This circa 1951 photograph shows the proposed deep water ship channel project, intended to connect Sacramento's Lake Washington to Suisun Bay. Prior to the 1963 completion of the channel, the transport of goods was done primarily through rail and...
This 1945 photograph shows the entrance to Sutter Junior High School, located at 1816 K Street. The building was constructed for 222,283 dollars in 1908 as Sacramento Senior High School, operating in that capacity until 1924. The school's...
This westerly view of McKinley Boulevard and, to the right, Theodore Judah School was taken on January 16, 1941, from the street’s intersection with San Antonio Way. The school, located at 3919 McKinley Boulevard, was built in 1939, and then...
ITT Technical Institute's newest campus, located at Gold Center Drive, is in the early phases of construction in this July 2, 1997, photograph. Primarily an engineering college with sixty-one campuses nationwide, ITT had another location in...
ITT Technical Institute, primarily an engineering college with sixty-one campuses nationwide, located in Sacramento at 9700 Goethe Road. The front entrance to the school is visible in this July 2, 1997 picture.
Shown on July 14, 1936, is a meeting of the Sacramento Advertising Club. The group - known also as the "Ad Club" - was started in 1907 by 15 local advertisers as a way for Sacramento firms to exchange ideas and promote Sacramento through its...
The unique design of the Bethel Temple sign at 565 Howe Avenue was especially effective at night, and from late 1964 until 1980 the glow mingled with the fog from the American River to cast an eerie light for motorists. Prior to 1964 the corner of...
This circa 1947 postcard shows Mission Style homes in the Land Park neighborhood of Sacramento. Between 1924 and 1931, nearly 1,000 homes were built in the Land Park, valued at a combined 5,000,000 dollars. Prior to development, the land that...
Shown in 1924 is the newly constructed Sacramento High School, located at 2315 Thirty-Fourth Street. It was designed by San Francisco-based architect Edgar A. Matthews, who, for much of his career, had been primarily a residential designer. For...
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...
According to a Sacramento County California booklet printed in 1910, lemons had a gross yield per acre of $200.00 to $700.00. The citrus colony of Fair Oaks was one example of a local citrus colony that grew lemons. In 1900 the colony contained...
Shown in circa 1930 is the Memorial Auditorium, situated at Sixteenth and J streets. Funding for the memorial structure and its furnishings came primarily via bonds, with the total cost sitting at 1.5 million dollars. The structure -- built to...
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...
San Juan Union High School is located at 7551 Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights, California. Founded in 1913, it stands as Sacramento County’s second oldest high school behind that of Sacramento High School, established in 1856. The school’s...
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...
