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...
This 1939 postcard shows one of Captain John Sutter's offices, this one connected with his bedroom and kitchen, long the fort's western wall. Many believe this to be the very location where James W. Marshall, on the evening of January 28, 1848,...
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...
Pictured in 1928 is a Shell Oil service station at Seventh and L Streets. The photograph shows two service station attendants in white uniforms and bow ties. On the station's front is a play bill for the Senator Theater: "Now Showing: Fanchion &...
This photograph was taken during the construction of the Buffalo Brewery on June 6, 1889. It was located on 1717 Twenty-first Street between Q and R Streets. Touted during its construction as "the most complete brewing establishment on the Pacific...
Pictured is the California State Automobile Association building as it sat on November 23, 1942, at the corner of Seventeenth and L Streets. Just six years earlier, thieves broke into the building and took the organization's safe which contained...
The 2730 Sacramento Boulevard location of Pedroni’s Pharmacy is pictured in this January 29, 1941, photograph. The sons of Swiss-Italian immigrants, Joseph and Richard Pedroni left their native Napa County for Sacramento in 1920, opening their...
This 1928 photograph provides as aerial view of the Sacramento County Hospital at Stockton Boulevard and V Street. Originally established in 1897, ground was broken on a new building in 1915 and underwent several additions and renovations before...
Nurses gather in front of the White Hospital in this circa 1916 photograph. Located at Twenty-Ninth and J Streets, the facility was opened on January 12, 1910, by Dr. John L. White, physician, surgeon and one time Superintendent of the Sacramento...
This 1942 photograph shows the William Land Park rose garden, located in the southwestern section of the park, near the zoo. At the time of the photograph, it contained over 90 different varieties of roses. The pool, visible in the distant center...
Southside Park's clubhouse rests across the park's lake in this circa 1929 photograph. It was one of a chain of such venues that City Parks Superintendent George Sim was attempting to place throughout Sacramento at the time. Designed by City...
Three single-room cabins appear along a slope at Camp Sacramento in 1928. Each cabin contained a bed with mattress, but campers had to provide their own linens, blankets and pillows. Although meals were served at a strict time at the Camp's...
This April 1962 photograph shows the west end of the reading room at the Sacramento Central Library at 828 I Street. It was located on the second floor, along with a reference room, delivery and open stacks for 20,000 volumes. The first floor...
As early as 1927, and as evidenced in this photograph, Sacramento has long been the site of several urban forests. By February 1927, the Capital City contained more than 32,000 trees, half of which lived in residential sections of the central...
Pictured in 1960 are True-Time Watch Repair at 1128 Seventh Street, the Equipoise Card Club at 1126 Seventh Street, and the Marshall Hotel at 1122 Seventh Street. With a history dating back to the 1930s, the Equipoise, originally located at 415 K...
This 1960 photograph shows the Union Iron Works at 1415 Front Street. The business was founded in 1860, but was purchased by its highest-profile owner, Otto F. Link, in 1940. The Auburn-native went to work for Union in 1925, eventually working...
Viewed from the north side of I Street in 1961 is the Confucius Church. Located at the Sixth and I Streets, the recently built structure cost 600,000 dollars contained a gymnasium, auditorium (seating 550 persons), and Chinese language school. ...
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 circa 1930 photograph captures cloche-clad members of the Sacramento Riding Club, located on 3401 Del Paso Boulevard. Built for 6,000 dollars in January through April 1927, the two-story club building accomodated 45 horses on its first floor,...
This circa 1937 view shows the building housing the Young Men's Christian Association at 505 J Street, the Arizona Rooms at 517 J Street, and the River Auto Stages at 915 Fifth Street. The five-story building was opened in 1914 and included a...
