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    • The Review, 1917

    • The Review, 1917

    • 1917-01-01

    • 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...
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    • The Review, 1929

    • The Review, 1929

    • 1929-01-01

    • 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...
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    • Camp Sacramento

    • Camp Sacramento

    • 1928

    • Pictured here, in the 1920s, is a place holding a reputation for being one of the finest municipally- operated summer camps in the country, Camp Sacramento. Set at 6,500 feet and within a forty acre site known as Sayles Flat, the Camp opened in...

    • 714
    • Southern Pacific Station

    • Southern Pacific Station

    • 1940

    • The facade of the Southern Pacific Railroad Station, located at 401 I Street, was captured in this circa 1940 photograph. Opened in 1926, the 370 by 100 foot station was considered one of the finest of its kind. One of the unique features of the...

    • 844
    • California State Fair Poultry Building

    • California State Fair Poultry Building

    • 1932

    • This July 15, 1932, photograph provides a view of the California State Fair's Poultry Building. The 25,000 square foot structure was built by Sacramento contractors Guth and Fox in 1931/32 for a cost of 75,000 dollars. The interior included...

    • 1063
    • California's Magnificent Capitol

    • California's Magnificent Capitol
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    • This postcard of "California's Magnificent Capitol" has a divided back and space for a one cent stamp as well as informative text underneath the impressive photograph rendered for the burgeoning postcard trade prior to the First World War. The...

    • Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
    • The Greenbriar Motor Hotel - A Colourpicture Publication

    • The Greenbriar Motor Hotel - A Colourpicture Publication
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    • This postcard depicts the Greenbriar Motel Hotel at 4331 Stockton Boulevard. Built in the early 1950s, the business sat near what was considered to be some of the finest wine vinyards in Northern California. The 240-acre property was owned by...

    • Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
    • The Flamingo Motel - Rory Foster

    • The Flamingo Motel - Rory Foster

    • 1963

    • This 1963 postcard shows West Sacramento's 21-unit Flamingo Motel at 920 West Capitol Avenue. In the 1968 Sacramento phonebook, the motel claimed to have "one of Sacramento's finest" heated swimming pools. It also boasted "courtesy coffee,...

    • Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
    • Old Sacramento, Railroad Museum

    • Old Sacramento, Railroad Museum

    • 2000

    • This circa 2000 postcard provides three views of locomotives on display at the California State Railroad Museum. "The finest Railroad Museum in North America. Dozens of restored locomotives and cars.." is the the description from the back of the...

    • Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
    • Southern Pacific Depot - Mike Roberts Studios

    • Southern Pacific Depot - Mike Roberts Studios

    • 1950

    • This circa 1950 photograph shows Sacramento's Southern Pacific passenger depot, located at Fifth and I streets. Built in 1926, at the time, the journal "Railway Age," called the structure "one of the most modern stations on the Pacific Coast and...

    • Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
    • O'Kanes Restaurant

    • O'Kanes Restaurant

    • 1940

    • This circa 1947 postcard promotes O'Kane's Restaurant, located at 2315 Tenth Street. Established in the mid-1940s by Charles and Kenny O'Kane as "One of the finest Cocktail Lounges in Sacramento," the spot's specialities were "Steaks and Roast...

    • Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
    • Greetings from Sacramento - Black and White

    • Greetings from Sacramento - Black and White

    • 1910

    • This circa 1910 postcard provides a charming welcome to Sacramento, providing a window into the city's finest sights including its buildings and citizens. The entry reads as follows: "Dear Flora, I haven't heard from you in a long while, hope you...

    • Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
    • Pacific Metal Awning Co.

    • Pacific Metal Awning Co.

    • 1960

    • This circa 1960 postcard promotes Pacifc Metal Awning Company, located at 5050 Perry Avenue. Offering flexalum aluminum "for the world's finest awning," it was one no less than 50 awning contractors in the Sacramento area, accommodating a...

    • Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
    • Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Sacramento, CA, by James Blank

    • Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Sacramento, CA, by James Blank
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    • K Street, between 7th and 14th streets was converted into a pedestrian mall. “This section included two of the city’s finest old buildings, Weinstock’s Department Store and the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.” In December of 1969, The...

    • Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
    • Elk's Temple, Sacramento, CA - Mike Roberts Studios

    • Elk's Temple, Sacramento, CA - Mike Roberts Studios

    • 1930

    • This circa 1930 photograph shows the Elk's Building, positioned at the southwest corner of Eleventh and J streets. The tallest building in Sacramento after its construction, J.W. Haley, president of the Elk's Hall Association called it, via the...

    • Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
    • The Review, June 1909

    • The Review, June 1909

    • 1909-06-01

    • 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...
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    • The Review, June 1910

    • The Review, June 1910

    • 1910-06-01

    • 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...
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    • The Review, February 1909

    • The Review, February 1909

    • 1909-02-01

    • 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...
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    • The Review, March 1908

    • The Review, March 1908

    • 1908-03-01

    • 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...
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