Taken in 1944, this photograph shows Lester Motors Studebaker, located at 1301 K Street. At the time of the photograph, Lester – founded by Edward “Ted” Lester – was the northern California distributor of Studebaker cars. With World War...
The nave, apse and alter of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 3860 J Street are visible in this February 29, 1932 photograph. The walls of the nave were lined with acoustical plaster while the floor was made of marble. The far altar sits below...
In this 1926 photograph New York City sculptor Edward Field Sanford, Jr., analyzes his work on the female Californian within the pediment of the State Library and Courts Building. The materials and labor for both Capitol Extension pediments and...
Shown on August 28, 1932, is a fire that claimed River Lines company’s freighters Sacramento, Valetta, San Joaquin No. 2, San Joaquin No. 4, San Jose, Flora, Jacinto and Colusa, and barges Maryland and Alabama. An additional victim in the fire...
This 1960 photograph shows the Fifth Street Entrance to the Travelers Hotel at 428 J Street. Additional concerns include the Travelers Café at 1012 Fifth Street, the Travelers Lounge and Tavern at 1010 Fifth Street and Ray’s Barber Shop at 1008...
Photographed in circa 1960 is the Washington Hotel at 1013 Third Street. To the right of the frame are an ally and vacant lot. Additional businesses include the Wo Kee Liquor store at 1015 Third Street and the Mona Lisa Tavern at 1013 Third...
Packard Bell NEC, an international computer manufacturer, has corporate headquarters in Sacramento (One Packard Bell Way). Taken July 30, 1997, this is the front of the Packard Bell NEC Administration Building, which used to be the headquarters...
This 1925 photograph shows a tee and green from the golf course of the Del Paso Country Club. The course experienced a 2,500 dollar upgrade in 1929 with the introduction of over 1,800 shrubs and trees, the latter including Huntington elms and...
This 1895 photograph shows the storefront of the Crystal Palace Pottery at 610 J Street. The short lived business started up at the time this photograph was taken, but never made it out of the nineteenth-century, closing just a few years later. ...
This circa 1920 postcard shows a lush wooded portion of the Sacramento River. Typical Sacramento River vegetation includes tule reeds, willows, rushes, cottonwoods, poplars, sycamores, valley oaks, buckeyes, laurels, and alders. Additional common...
"One Hundred Years of Progress" was the theme chosen for the celebration known as "Roarin Camp" that took place near Southside Park in 1939. Originally planned as a fiesta to commemorate Captain John Sutter's arrival in Sacramento in 1839, the...
The 1950’s saw a period of population growth, increasing from 8,685 to an estimated 12,000. Sacramento, during that time, provided employment for 18,000 people with an annual payroll of approximately $90,000,000. The 40’s and 50’s also...
The 1950s saw a period of population growth, increasing from 8,685 to an estimated 12,000. Sacramento, during that time, provided employment for 18,000 people with an annual payroll of approximately $90,000,000. The 40s and 50s also brought to...
The 1950s saw a period of population growth, increasing from 8,685 to an estimated 12,000. Sacramento, during that time, provided employment for 18,000 people with an annual payroll of approximately 90 million dollars. The 40s and 50s also...
The 1950s saw a period of population growth, increasing from 8,685 to an estimated 12,000. Sacramento, during that time, provided employment for 18,000 people with an annual payroll of approximately $90,000,000. The 40’s and 50’s also brought...
The 1950s saw a period of population growth, increasing from 8,685 to an estimated 12,000. Sacramento, during that time, provided employment for 18,000 people with an annual payroll of approximately $90,000,000. The 40s and 50s also brought to...
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...
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...
