This idyllic scene on the northern side of Sutter's Fort was captured in 1937. Visible are a pond, covered with water lilies, and a walkway where a wicker baby buggy and small child stand. To the right of that, a woman stands below a tree,...
This circa 1990 aerial photograph provides a view of the William B. Pond Recreation Area, a seen from the northeast. Tabbed as the park's namesake in 1983, Pond was the first director of Sacramento County's Department of Parks and Recreation, and...
This postcard shows the northern grounds of Sutter's Fort, as seen from K Street. Also visible are the fort's northwest bastion and pond. Prior to earnest restoration in the 1890s, the pond had been a slough, running east to west. It was...
Pictured in 1926 is a duck pond, later to be known as Duck Lake, located in the western-most part of the park, along Land Park Drive. By the time this photograph was taken, the park had two duck ponds and a model boat pond. In the winter of 1937,...
C.K. McClatchy Senior High School is located at 3066 Freeport Boulevard in Sacramento, California. Named after “Sacramento Bee” newspaper editor and owner Charles Kenny McClatchy, the school was built in 1937 by way of Public Works...
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...
Here is a 1949 aerial photograph of Setzer Forest Products, a box manufacturer, located at 2570 through 2610 Third Street. Established in 1923, the business -- at the time this photograph was taken -- was employing upwards of 170 people. The...
This circa 1920 view of the pond at Southside Park comes from the southwest. Planning for the park at Seventh and V Streets, was started in the spring of 1906 when the city passed an ordinance to purchase lands and establish a recreational area...
This July 4, 1920, photograph captures grandstand viewing of a fireworks display at Southside Park, located at Seventh and V Streets. Thousands were awed by the fireworks which were launched from the center of the pond. Accompanying the display...
This 1955 photograph of Capitol Park shows the Veterans of the Spanish-American War memorial, which abuts the park's trout pond. The feature, dedicated in 1949 and located just to the east of the Capitol Building, is known as the "Hiker Statue,"...
Sitting at the southeast corner of X Street and Riverside Boulevard, in circa 1960, is the Sacramento Buddhist Church Betsuin. In the foreground is the church chapel while, to the right of the frame, is its social hall. Between the two is the...
Shown in circa 1910 are the northern grounds of Sutter's Fort. In the foreground is an ornamental pond, and a remnant of the old Burns Slough. In the distance is the twin-spired St. Francis of Assissi Catholic Church, at the corner of...
This circa 1930 postcard shows children fishing at pond in the southern section of William Land Park with the park's club house and statute of Charles Swanston -- the previous owner of the land -- visible in the distance. The business stamped onto...
As seen from the air, the layout of Sutter's Fort is visible in this postcard. To the left runs L Street while, to the far right, is the park's northern grounds with a 16,000 square-foot, 600,000 gallon pond and numerous oak trees.
Shown in circa 1915 is Sutter's Fort, located at Twenty-Seventh and L streets. Several people stand along the north wall of the fort and a pond accented by a fountain. The water feature was part of what remained of Burns Slough, also known as...
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...
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...
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...
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...
C.K. McClatchy Senior High School is located at 3066 Freeport Boulevard in Sacramento, California. Named after “Sacramento Bee” newspaper editor and owner Charles Kenny McClatchy, the school was built in 1937 by way of Public Works...
