In this 1945 photograph, Bode and Bode Locksmith's clever slogan - ""Keys That Fit"" - adorns a sign on the side of the business at 1401 J Street. To the right of Bode and Bode are the Gil Culver Studio, the Hotel Rene, and Ralph Jones Used Cars....
This 1924 photograph shows the Frederick Foto Service resting at 916 Seventh Street. It was founded by Harley W. Frederick shortly after his return from Europe and the First World War. He apprenticed for a career in photography with Sacramento's...
Sacramento's outlet for International Business Machines - known to most of the world as IBM - located itself at 1015 Thirteenth Street in 1935. From its opening, until the year that this photograph was taken in 1949, the store's manager was...
This circa 1940 photograph looks to the east side of Tenth Street, between J and K Streets. The Monument-style structure in the center of the photograph is the nearly-finished American Trust Company Building. When done, the one-story building...
This 1945 photograph shows several businesses along J Street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth Streets. Included - left to right - are Bode and Bode Keys, Gil Culver Photography Studio, Laybourn Cleaners and the Hotel Rene. Bode and Bode was...
Photograph, taken circa 1960, of J Street between Fifth and Sixth, showing Higaki Photography (509 J Street), Rio Rooms (509 J Street), Veterans Cleaners (511 J Street), Rose Rooms (511 J Street), and Shelton Hotel (513 J Street).
A 1927 parade along K Street between Seventh and Tenth features a marching band, most of them in uniform, followed by lines of men in and out of uniform marching in rows. A small group of uniformed scouts and nurses dressed in white are at the end...
A military parade featuring cavalry units escorting horse-drawn caissons rolls down K Street between Seventh and Tenth in this 1927 photograph. A large crowd of onlookers line the street and business signs clearly identify the Clunie Hotel (805 K...
Poised for a shot in circa 1935 is “Sacramento Bee” photographer Robert Handsaker. Handsaker, who eventually became chief of the Bee’s photography department, served the paper for 41 years. The Tacoma, Washington, native was noted for...
Taken in circa 1975, this photograph captures a view of the K Street Mall, looking east from the intersection Twelfth and K Streets. To the left of the frame are the venerable McCurry's Photography at 1131 K Street and Lauter and Son's Gifts. To...
This 1960 photograph provides an aerial view of the newly-constructed Grand Oaks Shopping Center in Citrus Heights. In the background is part of the Grand Oaks neighborhood, Citrus Heights' first major residential development. The area had been...
This 1960 photograph provides a view of Citrus Heights' Grand Oaks Shopping Center from Auburn Boulevard. Visible are a Union 76 service station and the Fireside Lanes Bowling Alley. The boulevard was part of the famed Lincoln and Victory...
Fireside Lanes Bowling Alley at 7901 Auburn Boulevard is shown in 1960. Constructed in the same year and set in the Grand Oaks Shopping Center, the 24-lane structure contained a coffee shop and cocktail lounge, the latter containing the alley's...
This artistic rendition of Citrus Heights' Grand Oaks Shopping Center was done in 1960. The area, resting at the intersection of Auburn and Rollingwood Boulevards, was designed by the Los Angeles-based architecture firm of Sheldon L. Pollack and...
The newly-opened Grand Oaks Shopping Center sits on the west side of Auburn Boulevard in this 1960 photograph. Beyond the parking lot and moving left to right are a Lucky supermarket, W. T. Grant Company variety store, and a branch of Bank of...
A circa 1925 photo of an unidentified horseman on his mount dressed in riding costume on the track at the California State Fair in this portrait from Frederick Burkett Studios.
Looking east on K Street about 1910, the transition from horse to gas is very evident. There are many vehicles in this scene; two electric street cars, horse-drawn carriages and wagons, and a number of automobiles. Pedestrians dot the sidewalks...
Legendary western star of the first half of the 20th century Tom Mix is seen here on his horse Tony leading a parade down K Street and waving to his admirers. Movie studios often sent stars to promote their movies, which is the case here. The...
This 1893 photograph reveals a group of school children and their teacher posing for a class picture. One of the smaller boys, in the first row, holds a blackboard which has written upon it in chalk "Long Valley School. J.A. Wardlow. Teacher. ...
