The California Almond Growers Exchange (CAGE) was founded in the May of 1910. In 1914, to help boost sales of shelled almonds, an almond shelling plant was built at 18th and C streets along a railroad spur. (Source: “Images of America,...
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...
This 1930 photograph shows the Paintersville Bridge spanning the Sacramento River at a spot just south of Courtland. The bridge, a length of 200 feet, was named after Indiana native Levi Painter, who, in 1855, purchased a 123 acre ranch, and...
Pictured in circa 1930 is the main entrance to the Masonic Lawn Cemetery at 2700 Riverside Boulevard. Riverside Boulevard runs north-south in the foreground, while tracks for the Pacific Gas and Electric streetcar are also visible. Within five...
Pictured here, in the 1920s, is a place holding a reputation for being one of the finest municipally- operated summer camps in the country, Camp Sacramento. Set at 6,500 feet and within a forty acre site known as Sayles Flat, the Camp opened in...
Taken on May 18, 1929, this photograph shows a band procession at McClatchy Park, the previous home of the Joyland amusement park. Situated on Fifth Avenue, between Thirty-Third and Thirty-Seventh Streets, Joyland opened on June 6, 1913 to over...
The William Land Park Community Clubhouse is visible in this circa 1930 photograph. It was built with the remains of ranch buildings, including a hop kiln, on the Swanston-McDevitt tract at the time of the city’s purchase. In addition, an 8,000...
Auburn Highway, later known as Auburn Boulevard, is shown on February 18, 1937 as a quiet, country road passing through the splendor of Del Paso Park. The park was officially opened in April 1911 with a picnic which included a barbecue, dance, and...
Pictured in 1949 are dedication ceremonies at the newly-established Sacramento State College, at 6000 J Street. In the background is a peach orchard, serving as a temporary parking lot. At various times, up to six separate locations were under...
This circa 1955 photograph shows Folsom Dam's down-lake spillway, leading into the lower American River, completed in May 1956, the first bucket of concrete was poured on October 29, 1952. When finished, the dam covered some 355,000 acre feet, and...
Shown in circa 1915 is a portion of Capitol Park, on the L Street side, looking easterly from Tenth Street. As of the mid-1990s, the 40 acre site contained no less than a diverse set of 800 trees and shrubs. The lamp standing in the froreground...
This postcard reveals the eastern side of the Calilfornia State Capitol building, as viewed from the 33-and-a-half acre Capitol Park. Magnolias, infant fan palms and other semitropical flora are visible on both sides of the postcard.
Shown in circa 1970 is one of two large palms sitting within the rose garden at McKinley Park. As of the end of the twentieth century, it stood as one of 130 All-American Rose Selection display gardens. The 1.5 acre spot - it's specialties being...
Shown in circa 1960 is the Gingerbread House at the Fairy Tale Town amusement park, located at 3901 Land Park Drive. The structure was one of the original 16 built in the late 1960s on the two-and-a-half acre spot, which cost 107,000 dollars to...
This circa 1930 photograph shows high waters between both Andrus and Taylor Islands along the Sacramento River Delta. The seven thousand acre Andrus Island was named after George Andrus who settled the area in 1852. By the dawn of the...
"Among the earliest California oranges to reach Eastern markets are the products of the many fine groves in the Fair Oaks district" is the description printed on the back of this postcard. From 1880 to the late 1940s citrus in California grew...
Long view of orchards with the back of the card postmarked "Dixon" (Yolo County) and dated 1907. At this time the prune was the best-known and widely marketed of California's deciduous fruits, the gross yield per acre ranging from $75 to $200. A...
According to a Sacramento County California booklet printed in 1910, lemons had a gross yield per acre of $200.00 to $700.00. The citrus colony of Fair Oaks was one example of a local citrus colony that grew lemons. In 1900 the colony contained...
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...
