Founded in 1876 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools at the southwest corner of Twelfth and K Streets, Christian Brothers School has held subsequent locations at Twenty-First and Broadway, and 4315 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. After a...
Pictured in 1952 is the recently completed McKesson and Robbins warehouse at the corner of Richards Boulevard and Seventh Street. Opened in the fall of 1950 and costing nearly $1,000,000, the facility was designed by the accomplished Sacramento...
Pictured in circa 1950 is the Joseph Magnin store on 913 K Street. Based in the San Francisco, the women’s clothing company opened the 400,000 dollar building in September 1946. Company Vice President, Cyril Magnin, called the store the model...
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...
This circa 1925 photograph shows a short strip of businesses on the south side of Main Street in Elk Grove, California. From left to right are the Rowe and Pedient Pool Room, a barber shop, a Martha Washington Grocery Store, the Poppy lunch room...
Pictured on March 8, 1942, is the newly constructed Ransome truck terminal at 324 North Sixteenth Street. It was built in order to provide mechanical, lubrication, fuel and personal assistance to agricultural and industrial truckers operating in...
The storefront of the Fashion Bootery at 702 K Street is shown in this 1942 photograph. Opened in December 1929, the 50,000 dollar store became the ninth West Coast location for the company, based in Seattle. The 20 foot by 100 foot structure...
This May 14, 1941, photograph shows the facade of Gensler-Lee Jewelers at 730 K Street. Founded by Ralph C. Lee and G.J. Gensler in 1901 and based in San Francisco, the company's Sacramento store moved to the pictured location just days prior. ...
This circa 1950 photograph shows the parking area of the Sacramento Squad Station for the California Highway Patrol at 2521 Stockton Boulevard. The property abutted the California State Fair Grounds which, prior to the agency's construction of an...
Pictured on March 6, 1947, is Zukor’s, Incorporated, at 812 K Street. The nationwide women’s clothing chain opened its Sacramento location in the winter of 1930. Based in New York City, the company saw the Sacramento branch as the key...
This 1930 photograph shows a rider and horse jumping an obstacle at the Hagginwood Riding Ring. The venue - based at the California National Guard's Battery D, 143rd Field Artillery barracks - opened in October 1929 to a crowd of over 400 horse...
This October 30, 1930, photograph affords a view of the Foreman and Clark clothing store at 624 K Street. The store opened in May 1930 with over 6,000 garments for sale, and based on its many windows and 9,000 square feet of floor space, was...
Native Tennessean, Paul J. Taylor, was one of the most influential Sacramento City Council members of the mid-twentieth century. His post-Word War II drive into politics was based on a platform of merging city and county health departments,...
Pictured in 1961, at 432 J Street, is the Terzakis Brothers’ tailoring shop. The brothers, Thomas and Nicholas, were natives of Greece, having immigrated to the United States in 1905, then moving to Sacramento in 1916. Nicholas previously owned...
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...
Taken in circa 1992, shows Karen Kijewski, a Sacramento-based author whose mystery novels - all based on the exploits of fictional figure Kat Colorado - have garnered nationwide attention and best seller list status. In 1989, her first novel,...
Pictured in 1935 is the George W. Manhart American Legion junior baseball team. In August of the same year, the squad captured the western states region championship by defeating the Tucscon, Arizona, based Morgan-McDermott post by a score of 3 to...
A photograph of a man riding a steer on the California State Fair racetrack during a rodeo event. The event rider wears a cap and street clothes indicating that he may be a challenger for a prize based on how long a contender could hang on to the...
Pictured in 1950 is Mrs. Alice Lane, President of the Loani Club, a Sacramento area organization involved with the handicapped. Based at 1818 Capitol Avenue, the organization was founded in 1948 by Sacramento and Colonial Heights resident Ken...
Pictured in 1939, at the corner of Eleventh and N Streets are the Lewis Apartments. Built in 1926 for 350,000 dollars by Manuel and Anna Lewis, the seven floor, 38-unit structure contained apartments of two, three and four rooms. The architect...
