Taken in 1926, this photograph shows the Southern Pacific Railroad Station on I Street, between Third and Fifth Streets. The three story-high station was completed by the contracting company of Davison and Nicolsen for 1,000,000 dollars in the...
The three-part arched sign announces Oak Park, 1889, 1903 and street cars are stopped under the sign. Passengers (many are women) are seated on the open bench sections of the cars . Two of the cars in view have signs posted reading "SPECIAL...
As taken from the newly-built California fruit Building, this 1922 postcard, shows several notable structures along Sacramento's skyline. They include, left to right: the Sacramento County Superior Court Building at Seventh and I Streets,...
Two "California cars" make their away through the entrance to Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood. The street cars were called as much beacuse of their open ends and enclosed center, and the comfort afforded passengers during the Sacramento...
In this circa 1910 postcard, cyclist make their away from the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot at Second and G streets. In the background are the passenger depot's restaurant and kitchen facilities. Also visibile, Pacific Gas and Electric street...
In this circa 1910 postcard, cyclist make their away from the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot at Second and G streets. In the background are the passenger depot's restaurant and kitchen facilities. Also visibile, Pacific Gas and Electric street...
Shown at the northeast corner of Seventh and K streets, in 1914, is the Federal Building and Post Office; in the background is the Ocshner Building. The former was built between 1890 and 1894 while the latter was built in 1904. In the foreground,...
This August 17, 1931, photograph shows Texas native Bert B. Elam's Texaco Gas Station as it sat at 3800 J Street. In 1935, Texaco had decided to make Sacramento its Northern California and Nevada headquarters and, by 1932, had set up storage...
This circa 1945 photograph shows a street car, carded number five, near the corner of Twenty-Eight and N Streets. The car is marked “Sacramento City Lines,” and shows a final destination of “Ball Park.” To the far left of the photograph...
This 1939 photograph captures a busy scene on K Street, near its intersection with Tenth Street. In the foreground, street car 15, carded number five, makes its way west while two pedestrians look for a sidewalk. Hanging above number 15 is a...
Shown in circa 1973 is the K Street Mall, amidst the good intentions of urban planners, post the city's massive redevelopment efforts of the 1960s. Evident on the postcard are the status the K Street as a pedestrian only mall, and the presence of...
This 1994 postcard -- capturing a busy scene at Eleventh and K Streets -- promotes Dan Flynn's "Inside Guide to Sacramento." The work offered 18 walking tours within a three-mile radius of downtown. The 200-page, self-published guide first sold...
This circa 1924 parade along K Street at Ninth is fcaptured in this photograph featuring a marching band followed by a drill team, all of whom are dressed in military uniform. Led by a line of men in civilian clothes and a color guard flying...
This circa 1910 postcard shows Sacramento's Northern Electric Depot at 801 J Street. At the ready are two Niles cars. They are two of the first ten cars contracted out to the Niles Car Company of Ohio. They were received by Northern Electric in...
This circa 1920 postcard shows Eighth Street between the I and J streets. In the foreground is Eighth's intersection with J, where the eight-story People's Savings Bank, at 1000 Eighth Street, looms. Before it, boasting neon signage, sits the...
Shown in 1998 is a light rail train making its way toward the intersection of Seventh and K streets. The train's terminus is the Butterfield Station, which had been completed the same year this photograph was taken. The structure in the...
This November 4, 1937, photograph captures The Pacific Gas and Electric Building and other businesses on the south side of K Street, where it meets Eleventh Street. The PG and E building is flanked to the left by the Zinke’s Shoe Renewing...
This westerly view, from the intersection of Twelfth and K Streets, was taken in 1939. On the right are the towering spires of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, built in 1889 for 250,000 dollars. Its design was directed by the Sacramento...
This circa 1939 view of K Street shows a throng of people lining the sidewalks as well as numerous people marching down the center of the street. There are striped flags hanging down from wires strung across the street.
Taken from the intersection of Sixth and M Streets this 1925 photograph shows a busy avenue leading toward the western façade of the California State Capitol building. Visible are several automobiles, a street car and a cyclist. M Street – as...
