Capitol Park is the focus of this aerial photograph of the downtown Sacramento in 1932. The original east entrance of the California State Capitol building is visible, as are, from left to right in the middle of the photo, the California Western...
In 1961, the State Highway Commission announced its plans for the completion of Interstate 5, extending from Mexico to the Canadian border. The city council unanimously supported putting the freeway on the Sacramento side of the river, thus wiping...
This 1960 phothograph of Breuner's at 600 K Street, and Goodwill Industries Department Store at 1117 Sixth Street, was taken from the northwest coerner of Sixth and K Streets. Resting at the business's original 1856 location, the pictured building...
This circa 1955 photograph shows Sacramento's Buddhist Church at 418 O Street. The congregation, the second-oldest of its kind in the United States, was founded in 1900 with 50 original members. To the right of the frame is the church's 410 O...
Named after Collis P. Huntington was the "C.P. Huntington" locomotive, here pictured. This photograph is labeled as follows: "Southern Pacific R.R. of California No. 1. - Original Central Pacific No. 3 - Cylinders 11 x15 - Dia. Of Drivers 54" -...
This 2008 postcard shows a portion of the stairs scaling one end of the California State Capitol building. The pictured flight -- built of Honduran mahogany -- is a replica of the original set, first built in 1871 by Philetus Burnett out of...
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...
Taken in 1865, this photograph shows the Central Pacific Railroad locomotive “A. A. Sargent,” also known as number seven, at the foot of J Street, facing east from Front Street. The locomotive’s namesake, Aaron Augustus Sargent, served as...
Pictured in 1874, and viewed from the south, is the Central Pacific Railroad’s Sacramento roundhouse, located at the Central Pacific Shops. The structure was built and put into service in 1868 by Central Pacific. The 29-stall building was,...
Pictured on June 18, 1955, is the landmark sign at the Sacramento’s City Cemetery at 1000 Broadway. Attached to the facility’s main office, it states as follows: “City Cemetery; Capt. John A. Sutter donated the original ten acres to the...
This circa 1895 postcard provides an image of the Plaza Park, bordered by I and J streets and Ninth and Tenth streets, and as seen from the park's southwest corner. Plaza Park was one of the original 10 city blocks granted to the City of...
City Plaza, known in the past as Plaza Park and currently named after labor leader and migrant worker advocate Caesar Chavez Park, as it appeared looking west from Tenth and J Streets a century ago. One of the original squares donated by John...
This circa 1995 postcard shows "Constitution Wall," set within the interior courtyard of the Secretary of State and California State Archives complex at Eleventh and O Streets. The 95-foot-high wall of metallic-oxide-stained stucco contain's a...
Country Club Centre, at Watt and El Camino Avenues, is shown in this 1958 photograph. The spot was called the "largest shopping development in California involving chains stores." In its original form and with a 4,000,000 million dollar price...
Shown in circa 1910 is the first floor lobby of the Crocker Art Museum at 216 O Street. The doorways and stairways are made of walnut while the paneling is made of California laurel. Through the door to the right of the photograph is the...
Shown in circa 1991 is the parquet floored grand ballroom at the Crocker Art Museum, located at 216 O Street. Adorning the walls and nooks are various European-style paintings and vases. The room is also characterized by the presence of four...
This 1956 photograph shows the west side of J Street, between Second and Third Streets. Businesses include the Red Front Shoe Shop at 206 J Street, Hop Wo Laundry at 212 J Street, and the Jamall Hotel at 208 J Street. The Jamall was set in the...
This 1962 photograph captures a razed lot between J and K Streets and Third and Fourth Streets. In the distance are Dave’s Men’s Store at 230 K Street and the Club Café Tavern at 231 K Street. Beyond that, one can see the spires of the Tower...
The first local high school built north of the American River was a first in many ways, the result of a need for a school district to educate the far-flung school-age children in the area combined with the practical need for a civic center to bring...
The first local high school built north of the American River was a first in many ways, the result of a need for a school district to educate the far-flung school-age children in the area combined with the practical need for a civic center to bring...
