This circa 1913 photograph shows the Diepenbrock Theater at 1203 J Street. The picture also shows signage atop the building which reads “Orpheum Shows Theater.” The Orpheum was the vaudeville-style company that provided much of the live...
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...
C.K. McClatchy Senior High School is located at 3066 Freeport Boulevard in Sacramento, California. Named after “Sacramento Bee” newspaper editor and owner Charles Kenny McClatchy, the school was built in 1937 by way of Public Works...
This circa 1962 photograph shows the Rio Theater (521 J Street), formerly the El Rey Theater. Also seen is the Big Ben Loan Office (531 J Street), El Paso Cafe/Tavern (525 J Street), G 'n' M Club/Tavern (529 J Street), Pacific Hotel (527 J...
This June 1922 photograph shows a giddy group of seventh grade girls modelling of their self-made garb at Marshall School at Twenty-Eighth and G Streets. They were directed in preparation by the schools sewing instructor, Ms. Mercedes McGinnis. ...
This 1940 rendering of Sacramento and outlying areas shows an area not yet developed beyond the Country Club and Arden Park areas. A tag identifying the real estate developers Wright and Kimbrough is prominent in the drawing. An inset shows the...
This 1942 photograph shows cans being unloaded at the Bercut Richards cannery warehouse. The cans were manufactured in Oakland and transported to Sacramento by rail. This shows cans being unloaded at the Bercut-Richards Packing Company. An...
This afternoon photograph, taken in August 1927 and shot from the western bank of the Sacramento River, shows the set of the 1928 film “Steamboat Bill, Jr.,” starring Buster Keaton. The northerly view shows two steamboats and a makeshift...
This February 4, 1933, photograph shows a nearly rennovated Yolo Causeway. Built in 1916, the structure was a two-lane, 400,000 dollar project that traversed the Yolo Bypass, eliminating the need to use a ferry to traverse the often-flooded...
This circa 1945 photograph shows a street car, carded number five, near the corner of Twenty-Eight and N Streets. The car is marked “Sacramento City Lines,” and shows a final destination of “Ball Park.” To the far left of the photograph...
This 1895 photograph shows an illuminated downtown Sacramento during the Grand Electric Carnival. Strings of lights and a glowing golden bear dangle over the street, enlightening street car tracks, American flags and several businesses. Taken...
This 1895 photograph shows an illuminated downtown Sacramento during the Grand Electric Carnival. Strings of lights and a glowing golden bear dangle over the street, enlightening street car tracks, American flags and several businesses. Taken...
This postcard shows the Southern Pacific Railroad passenger depot and shops in 1910. The bottom image shows the west side of the passenger depot, built in 1879. Locomotives transit both in and out, and several carriages are poised near the...
This circa 1956 postcard shows a portion of its time-honored tradition of hliday window diplaying. On the back of the card, it reads: "Breuner's 22nd musical, moving Christmas display shows the whole family out for a ride on Christmas Day in...
This 1915 postcard shows a newly-restored Sutter's Fort, as seen from the northeast. The forts adobe-style walls were rebuilt with new brick at a height of 16 feet. The exact layout and angle of the fort's walls was determined by finding...
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...
The arrival of the Sisters of Mercy from San Francisco in 1857 began a tradition of education that served Sacramento for over a century. Commercial and traditional subjects along with lessons in musical instruments were the courses taught at St....
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...
