This photograph shows an exhibit of horse-drawn vehicles at the 1895 California State Fair, courtesy of the Schaw, Ingram, Batcher and Company. The company did business at 211 through 219 J Street, also selling hardware and blacksmith supplies. ...
Here is a view of the Hotel Sacramento as it sits under construction in circa 1908. The primary building medium was concrete - the floors, stairways and columns were all composed to it. Just two to three years out from the San Francisco...
This July 4, 1910, photograph shows horse-drawn fire engines parading along K Street, between Fourth and Fifth Streets. 30,000 Sacramentans witnessed the Independence Day parade which featured horses. Several awards were given for the fittest and...
This circa 1950 photograph shows a horse-drawn Budweiser wagon resting outside of the Elks Temple at 925 Eleventh Street. To the right of the picture is a sign for the Top of the Town Restaurant, a fourteenth-floor eatery and lounge that provided...
Pictured in 1915, the Southern Pacific Railroad's engine X1461 is pulling out of the Sacramento station. This westbound train pulls extra passenger cars past automobiles and horse-drawn carriages, all parked near the baggage office, at the right...
A military parade featuring cavalry units escorting horse-drawn caissons rolls down K Street between Seventh and Tenth in this 1927 photograph. A large crowd of onlookers line the street and business signs clearly identify the Clunie Hotel (805 K...
The Union Hotel dominates this circa 1862 view of the west side of Second Street, between J and K Streets. Several people stand in front of the hotel while some stand on the balcony overlooking the street. Notes on the picture identify this...
A circa 1888 photograph of J street between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Streets with horse-drawn public transportation in view. Sutter's Fort is in the background.
Looking east on K Street about 1910, the transition from horse to gas is very evident. There are many vehicles in this scene; two electric street cars, horse-drawn carriages and wagons, and a number of automobiles. Pedestrians dot the sidewalks...
The dome and top levels of the California State Capitol Building rises above the palm trees lining N Street in this trimmed postcard published in the early part of the last century. Over that time the trees have grown and matured and the solitary...
Impressive early view of the Hotel Sacramento at Tenth Street and K Street adorns the front of this postcard. Potted trees are arranged in front of the building on both sides, while horse-drawn vehicles rest at curbside near the streetcar tracks...
This circa 2000 postcard, taken within the Old Sacramento State Historic Park, shows a carriage making its way along Second Street, between J and K streets, and by the B.F. Hastings building. Constructed in 1852/53, it stood as the headquarters...
Shown in circa 1995 is a horse-drawn carriage making its way by the Heywood Building, located in the Old Sacramento State Historic Park and at the southeastern corner of Second and J streets. Constructed in 1857, the building was one of the most...
Automobiles, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians move along broad Seventh Street, the center of the thoroughfare lined with tracks for the railcars that connected the city with newly-annexed destinations like Oak Park. The description printed on...
K Street in downtown Sacramento as pictured on this penny postcard bustles with activity and traffic, more specifically pedestrian, horse-drawn and electric rail traffic. Posted in Roseville at noon, the hand-written note on the back of this...
Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
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