This circa 1980 photograph shows a man walking a bicycle across the venerable I Street Bridge, built in 1911 to replace two earlier bridges on the same spot. It is a double-decked bridge, offering pedestrian and rail traffic on the lower level and...
K Street, between 7th and 14th streets was converted into a pedestrian mall. “This section included two of the city’s finest old buildings, Weinstock’s Department Store and the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.” In December of 1969, The...
This photograph shows Folsom's Rainbow Bridge as it stood in circa 1930. The arch-style bridge was built in 1917/18. An old truss bridge shown in the background was taken down and then erected over the Klamath River at Walker, on a Forest Service...
Pictured on October 1, 1929, is Folsom Boulevard at Fifty-second Street. Looking eastward, away from Sacramento proper, a single pedestrian crosses the street and an automobile travels westerly toward the photographer. Also notable is a man...
This 1960 photograph shows the southwest corner of Second and I Streets Second. A single pedestrian labors his way along a crosswalk. Visible businesses include the Sing Chong Laundry at 904 Second Street, Scotty's Place at 906 Second Street,...
A single pedestrian approaches the corner in this view of L Street. At the corner is a fenced parking lot and several automobiles are parked along the curb.
This view of the northeast corner of L Street and Second Street depicts a single pedestrian crossing the street to the corner where several unidentified businesses are located. To the right the Reno Cafe (209 L Street) sign is visible. Several...
J Street at Fifth in the 1960's is dominated by the old Sacramento Bank Building now occupied by the Metropolitan Army and Navy Store (431 J Street). Cars are parked at the curb and a pedestrian is carrying his laundry wrapped in paper and hanging...
Taken in circa 1975, this photo of the K Street Mall shows not simply pedestrians crossing at Ninth and K Streets, but the diversity that would come to define so much of latter twentieth-century Sacramento. Population distribution for Sacramento,...
A frenzied scene of pedestrian and automobile traffic clogs the intersection of Ninth and K Streets in this 1945 photograph. Between 1945 and 1946, total national retail income rose from 18.2 billion dollars to 19.8 billion dollars, and a bustling...
A frenzied scene of pedestrian and automobile traffic clogs the intersection of Ninth and K Streets in this 1945 photograph. Between 1945 and 1946, total national retail income rose from 18.2 billion dollars to 19.8 billion dollars, and a bustling...
A view looking down Del Paso Boulevard as it passes under a railroad bridge. A single pedestrian walks across the street, and a few cars are visible in the distance.
This February 4, 1933, photograph shows a nearly rennovated Yolo Causeway. Built in 1916, the structure was a two-lane, 400,000 dollar project that traversed the Yolo Bypass, eliminating the need to use a ferry to traverse the often-flooded...
A large sculptural fountain sits in the center of the intersection of Eleventh and K Streets. In an effort to prevent the migration of retail outlets to suburban shopping centers, Sacramento turned K Street into a pedestrian mall in 1969. Having...
Shown in circa 1973 is the K Street Mall, amidst the good intentions of urban planners, post the city's massive redevelopment efforts of the 1960s. Evident on the postcard are the status the K Street as a pedestrian only mall, and the presence of...
This 1961 postcard shows the south side of K Street, between Eleventh and Tenth streets. A Woolworth's -- built in 1957 -- occupies the corner where the Hotel Sacramento stood for decades next to its companion, the Hotel Land -- built in 1910 --...
This 1961 postcard shows the south side of K Street, between Eleventh and Tenth streets. A Woolworth's -- built in 1957 -- occupies the corner where the Hotel Sacramento stood for decades next to its companion, the Hotel Land -- built in 1910 --...
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...
This 1915 postcard shows the Northern Electric Railroad's bridge, spanning the Sacramento River at M Street. Built of steel in 1911, and supported by five piers that penetrated as much as 60 feet below the river bed, the structure boasted a single...
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...
