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). ...
C.K. McClatchy Senior High School is located at 3066 Freeport Boulevard in Sacramento, California. Named after “Sacramento Bee” newspaper editor and owner Charles Kenny McClatchy, the school was built in 1937 by way of Public Works...
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...
In this circa 1950 photograph, a vintage hay press is displayed against southern end of the central building at Sutter's Fort. A suited gentleman stands next to the device and an identifying label has been attached to the device for...
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.
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 first local high school built north of the American River was a first in many ways, the result of a need for a school district to educate the far-flung school-age children in the area combined with the practical need for a civic center to bring...
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...
This 1960 photograph shows a repurposed Eureka Engine Company Number Four Fire House at 1017 Fifth Street. Built in 1855, in the photograph, the structure holds the Happy Time Cafe at 1017 Fifth Street. The restaurant was operated by Peter Carli,...
This 1960 photograph shows the Union Iron Works at 1415 Front Street. The business was founded in 1860, but was purchased by its highest-profile owner, Otto F. Link, in 1940. The Auburn-native went to work for Union in 1925, eventually working...
Taken in circa 1960, this photograph covers a stretch of of J Street between Fifth and Sixth. Visible businesses are the Wilbur Hotel at 512 J Street, Keystone Press Printers at 514 J Street, Tore Martino's Used Clothing Store at 516 J Street,...
Photograph, taken circa 1960, of J Street between Fourth and Fifth, showing the Drake Hotel (409 J Street), 411 Club (411 J Street), and Capitol Press Printing (413 J Street).
Photograph, taken circa 1960, of J Street between Fourth and Fifth, showing the 411 Club (411 J Street), Capitol Press Printing (413 J Street), and Land Transfer & Storage Company (415 J Street).
Shown in 1960 is a photograph of the blighted south side of Merchant Street between Fifth and Sixth Streets. Central to the photograph and behind a tree is the abandoned Inland Press building at 508 through 510 Merchant Street. In the distance is...
This 1964 postcard provides a grand view of the pediment, frieze and dome of the California State Capitol building, and, to the right, shows the Great Seal of the State of California, accented by the presence of Minerva and a California grizzly...
This 1968 postcard provides a view of the main entrance to the Governor's Mansion with the following description printed on the back, "Built in 1877, the mansion truly represents the early California era. It housed all of California's Governors and...
In the this 1968 postcard, fair goers take in the California Exposition's Floriculture Pavilion. Unlike the previous Hall of Flowers, the structure was a tent, known to many, and not always lovingly, as "the big blue tent." Without any artificial...
Shown in circa 1973 is the K Street Mall, amidst the good intentions of urban planners, post the city's massive redevelopment efforts of the 1960s. Evident on the postcard are the status the K Street as a pedestrian only mall, and the presence of...
