This photograph of the Shell Service Station at 3001 M Street was taken on February 11, 1940. Shell was one of several oil companies in mid-century Sacramento, reaping benefits from a mobile Capital market. Associated Oil Company, California...
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...
Taken in 1940, this photograph shows the front entrance to North Sacramento's Grant Union High School. Although the school had existed since 1931, its physical location didn't open until the spring of 1935 with an average faculty age of 25. ...
The entrance to Grant Stadium at Grant Union High School is shown here in 1939. The venue was built the same year by the Works Progress Administration. Its design was intended to mirror that of Stanford University's Stanford Stadium, complete...
This 1938 aerial view of Grant Union High School shows campus buildings, including an under-construction Grant Stadium in the upper, right corner. Nearly all of the structures on the Grant campus came courtesy of the Works Progress Administration...
The facade of the gymnasium at Grant Union High School is captured in this May 12, 1940, photograph. It was finished in May 1939 with a seating capacity of 2,000 and its first event was a homecoming day assembly. The school nickname - Pacers -...
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...
This circa 1928 photograph reveals Mercy Hospital at 4001 J Street, as viewed from the southeast. Yet another monumental design by Sacramento architect Rudolph Herold, Mercy was considered a model of modernity. X-ray facilities, sound absorbing...
This March 27, 1929, photograph from the southwest corner of the Sacramento County Hospital looks toward the facility's 243-foot wide administrative building. To the left of the photograph are the three southern wards of the hospital. Five years...
This circa 1915 photograph shows members of the Isleton Fire Department posing before their chemical engine. Community growth, due in no small part to a tremendous asparagus industry, necessitated institutions dedicated to ensuring not simply...
Just less than five years from the country's entry into the Second World War, this May 11, 1937, photograph captures a military training class in progress at Grant Union High School. In 1943, the high school was chosen as the site for a Women's...
Pictured here is restoration work in progress at the Old City Cemetery, located at 1000 Broadway. The work pictured was performed by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Work Project.
Taken in circa 1975, this photograph captures a view of the K Street Mall, looking east from the intersection Twelfth and K Streets. To the left of the frame are the venerable McCurry's Photography at 1131 K Street and Lauter and Son's Gifts. To...
This 1928 photograph provides a view of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and the Hotel Senator from the California State Capitol building’s dome. Nestled between the hotel and church is the Weinstock, Lubin and Company department store. A...
Several members of Sacramento’s Business and Professional Women’s Club pose in this 1958 photograph. Founded in 1919, the group sought to elevate the standards for women in business and the professions, thereby promoting the overall economic,...
Capitol Mall at night with the State Capitol Dome alight in the background is the subject of this Colorscope postcard. The printed description on the back reads, "Sacramento today is a fast growing city with a tasteful blend of history and...
A segment of the "Gold Rush" village constructed near Southside Park in 1939 to host the Centennial Celebration of Sutter's Landing in Sacramento is the focus of this sepia-toned postcard printed from a real photograph. Huge festivals were held...
"One Hundred Years of Progress" was the theme chosen for the celebration known as "Roarin Camp" that took place near Southside Park in 1939. Originally planned as a fiesta to commemorate Captain John Sutter's arrival in Sacramento in 1839, the...
