This circa 1925 photograph shows the Front Street side of the Crane Company Plumbing Supplies warehouse located at Front and M Streets. The nationwide company was established in Chicago in 1910 with Sacramento becoming a distribution point in...
A view of the exterior of the The Crane Company Supplies building. The Crane Company dealt in pipe, valves, fittings, pumps and heating and plumbing supplies from their headquarters at Front and "M" Streets from about 1910 to 1960, when they moved...
This photograph shows the storefront of Steve Hopkins Plumbing Supplies, located at 613 J Street. Visible are an open door and windows complete with product displays.
Pictured on September 24, 1936, is the Crane Company Plumbing Supplies warehouse at Front and M Streets. The four-story, brick and concrete structure was built between 1921 and 1924 for 150,000 dollars. When the facility opened in April 1924 it...
A circa 1960 view of M. R. Carpenter Company at 907 Front Street; Plumbing at 911 Front Street; Pacific Fur and Wool at 915 Front Street; and Howard and Dean Van Lines at 921 Front Street (McKesson & Robbins Building).
This picture of the Tower Bridge was made on March 4, 1937. It was taken from the west side of the Sacramento River, in West Sacramento. The Crane Company, a plumbing supply business, and the tip of the Capitol building's dome are visibile in the...
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...
The arrival of the Sisters of Mercy from San Francisco in 1857 began a tradition of education that served Sacramento for over a century. Commercial and traditional subjects along with lessons in musical instruments were the courses taught at St....
This circa 1916 photograph shows the Westminster Presbyterian Church as it sits on the northwest corner of Thirteenth and K. Built in 1904 for a cost of 25,000 dollars, the brick structure was twice the size of its Sixth and L Street predecessor. ...
This quiet street scene, photographed January 25, 1945, features two automobiles parked at the curb in front of the following businesses: F.E. Lauppe Commercial Insurance, (1319 K Street), Leslie H. Watkins, Optometrist (1321 K Street), John J....
The bathroom in the Old Governor's Mansion, which is located at Sixteenth and H Streets, is the subject of this photograph, taken circa 1955. Original owner Albert Gallatin encouaged innovative planning for his elaborate Victorian house, using an...
This June 5, 1967, photograph shows a portion of the second floor of the Sacramento County Courthouse at 615 I Street. In the foreground is the courthouse’s rotunda, through which sun could beam via a glass dome. In the background are marbled...
This February 3, 1933, photograph captures the enormity of locomotive and car parts at the Southern Pacific Railroad Shops. At the time of the photograph, Southern Pacific had invested 125,000 dollars into the modernization of forty-one of its...
This circa 1930 postcard shows the Elk's Building on the north side of J Street, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets. Completed in 1926, most of the structure was completed by Sacramento-based contractors. Notable local contributors were Palm...
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...
Centered at the junction of the California Central rails and the Central Pacific Railway and named for the abundant wildflowers in the area, the town of Roseville formed a school district in 1869 but had no schoolhouse of its own until 1872. A...
