The pumping station for Sacramento's water filtration plant is captured in this 1927 photograph. It was positioned on the eastern bank of the Sacramento River.
A photograph of a man riding a steer on the California State Fair racetrack during a rodeo event. The event rider wears a cap and street clothes indicating that he may be a challenger for a prize based on how long a contender could hang on to the...
This circa 1930 postcard shows the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, located at Eleventh and K streets, and, to the north, its presbytery, which was built in 1924 under the leadership of Archbishop Patrick Keane. Just one year prior, the...
This circa 1980 postcard shows a statue of Christopher Columbus with Queen Isabella of Spain, positioned just below the rotunda of the California State Capitol building. The marble edifice was donated to the State of California by local banker...
One of the defining images of turn-of-the-century Sacramento was the gateway to Oak Park and Joyland, shown in this circa 1910 postcard. The inviting Oak Park entrance arch was constructed in 1903 by the California Gas and Electric Company,...
This circa 1910 color postcard shows the Sacramento Boat Club, floating at the banks of the Sacramento River and the Yolo County hamlet of Broderick. The image was captured from the Southern Pacific Railroad's drawbridge, positioned just to the...
This circa 1930 photograph shows the Elk's Building, positioned at the southwest corner of Eleventh and J streets. The tallest building in Sacramento after its construction, J.W. Haley, president of the Elk's Hall Association called it, via the...
Shown in circa 1900 is Sacramento's Federal Building and Post Office, positioned at the northeast corner of Seventh and K streets. Built in 1893/94, its construction was subsidized by 100,000 dollars in 1885. By the time construction was...
Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
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