high...
Sacramento High School is located at 2315 Thirty-Fourth Street in Sacramento, California. Founded just one week after San Francisco’s Lowell High School opened its doors in mid-August 1856, “Sac High” has matured into the second oldest high...
