This circa 1992 postcard provides a bit of gallows humor in advertising a room for rent to notorious serial killer Dorothea Puente. A longtime resident of Alkali Flat, Puente murdered anywhere between three and nine residents she was supposed to...
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...
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 circa 1916 photograph shows the White Hospital’s nursing corps sitting on the building’s front steps. In existence between 1911 and 1924, and located at Twenty-Ninth and J Streets, the hospital classified its nurses into two groups: ...
This circa 1930 photograph shows four women riding along a bridle trail near William Land Park. The trails were constructed with a late 1920s surge in the popularity of horseback riding in the area. In response, circuits were built by the city...
Three single-room cabins appear along a slope at Camp Sacramento in 1928. Each cabin contained a bed with mattress, but campers had to provide their own linens, blankets and pillows. Although meals were served at a strict time at the Camp's...
Shown in circa 1960 is a building at 1014 Third Street. The photograph reveals a ground floor entrance to upstairs rooms for rent and an entrance to the Chicago Lunch Counter. The restaurant's window sports the advertisement "Joe never sleeps" and...
A Cadillac with prominent tail fins is parked at the curb in front of three buildings on I Street. At the corner is the Emergency Bail Bond Service (630 I Street). The center building houses the Stephen G. Sardon Civil Engineer & Surveyor (626 I...
This 1960 corner view of I Street at Seventh Street depicts the Emergency Bail Bond Service (630 I Street). A man is enjoying the sun on a second floor balcony of the building where there are rooms for rent. To the left of this building on...
A circa 1960 photograph of 1111 Fifth Street, with rooms for rent at the rear of the Singleton Building on the southeast corner of Fifth and K Streets. The Hotel Coloma is visible in the background.
Taken circa 1960, this photo of the corner of K and Second Streets shows the following: Cooper's Donut Shop (130 K Street), Rooms for Rent at 130 K Street, Cassandra Antiques (1106 Second Street), and Wicht Extract and Syrup Company (126 K Street)...
A circa 1960 photo of the Lucky Spot Cafe at 310 L Street, the Calexico Pool Hall at 312 L Street, and La Hispano-America (general merchandise) at 314 L Street. In partial view in the photograph are the Pastime Pool Hall at 308 L Street and rooms...
A circa 1960 photograph of 1123-1125 Fifth Street, with Marie Kay's Beauty Salon at 1123 Fifth Street. There were rooms for rent at 1123 and an empty store at 1125 Fifth Street. A Shell Gasoline station, built in 1909, stood at the corner.
A circa 1960 photograph of Fifth Street, with Hotel Alexander at 1121 Fifth Street, Marie Kay's Beauty Salon at 1123 Fifth Street, rooms for rent at 1123 Fifth street, an empty store at 1125 Fifth Street, and Shell Service Station at 1127-1131...
Numerous pedestrians walk and stand on the sidewalk in this photograph. Depicted are second story rooms for rent over ground level businesses including a liquor store, and some vacant stores. Adjacent to these stores is the St. Elmo Hotel (118 J...
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...
