Pictured under neon lighting, on the evening of June 1, 1937, is Zinke’s Shoe Renewing Corporation at 1106 K Street. The Sacramento location, which opened in 1937, was part of a constellation of stores that ran from San Diego to northern...
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...
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...
Taken on January 12, 1941, this photograph shows the Sacramento Abstract and Title Company at its recently constructed 919 Eighth Street location. The company was founded in 1900 by S. Edgar Alderman, and stood as a steadying presence in the...
Sacramento's outlet for International Business Machines - known to most of the world as IBM - located itself at 1015 Thirteenth Street in 1935. From its opening, until the year that this photograph was taken in 1949, the store's manager was...
This photograph of the storefront of Leed’s women’s shoes at 814 K Street was taken on the business’s opening day, September 15, 1934. Neon signage and large showcases are visible. The location, designed to store up to 12,000 pairs of...
This exhibit for the 1895 California State Fair was done by the Pacific Coast Borax Company. The display proclaims "Borax is King," "A Home Industry," and a presence "From Death Valley Mines to Alameda Factory." Discovered in Death Valley in 1881,...
Camp Sacramento is the setting for this 1928 tug-o-war challenge on the South Fork of the American River. The municipally-operated site has been a presence in Sacramento’s recreational heritage since 1920. During the season that this photograph...
This March 16, 1935, photograph shows a Union Oil Service Station at the corner of Alhambra and J Streets. Union Oil’s presence in Sacramento goes back to 1906 with its decision to install production facilities at Front and Y Streets. Operated...
This May 10, 1937, photograph shows the ornate calligraphy drawn to a blackboard by a penmanship instructor at Sacramento's branch of Heald College, located at Fourteenth and K Streets. Heald established its Sacramento presence in August 1912...
Shown in 1955 is the Procter and Gamble Manufacturing Company plant near the intersections of Power Inn Road and Fruitridge Road. The structure was built in 1951/52 for 2.5 million dollars with a workforce that numbered between 125 and 150. The...
Legendary western star of the first half of the 20th century Tom Mix is seen here on his horse Tony leading a parade down K Street and waving to his admirers. Movie studios often sent stars to promote their movies, which is the case here. The...
The Water Works Building at Front and I Streets was the city of Sacramento's first official structure, and for over 20 years the City Hall was located in that facility. Temporary quarters at Fourth and J Streets served city officials until the...
Shown in circa 1991 is the parquet floored grand ballroom at the Crocker Art Museum, located at 216 O Street. Adorning the walls and nooks are various European-style paintings and vases. The room is also characterized by the presence of four...
This 1964 postcard provides a grand view of the pediment, frieze and dome of the California State Capitol building, and, to the right, shows the Great Seal of the State of California, accented by the presence of Minerva and a California grizzly...
This postcard shows the Great Seal of the State of California as represented in stained glass. Installed in 1907 in the ceiling of the hallway leading from the California State Capitol building rotunda, the final composition for the Seal was...
Shown in circa 1973 is the K Street Mall, amidst the good intentions of urban planners, post the city's massive redevelopment efforts of the 1960s. Evident on the postcard are the status the K Street as a pedestrian only mall, and the presence of...
Depicted on this postcard is a riverboat of River Lines, Incorporated, a company that provided passenger transportation and dredging services. The company was formed out of a merger of Citizen's Navigation, Merchant's Transportation and Sacramento...
This circa 1905 postcard shows the E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, located at Second and O streets. Opened to the public in 1873 and bequethed to the city of Sacramento and California Museum Association in 1885, one of the first tasks of the...
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...
