This April 1962 photograph shows the west end of the reading room at the Sacramento Central Library at 828 I Street. It was located on the second floor, along with a reference room, delivery and open stacks for 20,000 volumes. The first floor...
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 photograph was taken in February of 1960 from the balcony overlooking the Sacramento Central Library's Reference Room. At the desk is librarian Edna Cunningham, who worked at Central from 1958 to 1960. In 1995, the room was converted into a...
This circa 1957 photograph shows the Arcade Baptist Church during construction at its 3927 Marconi Avenue location. When completed in 1959, the 165,000 dollar structure had a seating capacity of 850 persons and would include a pastor's study,...
Taken in circa 1907, this photograph reveals the lounging room of the Elks Temple at 824 J Street. The second floor room contains a piano, billiard table, gramophone and stuffed elk. The room also provided access to a balcony, allowing some of...
Shown in 1996 is the Central Library's archives and research room, the Sacramento Room. Opened in 1995, the facility was set in the original reference room of the 1917 Andrew Carnergie-funded library. To the far right of the photograph is the...
This 1996 photograph reveals the splendor of the Sacramento Room, the archives and research room of the Central Library at 828 I Street. All of the wood work in the room - done in Honduran Mahogany - was performed by Sacramento's Burnett and Sons...
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...
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...
Pictured in 1935 is the Libby, McNeill and Libby cannery in Locke, California, located just less than a mile north of the town. In the foreground is the southernmost portion of Snodgrass Slough. The long buildings, just on the banks of the slough...
The children’s solarium at Mercy Hospital at 4001 J Street is shown in this circa 1928 photograph. The tile work, located just below the room’s windows, was printed to show familiar figures from the Mother Goose rhymes. Located in the...
The southeast corner of Eighth and J Streets is captured in this circa 1940 photograph. Businesses shown are Hank's Smoke Shop at 800 J Street, George Lidekas Fruits at 802 J Street, Chris' Blue Plate Special at 1001a Eighth Street, Ramona Shoe...
This 1995 photograph shows Sacramento Room Librarian, Clare Ellis, posing with some of the Sacramento Room's treasures. Ellis, a graduate of Catholic University in Washington, D.C., served with the Sacramento Public Library until 2009. Prior to...
This circa 1920 postcard reveals the dining room of the Leland Stanford Mansion, located at southeast corner of Eighth and N streets. In the event of parties, the dining room -- situated on the second floor -- was often used for dancing, with...
This circa 1990 postcard shows the filigreed detail of the ceiling within the California State Capitol's State Archives Exhibit Room. The most distinguishing detail of the parget decoration is a series of California Poppies. The room was restored...
In the late 1950s the Sky Room of the El Mirador Hotel was the place to be seen, and at 14 stories tall it was the place to see much of pre high-rise Sacramento while sipping cocktails and listening to frank Fiore and the Tropic Aires or guest...
Shown in circa 1960 is the dining room of George E. Johnson's Cordova Lodge, located at Highway 50 and Zinfandel Drive in Rancho Cordova. Built to seat 100 people, the room was adjoined to a cocktail lounge known as the Burgundy Room. Both...
This postcard shows the Capital Hotel's Grill Room. Located at the southwest corner of Seventh and K Streets, the three story, brick walled Capital was maintained in joint operation with the Golden Eagle Hotel, located just across the street. ...
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...
