Pictured in circa 1950 is the Joseph Magnin store on 913 K Street. Based in the San Francisco, the women’s clothing company opened the 400,000 dollar building in September 1946. Company Vice President, Cyril Magnin, called the store the model...
Lundstrom’s Mercury-Lincoln car dealership is pictured at 1631 K Street in this July 25, 1948 photograph. The business was founded in 1941 by the Wisconsin-born Fred Lundstrom. A man known for his automotive connections, it is said that he was...
This circa 1916 photograph shows the Westminster Presbyterian Church as it sits on the northwest corner of Thirteenth and K. Built in 1904 for a cost of 25,000 dollars, the brick structure was twice the size of its Sixth and L Street predecessor. ...
Founded on February 24, 1918, the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church rests at 1350 Twenty-Fifth Street in this 1943 photograph. Originally the home of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, the Lutheran congregation purchased the building in 1918 and, under...
The children’s solarium at Mercy Hospital at 4001 J Street is shown in this circa 1928 photograph. The tile work, located just below the room’s windows, was printed to show familiar figures from the Mother Goose rhymes. Located in the...
This westerly view, from the intersection of Twelfth and K Streets, was taken in 1939. On the right are the towering spires of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, built in 1889 for 250,000 dollars. Its design was directed by the Sacramento...
This November 21, 1940, photograph shows the Fox Capitol Theater at 615 K Street, and its effort to promote "Northwest Mounted Police," starring Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll. Three men are dressed as Canadian mounted policemen, posing with a...
This 1955 photograph captures several storefronts on the northwest corner of Ninth and J, including Klein Realty Service at 827 J Street; Meda's Delicatessen at 829 J Street; the Arcade Tavern at 831 J Street; the 922 Club at 922 Ninth Street; and...
View of August "A. J." Pommer's building as it stood in 1896. Its 829 J Street address sold musical supplies, while sewing machines were sold at 831 J Street, both at the northwest corner of Ninth and J streets. Pommer immigrated to the United...
This 1931 photograph captures the six-story, 78-foot-high Nicolaus Building on the northwest corner of Eighth and K Streets. The building’s most high profile tenant was the Western Pacific Railroad’s passenger department, which moved into the...
This 1956 photograph shows the northwest corner of Sixth and J Streets. Visible are Israel Schneiderman’s Big Ben Loan Office at 531 J Street, the 924 Club at 924 Sixth Street and the G n M Club at 526 J Street. Big Ben occupied what had been...
Pictured in 1960 at the northwest corner of Seventh and K Streets are the Golden Eagle Hotel at 627 K Street and the Grand Rapids Furniture Company at 631 K Street. Originally built in 1853 by the Pennsylvania-born Daniel E. Callahan, and long a...
This circa 1960 photograph shows Dave's Men's Furnishings occupying the southwestern corner of Third and K Streets, at 230 K Street. To the right of the frame, and at the northwest corner of K Street is the Club Cafe Tavern at 231 K Street. In...
This 1950 photograph shows the National Bank of D.O. Mills building, resting at the northwest corner of Seventh and J Streets, at 631 J Street. Built in 1912, the Classical reinforced granite and concrete structure was enlarged in 1925, when D.O....
At the northwest corner of Second and K Streets is the Bank Exchange Cafe at 1030 Second Street, the OK Cafe at 1028 Second Street, and the Union Cafe at 1024 Second Street.
This circa 1960 photograph shows the landmark Travelers Hotel at 428 J Street. Also visible is the Metropolitan Army Navy Surplus Goods at the northwest corner of Fifth and J Streets.
Emergency Bail Bond Service at 900 Seventh Street, Clyde's Office Supply at 906 Seventh Street, the American Typewriter Exchange at 908 Seventh Street, and the Sacramento County Free Library headquarters at 914 Seventh Street are all visible in...
This circa 1975 photograph - taken at the northeast corner of Eighth and K Streets looking northwest - shows pedestrians passing by various businesses along a K Street Mall, just six years after its revamping. Businesses include American Savings...
Taken on April 11,1934, from Plaza Park, this photograph shows United States Post Office Building at the northwest corner of Ninth and I streets. The building, completed by a few years earlier, was constructed by Chicago's N.P. Severin Company for...
This photograph, taken in circa 1955, focuses on the front entrance of Sacramento Junior College's Main Classroom Building, at 3835 Freeport Boulevard. As viewed from the northwest, the frame shows an assortment of Colorado Spruce and Giant...
