Set aglow in this evening shot from circa 1990, are, left, the original Bank Exchange Saloon and Union Hotel, resting at the northwest corner of Second and K streets. Also visible are reenactors in antebellum garb and the terrace of Cafe La Salle,...
In this circa 1950 postcard, reenactors work away within the blacksmith shop at Sutter's Fort, at Twenty-Seventh and L streets. Standing at the original, Gold Rush-era location, the room contained a forge and bellows.
A woman, dressed in Gold Rush era costume, holds a shotgun as she poses upon one of the cannons in Sutter's Fort, located at Twenty-Seventh and L Streets. The occassion was part of the city's 1939 "Golden Empire" Centennial.
Taken in 1955, this interior photograph shows three men, all dressed in period garb, reenacting a historic event at Sutter's Fort at Twenty-Seventh and L Street.
This circa 1995 postcard shows, most prominently, the Delta King riverboat, the Tehama Building at the northeast corner of Front and J streets, and the Pony Express monument, dedicated in 1976. The back of the postcard carries the following...
This circa 2000 postcard shows an exhibit at the California State Railroad Museum, located at 125 I Street. The display depicts late twenieth-century at the Southern Pacific , Station Number 22. The museum was built in 1981 at a cost of 16.1...
This 2000 postcard shows events attached to Gold Rush Days, an event held at Old Sacramento State Historic Park. Starting in 1998 as the Second Great Gold Rush (to commemorate the discovery of gold in Coloma), and held over Labor Day Weekend, the...
This circa 2000 postcard, taken within the Old Sacramento State Historic Park, shows a carriage making its way along Second Street, between J and K streets, and by the B.F. Hastings building. Constructed in 1852/53, it stood as the headquarters...
Horse and carriage occupy a dirt-covered stretch of Second Street in this 2000 postcard, commemorating Gold Rush Days. Started in 1998, event organizers bring in an average of 200 tons of dirt to add authenticity of the celebration that aims to...
This circa 2000 scene provides a window into Old Sacramento's Gold Rush Days, the annual rehabilitation of Sacramento's 49er roots. Visible upon dirt-covered streets are wagons and coaches on Second Street between J and K streets. Prominent...
The bustle and excitement of the Old Sacramento State Historic Park's annual Gold Rush Days is captured in this circa 2000 postcard. In the top frame, along Second Street, are the Union Hotel, Bank Exchange and the peaked facade of Engine House...
Several men, dressed in period garb, stand around the eastern grounds of Sutter's Fort. In the center of the photograph are two cannons. One of the several military artifacts to live at the fort was a cannon known as "Old Union Boy." It had...
This circa 1950 photograph shows the blacksmithing shop at Sutter's Fort, located at Twenty-Seventh and L Streets. Located at the southwest corner of the fort, it is likley that the iron parts of the Coloma sawmill were forged here. The primary...
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