Three workers in the Holland Welding and Machine building at 215 and 217 O Street are shown borring the bearing fit on a gear by way of a portable boring bar. This photograph was taken on June 18, 1937.
The entrance to the Crystal Creamery at 1013 D Street is captured in this August 13, 1939, photograph. The company was founded in 1901 by George Knox, but it was not until 1921 that the iconic Carl Hansen took ownership of the company. By 1931,...
This 1928 photograph shows the busy loading area of the Crystal Ice and Cold Storage Company at 1618 and 1620 R Street. Two trucks are posed for delivery in front of Southern Pacific railroad spurs. Built in 1921/22 for 100,000 dollars, the...
This circa 1953 photograph shows the El Rancho Trailer Village at 1200 East El Camino Avenue. The six-acre park opened in the spring of 1949 with space for 130 trailers. Features included underground power lines, a buzzer system to each trailer,...
This 1953 photograph reveals the storefronts of both the Hobbycrafts Shop and the Dutch Boy Paint Store. The two businesses sat on the north side of J Street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets.
This January 17, 1929, photograph shows the uniquely-designed Le Marche Market at 1825 Y Street. The business was sold in 1934 for 34,500 dollars to E.A. Corum, a Sacramento-based contractor.
This 1935 photograph shows the Sixteenth Street Bridge after its widening and extension. The bridge was originally constructed in 1915, spanning 600-feet of the American River bank-to-bank, for 125,000 dollars. The State of California approved...
This 1910 photograph captures a still-under-construction I Street Bridge, as taken from the Yolo County side of the Sacramento River. Notice the concrete piers in pristine condition, and old wooden span, yet to be dismantled. The new bridge was...
This photograph of the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge, as taken from the west bank of the Sacramento River, was shot in 1894. Built in 1892/93, it was the second Southern Pacific span, and third overall, to be built at this very spot. It was...
This November 1940 photograph shows Sacramento’s annual Christmas Parade as, led by Santa Claus, it proceeds east on K Street between Sixth and Seventh. Sponsored by the “Sacramento Bee,” the Sacramento Retail Merchants’ Association and...
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...
This April 24, 1909, photograph captures activity on the M Street Bridge during the celebration of Sacramento’s fiftieth anniversary. The picture was taken from the west side or West Sacramento side of the bridge, looking east. In the distance,...
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jewell pose for this photograph on the west end of the highway span of the I Street Bridge in 1912. The lower span of the bridge was operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad. As of 1912, the bridge's draw span was the heaviest...
This April 2, 1936, photograph captures the imposing spires of the Tower Bridge, as seen from the western side of the Sacramento River. The builder of the truss vertical-lift bridge was Sacramento’s George Pollock Construction Company. The...
In this circa 1937 photograph, the superstructure of the Tower Bridge is visible from the east side of the Sacramento River. At 700 feet long and 70 feet wide, the bridge required over 7,600 cubic yards of concrete, 932 fir stands, and 3,250 tons...
This circa 1955 photograph shows several storefronts on the south side of K Street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets. Dohrmann’s, at 1326 K Street, opened in 1952, offering over 200 patterns from nationally known brands of dinnerware,...
The Christmas 1950 photograph reveals numerous K Street storefronts, including the Capital Clothing Company at 916 K Street, Fox Senator Theater at 912 K Street, Wilson's Restaurant at 908 K Street, the Moderne Bar and Restaurant at 910 K Street,...
In this circa 1928 photograph, a throng of "Sacramento Bee" paper boys or "newsies" stand in front of the Sacramento Abstract and Title building at 701 K Street. During the 1920s and 30s, being a paper boy for the Bee was quite sought after....
In this August 1932 photograph, a parade comprised of various posts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars moves eastward, down K Street, between Seventh and Tenth Streets. Their presence represented Sacramento’s hosting of the VFW’s thirty-third...
Captured in this circa 1955 photograph, happy customers and employees look toward the camera at Johnson’s Restaurant at 1019 Tenth Street. Standing near the entrance to the restaurant is, on the right, owner George Johnson, and, on the left, his...
