Pictured in 1970 is a faltering Rhoads Schoolhouse, located on Sloughhouse Road, two miles south of the road’s intersection with Jackson Road. Built in 1872, the building was abandoned in 1946. At the time the photograph was taken, it was owned...
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...
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...
A canny businessman and idealistic philanthropist, David Lubin and his brother-in-law Harris Weinstock made Weinstock-Lubin the Sacramento area’s best-known and most popular mercantile establishment for over a century. By the time of his death in...
Pictured January 2, 1900, school children and their teacher stand in front of Edward Kelley School at 3336 Bradshaw Road. As of 2010, the two-room structure is the oldest standing educational institution in Sacramento County. Originally opened in...
ITT Technical Institute, primarily an engineering college with sixty-one campuses nationwide, located in Sacramento at 9700 Goethe Road. The front entrance to the school is visible in this July 2, 1997 picture.
ITT Technical Institute, located at 9700 Goethe Road, staffed an exhibit booth at the 1996 California State Fair. In this photograph, an ITT representative assists an exhibit visitor in a demonstration of a computer program.
ITT Technical Institute, located at 9700 Goethe Road, hosts a student and staff pie eating contest to kick off Student Pride Week. Taken in May of 1996, this photograph shows contestants eating away at pies in front of an ITT building.
ITT Technical Institute, located at 9700 Goethe Road, hosts a student and staff pie eating contest to kick off Student Pride Week. Taken in May of 1996, this photograph shows the winner, Joseph Ramirez, with his face covered with pie.
ITT Technical Institute, located at 9700 Goethe Road, sponsors sports teams for its students. In this November 1996 photograph, an ITT Technical Institute intramural basketball team poses for a group photo inside a gym.
ITT Technical Institute, located at 9700 Goethe Road, sponsors sports teams for its students. In this 1994 photo the ITT Technical Institute Championship Softball Team poses for a group photograph outdoors. The team participated in the Cordova...
This 1926 photograph reveals a throng of spectators at a Sacramento Municipal Soccer League game at Western Pacific Field near Sutterville Road, previously known as Whiskey Hill Road. Of the ten teams that participated in the league, all possessed...
This circa 1950 aerial photograph shows a levee road built along the Sacramento River's bank. Also visible are long stretches of prime Sacramento Delta farm land.
The first elephant at William Land Park Zoo, named Sue by the children of Sacramento, is the object of this 1955 photograph. The 800 pound Asian elephant lived for 46 years, passing away in 1989. Sue arrived at the Zoo in 1948. The park was...
Shown in 1955 is the Procter and Gamble Manufacturing Company plant near the intersections of Power Inn Road and Fruitridge Road. The structure was built in 1951/52 for 2.5 million dollars with a workforce that numbered between 125 and 150. The...
Pictured in 1929 is a group of eight hops harvesters at the George Brooks Ranch, near Grantline Road in Elk Grove, California. They are, from left to right, Ray Hogaboom, Medina Chalmers, Edna Hunter, J.J. “Pop” Nix, Stella Spiva, Arthur...
Captured in circa 1975 is this later afternoon scene at the Southgate Shopping Center at Florin Road and Franklin Boulevard. A period neon-style sign stands prominently in the center of the frame while three palm trees stand to the left, before a...
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...
