San Juan Union High School is located at 7551 Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights, California. Founded in 1913, it stands as Sacramento County’s second oldest high school behind that of Sacramento High School, established in 1856. The school’s...
Pictured in 1895 is the exhibit at the California State Fair for the Sacramento-based Crystal Palace Pottery at 610 J Street. Owned by W.G. Barr and managed by Joseph Thieben, the business enjoyed a banner time, winning in several areas, according...
Photograph, taken in August, 1942, of a table with a display of canned fruits and vegetables. Seven women employees surround the display, dressed in uniforms. Identified are: top, second from left, Dorothy Rose; second from right, Minnie Katen; and...
This July 4, 1920, photograph captures grandstand viewing of a fireworks display at Southside Park, located at Seventh and V Streets. Thousands were awed by the fireworks which were launched from the center of the pond. Accompanying the display...
Exhibition by the Capital Gas Company at the 1895 California State Fair in Sacramento. In the background is an exhibit for Weinstock Lubin & Company. The caption reads: "Display of Light, Heat and Power by the Capital Gas Co., CAL. State Fair...
This 1955 photograph reveals a display of Sutter's Fort printing equipment. A printing press and type set make up the bulk of the display. Sutter's Fort is located at Twenty-Seventh and L Streets.
This circa 1950 postcard shows a holiday window display, courtesy of Breuner's Furniture. The back of the card reads: "'The Old Christmas Quilting Party Back Home' is Breuner's 16th old-fashioned, musical, moving Christmas display. The figures...
C.K. McClatchy Senior High School is located at 3066 Freeport Boulevard in Sacramento, California. Named after “Sacramento Bee” newspaper editor and owner Charles Kenny McClatchy, the school was built in 1937 by way of Public Works...
A canny businessman and idealistic philanthropist, David Lubin and his brother-in-law Harris Weinstock made Weinstock-Lubin the Sacramento area’s best-known and most popular mercantile establishment for over a century. By the time of his death in...
This April 24, 1909, photograph captures activity on the M Street Bridge during the celebration of Sacramento’s fiftieth anniversary. The picture was taken from the west side or West Sacramento side of the bridge, looking east. In the distance,...
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...
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...
This photograph of Chandler’s Shoes at 1022 K Street was taken in circa 1950. It shows much of the business’s storefront and a worker filling a section of display windows. Chandler’s – a nationwide chain – came to Sacramento in 1922. ...
A circular window displays the blossoming wares of Harold Shay Florists at 1015 Eleventh Street. The business opened its doors in 1930 at 1127 K Street, later moving to its Eleventh Street location. The store's humorous slogan was "'Shay' it with...
This August 4, 1940, photograph shows Chinn-Beretta Optometry at 1022 K Street. Prominent is a display window of glasses and indication of the business’ staff optometrists, Bolling Chinn and W.B. Leonard. At the time the photograph was taken,...
This photograph shows an exhibit of horse-drawn vehicles at the 1895 California State Fair, courtesy of the Schaw, Ingram, Batcher and Company. The company did business at 211 through 219 J Street, also selling hardware and blacksmith supplies. ...
Resting in splendor at the southwest corner of Twelfth and K Streets in this November 19, 1940, photograph is the Weinstock, Lubin and Company department store. It was built in 1924 for 1,250,000 dollars and opened on June 2 to tremendous...
This circa 1895 photograph shows an exhibit displaying the wares of Kentucky-born Mrs. Fannie Sullivan. The display was made in concert with the California State Fair. The hat maker and mother of two had a live-in business at 505 J Street.
This exhibit for the 1895 California State Fair was done by the Pacific Coast Borax Company. The display proclaims "Borax is King," "A Home Industry," and a presence "From Death Valley Mines to Alameda Factory." Discovered in Death Valley in 1881,...
The Stop-N-Shop market at 2851 Fulton Avenue is the subject of this 1950 photograph. The Stop-N-Shop name was a familiar one to Sacramentans, the chain having opened its first location in 1928 at Twenty-Eighth Street and Broadway. The store was...
