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...
Amatuer golfer William Duffus is captured in this August 1929 photograph, taken at Sacramento's Amatuer Golf Championship at the Del Paso Country Club. William's brother, Elmer Duffus, captured the top flight title by defeating Manville Pendleton...
Centered at the junction of the California Central rails and the Central Pacific Railway and named for the abundant wildflowers in the area, the town of Roseville formed a school district in 1869 but had no schoolhouse of its own until 1872. A...
The entrance to the Crystal Creamery at 1013 D Street is captured in this August 13, 1939, photograph. The company was founded in 1901 by George Knox, but it was not until 1921 that the iconic Carl Hansen took ownership of the company. By 1931,...
Captured in this circa 1955 photograph, happy customers and employees look toward the camera at Johnson’s Restaurant at 1019 Tenth Street. Standing near the entrance to the restaurant is, on the right, owner George Johnson, and, on the left, his...
The storefront of the Leo J. Meyberg household appliances store, at 1716 L Street, is captured in this 1938 photograph. The company served as northern California’s official wholesale distributor of RCA Victor and RCA Whirlpool products, opening...
The Pioneer Baking Company at 3226 Montgomery Street is captured in this February 18, 1929, photograph. A few years prior to the photograph, the company spent 25,000 dollars to improve facilities and roll out a new type of bread made from...
This closer view of gas pumps and service garages at the O’Neil Brothers Service Station at Thirteenth and L Streets was captured on May 12, 1933. In spite of its founders, Joseph and John O’Neil, dying during the 1940s, the company surged to...
Captured is a night scene of Benjamin & Rackerby Physicians Supplies, located at 1213 L Street. The store's display windows and interior reveal examination tables, a skeleton, surgical instruments and storage cabinets. Operated by Eugene Benjamin...
The construction of the California State Capitol building is captured in this March 1868 photograph. The photographer is standing near Tenth and L Streets, facing southeast. The shear detail of the undertaking was enough to push one of the...
The staff of Reich and Lievre Women's Furnishings and their participation in the Days of '49 celebrations was captured in this May 1922 photograph. The store had just stepped into its new 808 K Street location in September of 1921. The six-floor...
Chris Fulster’s Cottage Cheese business at 2520 Y Street is captured in this circa 1937 photograph. A children, dressed in summer clothing, stand at either side of the store entrance and roses line a walkway that leads to the doorway. A native...
The H Street Market's facade was captured in this February 1947 photograph. That same year, a local business directory carried an advertisement extolling the H Street Market's "complete line of groceries, meats, fresh fruit and vegetables," along...
The elegant Hotel Sacramento is captured in this March 28, 1938, photograph. In 1907, a 50 year, 10 month lease was signed by hotel management. The deal expired in 1957 and, with it, the lifespan of one of Sacramento's most prominent downtown...
The Saint John's Lutheran Church, located at 1701 L Street, is captured in this 1925 photograph. Founded on December 1, 1867, by Reverend Matthias Goethe, along with many of Sacramento's German immigrants, the church was first called the German...
The interior of the Westminster Presbyterian Church at Thirteenth and N Streets is captured in this June 16, 1928, photograph. Visible is one of the two rose windows, one facing east and one facing west, each with a diameter of 20 feet. The pews...
The façade of the English Gothic-style First Baptist Church at 2324 L Street is captured in this January 16, 1929, photograph. The real estate for the structure was purchased in the spring of 1924 while the church itself was dedicated in the...
This January 30, 1922, photograph shows the snow-layered grounds of Capitol Park. Not only did January 1922 prove to be Sacramento’s coldest month in 44 years, averaging 40 degrees, Fahrenheit, it was also the bringer of snow. Measurements of...
This view of Western States Grocery Company's main office, at 1701 Third Street, was captured on March 1, 1937. Painted on the building is signage listing a list of all of the branch offices in the western states, and the words "From Alaska to...
