This 1894 photograph shows the mess hall at Folsom State Prison. Three guards stand at the ready, armed with lead-tipped canes. No firearms were allowed inside the cellblock. Most of the prison’s guards were hired locally. The primary...
This circa 1900 photograph shows several inmates at work in one of Folsom Prison’s lower yard quarry. A derrick is at the ready for lifting extracted rock. To the lower-right of the photograph is a portion the prison’s electric-powered rock...
This circa 1900 photograph shows the Folsom State Prison’s original Officers and Guards Building. Tucked into the southeast corner of Folsom, the structure was built in 1895, as indicated by the date stone, which reads “MDCCCXCV.” Two...
From the vantage point of China Hill, this circa 1900 photograph shows the western portion of Folsom Prison. In the foreground is a tiered vegetable garden, a portion of the 15-acres allotted for such. Also visible to the left are the prison...
This circa 1980 photograph shows the riverboat Delta Queen on the Mississippi River. A sign on the vessel’s stern reads, “Delta Queen, Port of Cincinnati, Ohio.” Passenger mill about on different levels of the boat as the paddlewheel rips...
This postcard shows perhaps the most familiar painting of California's Gold Rush, "Sunday Morning in the Mines." Done with oil on canvas, it was done in 1872 by Charles Christian Nahl, a native of the Hesse-Kassel region of Germany. Nahl would go...
This early twentieth-century postcard shows Plaza Park as viewed from the southeast. In the immediate foreground and under cover is a drinking fountain. To the left of that is the park's band stand and a tremendous draw from summertime concerts. ...
This postcard shows a California State Capitol building's sculpture, entitled "Columbus’ Last Appeal to Queen Isabella." It was created in Florence, Italy, by American sculptor Larkin Goldsmith Meade. It took six years to complete and has sat...
This postcard shows the eastern grounds of Capitol Park. In the distance is the steeple of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament at Eleventh and K Streets.
This street-level view of the Cordova Lodge at 10701 Folsom Boulevard shows the building, sign and parking lot as it appeared when business was very good. With the closure of Aerojet General and McDonnell-Douglas and the new Highway 50 bypassing...
This postcard shows the Greenbriar Motor Hotel at 4331 Stockton Boulevard. The U-shaped, 42-unit motor lodge was established in the early 1950s along the well-traveled Highway 99 corridor.
Color accents are added to this corner view of the Hotel Sacramento at Tenth Street and K Street circulated a century ago. Close in style and appearance to postcard BBSAC476 and sharing the same street scene, this card shows the California State...
This postcard shows the idyllic sheen of one of Sacramento's first suburbs, Oak Park. Annexed by the city in 1911, and located at the southeastern edge of the Sacramento proper, Oak Park's growth was accelerated by the streetcar, a decade-old...
This colorful postcard shows William Land Park's Duck Lake, teeming with lily pads. Beyond it, and to the southwest, are Land Park Drive and the William Land Park Community Clubhouse.
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...
This postcard shows the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Capitol Park. Dedicated in December 1988, the spot lists the names of the 5,822 Californians who died in the Vietnam War or are still missing. 64 feet in diameter, the memorial is...
As viewed from the east and across Capitol Park's Rose Garden, is the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Dedicated in December 1988, after a fund drive that reached nearly 2,000,000 dollars, the memorial is composed of four granite panels, each...
This postcard shows the Capital Hotel's Grill Room. Located at the southwest corner of Seventh and K Streets, the three story, brick walled Capital was maintained in joint operation with the Golden Eagle Hotel, located just across the street. ...
This postcard shows riverboats pulling barges down the Sacramento River. At the beginning of the twentieth-century, the standard barge - and particularly those operated by the Sacramento Transportation Company - measured 232 feet in length and...
