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...
Pictured in 1953 is the Senator Theater at 912 K Street. The main attraction is How to Marry a Millionaire, starring Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall. Set within what had been Turner Hall, the theater was designed by architect...
This 1928 photograph provides a view of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and the Hotel Senator from the California State Capitol building’s dome. Nestled between the hotel and church is the Weinstock, Lubin and Company department store. A...
This linen-finished color postcard of the Senator Hotel (or Hotel Senator, as it was originally know as) bears a date of 1938. A statement on the back of the card reads, "The Senator Hotel is one of Sacramento's leading hostelries. The Capitol City...
The California State Capitol Building as seen from the shade of the loggia of the Hotel Senator sometime during the late 1920s is the subject of this color-tinted postcard. Vintage automobiles, palm trees and the Capitol are the main elements on...
Black and white photographic corner view of the Hotel Senator taken from Capitol Park offers a seldom-seen angle of the elegant hostelry and the intersection of Twelfth and L Streets. By the time this postcard was mailed in 1937 the Hotel Senator...
This sepia-toned view of the Hotel Senator as seen from the California State Capitol is nowhere near as impressive as the postcards featuring the State Capitol Building viewed from the hotel, but it still served to publicize and promote...
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 Christmas 1950 photograph reveals numerous K Street storefronts, including the Capital Clothing Company at 916 K Street, Fox Senator Theater at 912 K Street, Wilson's Restaurant at 908 K Street, the Moderne Bar and Restaurant at 910 K Street,...
The lobby of the Senator Theater at 912 K Street was captured in this 1953 photograph. Note the fringed lamp shades, ornate drapes, carpet, ceiling and chandelier, complemented by floral arrangements.
This circa 1939 photograph offers a view of several businesses on the south side of K Street, between Ninth and Tenth Streets. The Hotel Land at 1106 Tenth Street sits at the far left of the image. To the far right of the photograph, and built in...
The fourth Bi-Annual Banquet for the Accredited Press Representatives held at the Hotel Senator is pictured here. Identified in the back row is Charles "Gus" Johnson (the gentleman in the dark suit - no flower - with the center parted gray hair). ...
This May 1939 photograph captures several flag-waving riders, all of whom are part of the May 1939 World's Fair Rodeo Parade. They make their way easterly, down K Street. A lead rider holds a flag inscribed with the words "World's Fair Rodeo...
The description on the back of this painted postcard reads, "State Capitol Park, opposite the Hotel Senator in Sacramento, is famous throughout the world as a botanical garden. Its 40 acres include varieties of tree, flower and plant life from all...
This delicate color-tinted linen-finished postcard captures a view of the Capitol and Park grounds across L Street from the shade of the Hotel Senator loggia sometime prior to 1945.
The twin residence towers of the Hotel Senator loom above the treescape of Capitol Park in this full color postcard published locally by Frank McDougal. A printed description on the back of the card reads, in part, "...glimpses the arches of the...
Lobby of the Hotel Senator in the 1920s is the source for this full color postcard scene. This printed description is found on the back of the card, "Sunlit through water-toned glass from the open court above, the predominating color is amber,...
The main view for this linen-finished postcard of the Hotel Senator was taken from the south side of the intersection of Eleventh Street and L Street, to the right of Capitol Park. The inset highlights the hotel dining room, famed for fine food.
