Packard Bell NEC, an international computer manufacturer, has corporate headquarters in Sacramento (One Packard Bell Way). Taken July 30, 1997, this is the front of the Packard Bell NEC Administration Building, which used to be the headquarters...
This evening photograph of the American Trust Company’s 1011 Tenth Street branch was taken on March 3, 1951. The company established itself in Sacramento with a mere ten employees at the corner of Seventh and J Streets. By the time this...
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...
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...
Captured in this circa 1955 photograph, happy customers and employees look toward the camera at Johnson’s Restaurant at 1019 Tenth Street. Standing near the entrance to the restaurant is, on the right, owner George Johnson, and, on the left, his...
Pictured here in 1935, the auto top and upholstery business of Fred P. Fritz shared 1615 J Street with William H. Bartlett's Automobile Body Work, Auto Painting, Fender and Body Repair Shop. The employees of both enterprises, along with two...
This 1945 photograph shows employees standing before the receiving door of the California Chemical Company at 217-235 Birch Avenue in North Sacramento. The building is inscribed with the words "Manufacturing Chemists." Edward Swan opened the...
This 1950 view of the south side of K Street reveals Grayson's Department Store, located at 716 K Street, and Payless Drugstore, located at 716 K Street. Established in the summer of 1940, Grayson's was a California chain, specializing in women's...
This photograph of a Safeway grocery store at 2600 Franklin Boulevard was taken on May 5, 1939. By this time, Safeway had placed well over twenty of its stores through Sacramento County. While the country was still recovering from the drags of...
Pictured is the California Pine Box Distributors warehouse as it sat on December 10, 1938. Located at 1401 Front Street, on the eve of the Great Depression, the company was one of four boxers and distributors in the city, which collectively were...
Taken on August 8, 1940, this photograph shows the interior of the Otto Wiesen Jewelry Shop at 1024 Tenth Street. Prior to settling in at the pictured location, Wiesen had stores at 501-and-a-half K Street, 1013 Eighth Street, 1009 K Street, 1007...
A class poses for a picture on the front steps of Marshall School in this January 1927 photograph. The 10-room schoolhouse was built in 1904, and through the twenty-first century, stands as the largest surviving example of Classical Revival...
Taken in August 1942, this photograph shows syrup preparation at the Bercut Richards Packing Company at North Seventh Street and Richards Boulevard. Four employees empty 100 pound bags of sugar into a circular vat for mixing.
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...
A group of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company employees pose in chairs placed to the side of the building entrance at 1412 K Street on November 20th, 1929. The PT&T Division office had been serving the communication needs of thousands of...
This 1945 photograph shows the steamy interior of the American Can Company at 3325 C Street. Founded in 1926, by 1951, American employed 900 workers during the canning season and 275 over the winter months. In total, American’s employees...
In this photo, taken circa 1955, employees of KCRA Channel 3 work behind the scenes with the producer and production equipment during a broadcast. The station is located at 1010 Eleventh Street.
In this photo, taken circa 1955, employees of KCRA Channel 3 work on maintaining the machinery and equipment needed to run a television show. The station is located at 1010 Eleventh Street.
Several Friend and Terry employees pose on and around a tricycle tractor and three trailers piled high with lumber. Founded in 1851, the lumber company lasted 112 years, closing in 1963. It drew most of its raw materials from the Coos Bay region...
