This graphically-enhanced promotional photograph of the proposed Port of Sacramento was taken in 1951. It faces east, showing both West Sacramento in the foreground and, in the distance, Sacramento proper. Plans for a freshwater shipping channel...
Pictured in 1942 is the Fox Capitol Theater at 615 K Street. Its marquee advertises the premiere of "In Old California," starring John Wayne. The theater also promotes the purchase of war bonds with the phrase "Slap the Jap." In the foreground...
Professional promotional photograph taken in 1952 of women preparing grapes for canning inside Bercut-Richards Packing Company. The workers stand on either side of conveyor belts selecting and setting aside what would find it's way to the customer....
This 1956 portrait captures promotional activities for the motion picture "Arouond the World in 80 Days." Amidst several Sacramento political and business luminaries, Sacramento Mayor Clarence Azevedo stands sixth from the left.
Photograph of a woman and man posed with picked tomatoes and the pretense of being the laborers. One of a group of professional promotional photographs contracted by the Bercut-Richards Packing Company, this shot captures an image of a real field...
This artistic rendition of Citrus Heights' Grand Oaks Shopping Center was done in 1960. The area, resting at the intersection of Auburn and Rollingwood Boulevards, was designed by the Los Angeles-based architecture firm of Sheldon L. Pollack and...
As part of the promotional Elks on Parade, "Fresh and Clean," (sponsored by the California Dental Assocuation) sits at the intersection of Twelfth and K Streets in the summer of 2002. The venture sought to both promote area merchants and provide...
A large red heart dominates this promotional card for the Travelers Hotel in the "Heart of Sacramento". Based at the southwest corner of Fifth and J Streets, rooms started at $1 with meals and extra services provided.
Shown on this circa 1965 promotional card for the Zombie Hut restaurant, at 5635 Freeport Boulevard, are five men. Before them is a spread of food, including a roasted pig. In addition to its Polynesian fare, the spot was known for its floor...
This promotional postcard fronts the once popular Victoria Station restaurant, located at 1792 Tribute Road. Started in 1976, it ran until 1985. In 1986, the vacated property was developed into an office building. In homage, in part, to Victoria...
The Granada Room of the El Mirador Hotel was the talk of the town in 1959, offering "intimate dining" for 100 customers. According to a promotional piece in the Sacramento Bee the last week 1959, the heavily-furnished addition "reminds one of the...
This promotional card for KVIE television's 1995 program, "The Good Old Days," shows a women standing in front of the entrance to the California State Fair at 2751 Stockton Boulevard.
This circa 1900 promotional postcard from Phoenix Mills shows men fishing along the Sacramento River. By 1890, Phoenix was one of four major mills in the Sacramento area, an industry which draws its heritage back to 1847 with the construction of...
This circa 1900 promotional postcard for Phoenix Flour shows boaters along the Sacramento River. The Phoenix Flour Mills were founded in 1853 and, by 1890, its crew of 25 to 30 workers were producing 150 barrels of flour per day. Phoenix also...
This charming circa 1920 promotional postcard was produced by the Dunn and Frazier Company, a purveyor of furniture, located on Ninth Street between K and L streets. Originally operated by Canadian-born Samuel Dunn and C.W. Frazier, the latter...
In this promotional postcard - touting the allure of the Sacramento Valley - a schoolboy is spanked by his teacher. Accordingly, from 1900 to 1910, Sacramento alone saw its population increase from 29,282 to 44,696.
This promotional postcard for Breuner's Furniture shows several Sacramento landmarks, including Breuner's itself at Sixth and K Streets, and clockwise, from the upper, righthand corner: the Crocker Art Gallery at Third and Q, the California State...
This promotional postcard covers the Fifteenth National Irrigration Congress, which was held in Sacramento, in September 1907. The nearly 2,000 delegates that came to the event were greeted, at the Southern Pacific station, with a sign reading...
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...
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