A lonely stretch of Front Street is captured in this 1959 photograph. The buildings represent the former homes of Ace Upholstery at 1021 Front Street, the Rooney Brothers Company at 1019 Front Street, and what is identified in the 1959 City...
A circa 1960 view of M. R. Carpenter Company at 907 Front Street; Plumbing at 911 Front Street; Pacific Fur and Wool at 915 Front Street; and Howard and Dean Van Lines at 921 Front Street (McKesson & Robbins Building).
Pictured in 1863 is Front Street, near its intersection with K and L Streets. In the immediate foreground, with a train stopped at its side, is the Sacramento Valley Railroad depot; to the right of that is the freight depot of the Central Pacific...
This 1961 photograph shows the California Office Furniture Company at 1111 Front Street. To the right, at 1115 Front Street, is the Lawrence Mayflower Moving and Storage Company.
This 1960 photograph offers a view of 1201 Front, location of the Stanford Brothers store during the Gold Rush era. Notes with the photograph date that store to 1856. Jon's Home Furniture (1213 Front Street) was formerly a wholesale paper...
A circa 1960 view of Booth-Newton Store at 1023 Front Street, which was listed as a state historical landmark in the 1961 Sacramento City Directory, and the Ace Upholstery at 1023 Front Street.
A circa 1960 view of a parking lot at the northeast corner of Front and L Streets. Beyond the parking lot is the Lawrence Mayflower Moving and Storage warehouse at 1115 Front Street, also known as The Embarcadero.
As captured in this 1863 photograph, several rail workers stand in front of, and beside, the Central Pacific Railroad’s first depot and ticket office at Front and I Streets. It was designed in 1863 by Collis P. Huntington, and built in one...
Photo of front of Lawrence Mayflower Moving and Storage on 1115 Front Street circa 1962. The company, which first opened in 1927, maintained an office at 1930 J Street.
Photograph taken in 1962 of Howard Van Lines and Dean Van Lines at 921 Front Street. By 1970 neither business was listed in the City Directory, the only establishment still in place was the Southern Pacific transfer facility at Front and J Streets.
This circa 1960 photograph of the I Street Bridge was taken, looking north, from the intersection of I and Front Streets. When it was built in 1911, it was intended to endure “100 years’ service.” To the left of the frame are Southern...
Pictured in 1955 is the Front Street side of the Western Warehouse Company at 100 through 114 K Street. Visible is signage for the building’s previous tenants, the Western Van and Storage Company, and to the left of the frame, the faint writing...
Street front along Fourth Street shows the Acme Transfer and Storage Company (912 Fourth Street) with large sign mounted on the front of the building and with a large moving truck parked at the curb in front of the building. Hidden from view by...
Captured in 1960, this photograph reveals the Samuel Brannan Building, built in 1853, at 1007 through 1009 Front Street. It was at this same spot - in February 1849 and at the southeast corner of J and Front Streets - that Brannan built a...
Photograph taken in 1924 at the corner of Front and P Streets. On the corner is the California Packing Company factory. On the right side of the photo, at the corner of Front and Q Street, is the Sacramento Public Bean Cleaning Company, and to...
This 1861 photograph shows flooding at K and Front Streets. A nine-year stretch of calm weather was broken with record flooding in the winter of 1861/1862. The "What Cheer House" saloon is prominent to the right of the photograph as is Ebner's...
Pictured on September 24, 1936, is the Crane Company Plumbing Supplies warehouse at Front and M Streets. The four-story, brick and concrete structure was built between 1921 and 1924 for 150,000 dollars. When the facility opened in April 1924 it...
