1960 photograph of the Ansonia Hotel Building, including the Fong Laundry (1011 Fifth Street), the Lucky Cafe (1013 Fifth Street) and the Ansonia Hotel (1011 Fifth Street).
"One Hundred Years of Progress" was the theme chosen for the celebration known as "Roarin Camp" that took place near Southside Park in 1939. Originally planned as a fiesta to commemorate Captain John Sutter's arrival in Sacramento in 1839, the...
A 1927 parade along K Street between Seventh and Tenth features a marching band, most of them in uniform, followed by lines of men in and out of uniform marching in rows. A small group of uniformed scouts and nurses dressed in white are at the end...
A 1938 photograph of a float in a parade honoring the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary. Also pictured are the band members wearing kilts and carrying bagpipes and drums.
A 1938 view of the Capitol in Capitol Park. Taken from the northeast, a shrub in full bloom is the focal point of this photograph, with the Capitol dome in the background.
A 1948 photograph Fire Chief Dan Donovan, Assistant Fire Chief Fontain Johnson and Commissioner Bob Wall, standing next to fire engine No. 7, a 1946-7 International/Van Pelt pumper fire engine.
A 1960 photograph of the offices of Tom Furukawa, a realtor (1216B Fourth Street), and Dr. James J. Kubo, optometrist (1216A Fourth Street). The area was a part of the Japanese-American neighborhood before the construction of I-5 and redevelopment.
A bareheaded cowboy in leather chaps hunkers down on a bucking horse in this photograph circa 1930 of a rodeo event. A crowd of men wearing cowboy hats and boots barely stay out of harm's way as they watch the action and encourage the rider.
A bustling scene on K Street was captured in this 1913 photograph. A horse and wagon in the photograph’s foreground contrasts a slowly shifting paradigm toward the use of automobiles. Sidewalks are lined with pedestrians. In the background and...
A car show occupies the massive parking lot of Country Club Centre in this 1958 photograph. The development, designed by San Francisco-based architect William B. David, covered a lot of 13-acres and was considered to be Sacramento's first regional...
A carriage, shrouded in feathers and flowers and pulled by two white horses, and coached by a parasol-toting woman is the focus of this May 1902 photograph. The shot was taken during the city’s Street Fair festivities.
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.
A circa 1926 photograph of the Batey Bros. Garage in Elk Grove. L-R: Reginald Rolfe; William Batey; Elton Ronk, mechanic; Mathew Lee Batey; Homer Derr; Robert Batey; Roy Hand - Chevrolet, representative (from the factory).
A circa 1948 view of Soule Equipment Company at 701 Twelfth Street, a farm equipment company. To the left in the photograph is the G-Twelve Shop at 1210 G Street, an automobile repair shop with wheel alignment, auto and truck reconstruction, and...
