This 1962 view of Merchant Street, between Seventh and Eighth Streets, shows the "Family Entrance" to Boitano's Restaurant and Bar at 712 J Street. To the left is the Crocker-Anglo National Bank at 700 J Streets. Beside it is Miro's Barber Shop...
Parade along J street commemorating Armistice Day, circa 1929. A uniformed drum corps marches down the street. Onlookers and businesses along J Street provide a backdrop for this scene. Businesses visible in the photo include Market Cafe (1303 J...
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 extremely crowded street scene suggests some activity may have just ended. The sidewalk along both sides of K Street is packed with pedestrians and young men in uniform.
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.
Street scene circa 1960 of a corner building, the Olympic Hotel (501 J Street). In 1941 this location housed the Y.M.C.A., ten years later the Sacramento City Directory lists the Olympic Hotel, the Church Council of Sacramento and Sacramento...
Taken in circa 1975, this photograph of the K Street Mall shows pedestrians passing by an open intersection of Seventh and K streets by J.C. Penneys at 630 K Street. It was opened in January 1957. In the background, and to the left, is the...
Shown in 1915, at the intersection of Seventh and K are, to the left, the Capital Hotel and, to the right, the Golden Eagle Hotel. The latter was first built in 1853, undergoing rennovations well into the twentieth-century. The former was built...
This corner view of the Hotel Sacramento is dated the same year as the "New" hotel opened (1909) and may depict the grand opening. The top floor of the building is decorated in greenery and automobiles, pedestrians and streetcars all converge in...
Color accents are added to this corner view of the Hotel Sacramento at Tenth Street and K Street circulated a century ago. Close in style and appearance to postcard BBSAC476 and sharing the same street scene, this card shows the California State...
In this postcard, the huge "Travelers Hotel Sacramento" sign towers over a streetcar and vintage automobiles on the street below. A printed description on the back of this postcard reads, "T. A. Franker, E. H. Hanlon, J. L. Flanagan. Eight stories...
Originally constructed in 1854, and then rebuilt in 1875 was the brick, three-story Western Hotel at 215 K Street. Set in a Sacramento evening, this postcard shows the bustle surrounding the business which had a K Street frontage of 100 feet and a...
This 1946 postcard shows the bustling intersection of Eighth and K streets. Prominent are Hale Brothers, located at 825 K Street, the Hotel Clunie, located at 805 K Street, and the Fox Senator Theater, located at 912 K Street. The back of the...
This circa 1909 postcard shows a flurry of early urban activity on J Street, between Front and Second streets. Notable are, to the right, the Ennis Brown Company and, to the right, Wood, Curtis and Company. By 1927, both produce companies will...
This circa 1910 postcard shows J Street, looking west, from Ninth Street. To the left of the frame, with its distinct rooftop garden, is the Elks Temple, located at 824 J Street. Also visible is a Pacific Gas and Electric street car, making its...
This circa 1912 postcard shows an evening at the intersection of Seventh and K Streets. To the far right of the frame is a section of the city's main Post Office and Federal Building. In the middle of the image is a California-style Pacific Gas...
This circa 1900 image shows Sacramento's Federal Building and Post Office, located at northest corner of Seventh and K Streets. Just beyond it is the multi-purpose Ochsner building, in the foreground is the Golden Eagle Hotel. Built in 1893/1894,...
K Street in downtown Sacramento as pictured on this penny postcard bustles with activity and traffic, more specifically pedestrian, horse-drawn and electric rail traffic. Posted in Roseville at noon, the hand-written note on the back of this...
