Shown in a circa 1960 photograph is a section of Third Street and the following businesses: the Eastern Hotel at 1118 Third Street, the El Clavel Cafe at 1116 Third Street, and the Cinco de Mayo Pool Hall at 1118 Third Street. The Eastern Hotel's...
The eastern entrance of Sutter's Fort is captured in this circa 1925 photograph. To the left of the frame is the fort's turreted jail. The fort is located at Twenty-Seventh and L Streets.
Pictured on October 8, 1930, is the neatly trimmed lawn of Sutter's Fort, sloping upward to the building's eastern entrance. Two cannons mark the entry way. The fort is located at Twenty-Seventh and L Streets.
This circa 1929 architectural drawing shows the south-facing facade the Eastern Star Temple at 2719 K street. The excavation for the 100,000 dollar structure was started in February 1928, with the laying of the cornerstone in May 1928. The...
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...
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...
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...
The arrival of the Sisters of Mercy from San Francisco in 1857 began a tradition of education that served Sacramento for over a century. Commercial and traditional subjects along with lessons in musical instruments were the courses taught at St....
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 April 2, 1936, photograph captures the imposing spires of the Tower Bridge, as seen from the western side of the Sacramento River. The builder of the truss vertical-lift bridge was Sacramento’s George Pollock Construction Company. The...
Taken between 1928 and 1940, this photograph shows the eastern side of the rotunda of the California State Capitol. The interior of the rotunda is comprised of fifteen levels of steel and wooden planking, weighing a combined seventeen tons. The...
The surreal sight of snow on California palms came to Sacramento on March 14, 1942. This photograph shows a snowy west end of Capitol Park and a distorted view of the eastern half of the Capitol dome.
Pictured in 1946 are support facilities of Lester Motors Ford at 900 Thirteenth Street. The photograph was taken from 1300 I Street, where the business’s showroom was located. This location formed the culmination of Lester’s business...
This 1935 photograph shows an ivy-covered Libby, McNeill and Libby cannery, bordering Stockton Boulevard. On the left side of the photograph is the cannery’s first floor receiving area while just above is the can storage room. In September...
The facade of the Hotel Enterprise located at 914 Second Street looms in this circa 1925 photograph. The Salvation Army hotel and employment agency are also visible. In the same building were the Eastern Restaurant, Bonini's Shaving Parlor, and...
Taken in 1934, this aerial photograph captures the W.F. Knox lumber yard, located to the west of Mather Field in eastern Sacramento County. Knox was one of eleven yards found throughout the County, employing - in the early 1930s - some 350 workers...
This April 2, 1936, photograph captures the imposing spires of the Tower Bridge, as seen from the western side of the Sacramento River. The builder of the truss vertical-lift bridge was Sacramento’s George Pollock Construction Company. The...
This 1956 photograph shows the northwest corner of Sixth and J Streets. Visible are Israel Schneiderman’s Big Ben Loan Office at 531 J Street, the 924 Club at 924 Sixth Street and the G n M Club at 526 J Street. Big Ben occupied what had been...
