The California State Capitol Building viewed from the grounds of Capitol Park is the view offered on this color-tinted penny postcard. Prior to 1915 many of the exquisite color cards had come from Europe, especially Germany, but after the First...
The rear of the California State Capital building is shown in this circa 1915 postcard. The shudder speed and slowness of early twentieth-century photography made the artistic alteration of postcards essential for giving the impression of night. ...
This vertical view of the California State Capitol Building framed against a gray/green sky is a dramatic example of an innovative way to get more mileage out of a stationary subject. Hundreds of views of the Capitol Building have been marketed as...
This corner view of the Hotel Sacramento is dated the same year as the "New" hotel opened (1909) and may depict the grand opening. The top floor of the building is decorated in greenery and automobiles, pedestrians and streetcars all converge in...
This sepia-toned view of the Hotel Senator as seen from the California State Capitol is nowhere near as impressive as the postcards featuring the State Capitol Building viewed from the hotel, but it still served to publicize and promote...
This circa 1905 leather postcard -- showing horseshoe and four leaf clover -- wishes its receiver luck from Sacramento. Written in pencil, to the right of the frame, is "just one for your collection." The production of leather postcards ended...
This circa 1905 leather clad postcard reflects a bit of the romantic humor from the early part of the twentieth-century. The production of leather postcards ended after 1909.
This circa 2000 postcard provides a cartoon map of the greater Sacramento area. The card was created by Tehachapi-based artist Gerry Kubler, the author of various other cartoon-centered postcards on California.
Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
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