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....
Pictured here, freight engine Number 654 was built by General Electric and issued in 1930 to run in Sacramento, along X Street. November 3, 1940, was the last day that Sacramento Northern carried passengers, as the company migrated exclusively to...
This September 9, 1895, photograph captures the gleam of the Grand Electric Carnival on K Street, between Eighth and Ninth Streets. Strings of lights hang from poles and crisscross K Street. The event was held to celebrate the unprecedented long...
This circa 1910 postcard shows Sacramento's Northern Electric Depot at 801 J Street. At the ready are two Niles cars. They are two of the first ten cars contracted out to the Niles Car Company of Ohio. They were received by Northern Electric in...
This circa 1915 image shows a crowd milling about the Northern Electric Railway Depot at 801 J Street and resting at the northeast corner of Eighth and J Streets. Northern Electric started local street car service in 1907, running from the...
This circa 1915 postcard shows the Northern Electric Railroad's bridge, crossing the Sacramento River at M Street. The largest and most costly span on Northern Electric's interurban network, the bridge was built in 1911 by way of funding from both...
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 the Pacific Gas and Electric Company building at 1100 K Street was taken on July 12, 1941. Set on the southeast corner of Eleventh and K Streets, the structure was built in 1912/13 as an administrative hub. It was made of...
This November 4, 1937, photograph captures The Pacific Gas and Electric Building and other businesses on the south side of K Street, where it meets Eleventh Street. The PG and E building is flanked to the left by the Zinke’s Shoe Renewing...
This westerly view, from the intersection of Twelfth and K Streets, was taken in 1939. On the right are the towering spires of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, built in 1889 for 250,000 dollars. Its design was directed by the Sacramento...
In this frenetic photograph, taken in September 1895, a few of the 30,000 travelers that made their way to Sacramento for the Grand Electric Carnival and California Admission Day festivities are seen making their way to transportation and...
This is a Twin Coach model 23R bus, a mainstay of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company fleet used prior to World War II. The durable vehicles were purchased in the late 1930s, replacing streetcars on T, Third, and Tenth Streets in 1939. The new...
Originally framed, with a label from McDowell and Harding Art Dealers (810 K Street); hand numbered 13240. The photograph is identified on the back in handwritten pen and pencil as follows; Front row: Mickie Johnson, Gertrude Freeman, Mrs. Henry...
This 1895 photograph shows an illuminated downtown Sacramento during the Grand Electric Carnival. Strings of lights and a glowing golden bear dangle over the street, enlightening street car tracks, American flags and several businesses. Taken...
This 1895 photograph shows an illuminated downtown Sacramento during the Grand Electric Carnival. Strings of lights and a glowing golden bear dangle over the street, enlightening street car tracks, American flags and several businesses. Taken...
This September 1895 photograph reveals a daytime look at various adornments for Sacramento’s Grand Electric Carnival, held to celebrate the July 1895 transmission of hydroelectric power from Folsom to Sacramento’s Station A on Sixth and H...
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...
One of the defining images of turn-of-the-century Sacramento was the gateway to Oak Park and Joyland, shown in this circa 1910 postcard. The inviting Oak Park entrance arch was constructed in 1903 by the California Gas and Electric Company,...
Shown in circa 1910 is the Northern Electric Depot, resting on the northeastern corner of Eighth and J Streets. In a few years, the station's facade would be redone in Mission style. To the left is Niles car 223 which stayed in service until its...
This circa 1920 postcard shows the Mission-style Northern Electric Depot, resting at Eighth and J Streets. Niles car 221 stands to the left. 221 remained a non-perating trailer until its scrapping in 1940. The standard 1908 Niles car was...
