Looking south from Plaza Park, this circa 1977 street scene of the corner of Ninth and J Streets features pedestrians and window-shoppers. A myriad of extended signs promoting a wide variety of businesses line the block above head level with the...
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),...
This 1955 photograph captures several storefronts on the northwest corner of Ninth and J, including Klein Realty Service at 827 J Street; Meda's Delicatessen at 829 J Street; the Arcade Tavern at 831 J Street; the 922 Club at 922 Ninth Street; and...
Taken in 1921, this unique eaves-view photograph looks southerly, down Ninth Street from the northeast corner of Ninth and J Street. Most prominent is the storefront and sign of the Sterling Electrical Company, owned and operated by William Albert...
This circa 1977 photograph shows the Ruhstaller Building at Ninth and J Streets with Jewelcraft Loans at 900 J Street and Albert Ramirez Bail Bonds occupying the ground floor at 1005 Ninth Street. Built in 1898 by Sacramento brewer and capitalist,...
This circa 1939 photograph offers a view of several businesses on the south side of K Street, between Ninth and Tenth Streets. The Hotel Land at 1106 Tenth Street sits at the far left of the image. To the far right of the photograph, and built in...
Sacramento pedestrians brave a slushy southwest corner of Ninth and K Streets in this March 14, 1942, photograph. The surprise weather brought out the eccentric in Capital citizens: from skiing down K Street to the hurling of snowballs at passing...
Photograph taken in 1960 of the Salvation Army Store (520 Ninth Street), Hotel Ramona (Sixth and J Streets), V and F Club (600 J Street), and Norm's Pawn Shop (602 J Street).
This view of an Armistice Day parade in the 1930s was taken from a slightly elevated vantage point. It shows a youthful appearing marching band moving along I at Ninth Street. A very large crowd is assembled to view the parade near Plaza Park,...
Taken on April 11,1934, from Plaza Park, this photograph shows United States Post Office Building at the northwest corner of Ninth and I streets. The building, completed by a few years earlier, was constructed by Chicago's N.P. Severin Company for...
A Mercantile Library Association in Sacramento was discussed as early as June of 1850, and after a first attempt was foiled by fire a subscription service Library Association was formed in 1857 and housed at the corner of J and Fifth Streets. In...
A canny businessman and idealistic philanthropist, David Lubin and his brother-in-law Harris Weinstock made Weinstock-Lubin the Sacramento area’s best-known and most popular mercantile establishment for over a century. By the time of his death in...
Shown in 1949 is a photograph of the Kneeland's Apparel Shop, located at 918 Ninth Street, just west of Sacramento's Plaza Park. Minnie and Frank Kneeland Geisser were the proprietors of the business which had been located on K Street. Following...
Pictured on March 20, 1936, are the bustling locations of Leed’s Shoes and Lewis’s Women’s Apparel at 814 and 812 K Street, respectively. Leed’s had been at the pictured location since the fall of 1934, helping up to 100 of Sacramento’s...
Taken in circa 1907, this photograph reveals the lounging room of the Elks Temple at 824 J Street. The second floor room contains a piano, billiard table, gramophone and stuffed elk. The room also provided access to a balcony, allowing some of...
Pictured in circa 1907 is the meeting hall at the Elks Temple at 824 J Street. The room was 43 by 60 feet in size with a height of 32 feet. It was also fitted with a miniature stage for live entertainment, a spring floor for dancing, and an...
This circa 1907 photograph provides a view of the library at the Elks Temple at 824 J Street. Prominent is the beam work and molding, made of Flemish oak and mahogany. Bookcases bracket a fireplace, in front of which is a large, wooden table...
This photograph was taken from the east side of the intersection of Tenth and K Streets, looking west, in circa 1975. In the left foreground at 930 K Street is the United California Bank. The structure was built in 1962 by the Contracting...
This close-up, circa 1977 photograph of the Ruhstaller Building, at the southeast corner of Ninth and J Streets, focuses on the Victorian Queen Anne-style tower. Built in 1898 and once home to Sacramento's Elks, the structure is listed on the...
