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...
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...
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...
This photograph of a distant California State Capitol dome was taken on August 24, 1929, from Capitol Park. In the foreground is a century plant in full bloom and an Irish Yew tree stands to the right.
This 1939 view from the Senator Hotel at 1121 L Street shows the spires and apse of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament at 1017 Eleventh Street. Several men in the foreground are painting the word "Sacramento" on the roof of the Weinstock,...
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...
This wide open view of the northern reaches of William Land Park was taken in 1926. To the photograph’s left is the memorial statue and fountain of Charles Swanston, built in 1923/24 by Paris-based sculpture Ralph Stackpole, who also created the...
This February 1927 photograph shows two police officers and a police car idling in flood waters near the northern bank of the American River and Del Paso Boulevard. The culprit was a storm that brought sixty mile and hour winds and an overnight...
A January 31, 1931 view of Pacific Gas and Electric at 11th and K Street; Casey's Drugs (1111 Eleventh Street); the Medico-Dental Pharmacy (1125 Eleventh Street); and Dalma Garage (1111 Eleventh Street). Distant Views of Elks Temple (925 Eleventh...
Pictured in circa 1918 is a family and early residents of Carmichael, California. All of those pictured are well dressed. Distant oak trees sit in the middle of the frame. The area had been part of the 44,000-acre Rancho San Juan land grant,...
Displays of electric light in Sacramento go back to 1879, and during a remodel in 1892 enough electrical outlets were added to power the 1400 incandescent lights on the Capitol Building which greeted the New Year of 1893. During the "Electric...
This circa 1905 postcard shows the long pathway, running east-west through Capitol Park, toward the distant California State Capitol building. The avenue -- Victorian in style -- was constructed to connect the Capitol with the Agricultural...
This 1910 postcard shows the riverboat "Navajo" turning about near the M Street Bridge. Built in 1909/1910 by the Southern Pacific Railroad in West Oakland, the "Navajo," in 1910, smashed a speed record, going from Sacramento to Rio Vista in three...
Shown in 1942 is the kempt McClellan Mall at McClellan Field. The large and distant structure is the base's Headquarters Building One. The scene is captured from the VIP Gate, or Gate Two, on Watt Avenue. Opening in Fall 1939, and prior to...
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...
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...
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...
