Taken in August 1942, this photograph shows syrup preparation at the Bercut Richards Packing Company at North Seventh Street and Richards Boulevard. Four employees empty 100 pound bags of sugar into a circular vat for mixing.
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...
Photograph taken in 1952 of the founders of Bercut-Richards Packing Company, Thomas H. Richards and Peter Bercut. One of the largest employers within Sacramento's city limits and an integral part of the local economy, both men were honored with...
This 1942 photograph shows cans being unloaded at the Bercut Richards cannery warehouse. The cans were manufactured in Oakland and transported to Sacramento by rail. This shows cans being unloaded at the Bercut-Richards Packing Company. An...
Pictured in 1952 is the recently completed McKesson and Robbins warehouse at the corner of Richards Boulevard and Seventh Street. Opened in the fall of 1950 and costing nearly $1,000,000, the facility was designed by the accomplished Sacramento...
Professional promotional photograph taken in 1952 of women preparing grapes for canning inside Bercut-Richards Packing Company. The workers stand on either side of conveyor belts selecting and setting aside what would find it's way to the customer....
Photograph, taken in 1952, of women operating an automatic mixer for fruit cocktail at Bercut-Richards Packing Company, which was located on North Seventh Street at Richards Boulevard.
This 1952 photograph shows several workers preparing tomatoes for canning at the Bercut-Richards Packing Company, located on Seventh Street at Richards Boulevard.
Photograph, taken in August 1942, of an automatic hoist jitney (forklift) for moving pallets of cans and boxes at the Bercut-Richards Packing Company. Alex Lauscatof drives the forklift. In the background are Gene Shirley (center) and Tom Richards...
The Bercut-Richards Packing Company Repair Crew. Tom Richards is standing at the far left of the group and his son Tom Jr. is standing third from the right in an open collared white shirt. In the front row, seated from the left, is Dewey Baker, Pop...
In high heels and a dress, Bercut Richards office employee Betty Gropke demonstrates the proper technique for picking peaches in this posed photograph taken in August of 1942.
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...
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...
This circa 1929 photograph shows the facade of the Van Voorhies-Phinney saddlery building on 322-324 J Street. Although the company descends from the R. Stone and Company, which was established in 1850, it didn’t hit its stride until 1869, when...
