This 1942 photograph shows the William Land Park rose garden, located in the southwestern section of the park, near the zoo. At the time of the photograph, it contained over 90 different varieties of roses. The pool, visible in the distant center...
A massive palm tree stands sentinel over McKinley Park's rose garden in this circa 1950 postcard. The garden was designed by Harvard-educated Frederick N. Evans, the city's first parks superintendent. Far from an easy task, Evans was forced to...
This circa 1975 postcard shows a portion of the rose gardens at McKinley Park, located at corner of H and Alhambra streets. The garden's genesis came in 1906 when Mrs. J. Henry Miller suggested the establishment of flower beds. The effort was...
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...
The Tannhauser Beer Garden is the subject of this circa 1934 photograph. The President of the Tannhauser Brewing Company, William Dreher, stands behind the bar wearing a bowtie and glasses. The garden, located on 549 North Sixteenth Street, was...
Shown in this circa 1934 photograph is the exterior of the Tannhauser Beer Garden at North Sixteenth Street. Several individuals are posing in front of the Beer Garden, including owner William Dreher who, wearing a white shirt and bow tie, is the...
Growing children with no available outlet for further education was incentive enough for sixteen elementary school districts to establish California’s first union high school in Elk Grove. The initial building was housed in what is now Old Town...
This circa 1934 photograph captures the bar of the William Dreher's Tannhauser Beer Garden, located at North Sixteenth Street. Several bar accessories, including the caricature in the middle of the photograph, were transplanted from the original...
Shown in 1910 is the roof garden of the four-story Elk's Lodge number 328, located at 824 J Street. The cornerstone had been layed just five years earlier in September 1905 in front of 400 excited members and their families. Visible is the low...
Shown in circa 1970 is one of two large palms sitting within the rose garden at McKinley Park. As of the end of the twentieth century, it stood as one of 130 All-American Rose Selection display gardens. The 1.5 acre spot - it's specialties being...
Shown in circa 1963 is the bar of Danny's Garden Restaurant, at 5675 Freeport Boulevard. Set within the Blomberg Center, it touted itself as "Sacramento's newest and most beautiful restaurant and cocktail lounge. Banquet facilities." The business...
This circa 1963 postcard shows the exterior of Danny's Garden Restaurant at 5675 Freeport Boulevard. It was set within the Blomberg Center, built in 1950 by the basalite rock construction company, Blomberg Builders. The company touted basalite as...
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...
California Middle School is located at 1600 Vallejo Way in Sacramento, California. Designed by Sacramento architecture luminary Harry Devine and built at a cost of $300,000, the structure opened in November 1933 with an enrollment of 738 pupils...
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...
