Growing children with no available outlet for further education was incentive enough for sixteen elementary school districts to establish California’s first union high school in Elk Grove. The initial building was housed in what is now Old Town...
This November 1944 view of the Volunteers of America Thrift Shop at 400 Twelfth Street affords a window into wartime Sacramento. Rationing was now part of the national consciousness and with American G.I.s and British Tommies making their way...
Pictured on October 13, 1930, is the Collis P. Huntington, also known as Engine Number One, and first locmotive purchased by the Southern Pacific Railroad. Posing before the engine are, left to right, G.A. Knoblaugh, erecting shop foreman, Henry...
This 1873 photograph shows the prime facilities of the Central Pacific Railroad shops. In the foreground is the 90 by 230-foot car building shop. To the left of it is the 60 by 125-foot blacksmith shop. Behind both is the cabinet shop, boasting...
The corner of Second and J is seen looking diagonally across the intersection toward the B.F. Hastings Bank Building. The street level corner houses the Lucky Bottle Shop, a beer and wine vendor (1000 Second Street). A few men are crossing the...
Photograph, taken circa 1960, of J Street between Sixth and Seventh. Shown in the picture are the following businesses: Rancho Grande Restaurant (612 J Street), Al & Ray's Music Company (616 J Street), Star Barber Shop (618 J Street), Sam's Sport...
Pictured on November 2, 1938, is Corey’s Flower Shop at 2921 Y Street. The cottage-style shop sits on the north side of Y Street. Its owner, Joseph A. Corey, ran the business from 1937 to 1949. Prior to being a florist, the Sacramento-native...
Shown at 7115 Greenback Lane, in 1977, is the Fountain Square Nursery. Founded in 1977, the semi-enclosed property specialized in roses, offering over 350 varieties for sale. In addition to arbored pathways and cascading fountains, the...
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...
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...
Resting on the northeast corner of Alhambra Boulevard and Casita Way on September 26, 1936, is the brick-clad Channel Pie Shop. The design brainchild of Sacramento architect Harry Devine, the 75 by 112 foot bakery was built in 1934 for 13,000...
Shown in 1949 is a photograph of the Kneeland's Apparel Shop, located at 918 Ninth Street, just west of Sacramento's Plaza Park. Minnie and Frank Kneeland Geisser were the proprietors of the business which had been located on K Street. Following...
This 1950 photograph shows the eighth store in the Stop-N-Shop supermarket chain. Located at 2851 Fulton Avenue, the 150,000 dollar store opened on November 16, 1950. Its three grand opening days included free bags of groceries, refreshments,...
Taken on August 8, 1940, this photograph shows the interior of the Otto Wiesen Jewelry Shop at 1024 Tenth Street. Prior to settling in at the pictured location, Wiesen had stores at 501-and-a-half K Street, 1013 Eighth Street, 1009 K Street, 1007...
This photograph of the interior of Yee’s Herb Shop at 707-and-a-half J Street was taken in circa 1935. Its founder, Henry Yee, came to Sacramento from China in 1906 and would come to live a life of varied interests. After graduating from 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...
Pictured in 1961, at 432 J Street, is the Terzakis Brothers’ tailoring shop. The brothers, Thomas and Nicholas, were natives of Greece, having immigrated to the United States in 1905, then moving to Sacramento in 1916. Nicholas previously owned...
The Joseph Building at the corner of Sixth and K Streets is the focus of the this circa 1960 photograph. Businesses tenants include the Trutime Watch Repair Shop at 1027 Sixth Street, United Shoe Shop Repair at 1029 Sixth Street, the United Cigar...
