This circa 1940 postcard shows the Crocker Art Gallery, located at Second and 0 Street. Gifted in March 1885 to the city of Sacramento and California Museum Association by Margaret Crocker, it quickly became the first and finest public art...
This circa 1905 postcard shows the E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, located at Second and O streets. Opened to the public in 1873 and bequethed to the city of Sacramento and California Museum Association in 1885, one of the first tasks of the...
This circa 1915 sepia hued postcard shows the Crocker Art Gallery at Second and O streets. To the far left is what used to be the Crocker home and what, in 1912, became part of the gallery, aptly referred to as "the annex." The annex operated...
This circa 1930 postcard shows the Elk's Building on the north side of J Street, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets. Completed in 1926, most of the structure was completed by Sacramento-based contractors. Notable local contributors were Palm...
This circa 1930 photograph shows the Elk's Building, positioned at the southwest corner of Eleventh and J streets. The tallest building in Sacramento after its construction, J.W. Haley, president of the Elk's Hall Association called it, via the...
This circa 1928 postcard shows the California State Life Insurance Company's headquarters, located at 926 J Street. The 14-story building was built to contain 85,000 square feet of office space and 8,000 square feet of street level retail shops. ...
This circa 1910 postcard shows the Eureka Engine Company Number Four Fire House and the office of the Fire Department's Chief Engineer, located at 1017 Fifth Street. The building was constructed in 1855 and survived until redevelopment in the...
This circa 1940 postcard shows the Memorial Auditorium, located on the northeast corner of Fifteenth and J streets. Built in 1925/27, the structure's foundation -- measuring an area of 216 feet by 262 feet -- required the driving of some 1,100...
This circa 1915 postcard shows the Schindler Building, also known as the Fairyland Theater, located at 708 and 710 K Street. The Fairyland was opened in 1912. The building's namesake, Louis Schindler, was part of a pioneering Sacramento family...
This circa 1900 postcard shows the Pythian Castle, resting at the northwest corner of Ninth and I streets. Built in 1889, it was the work of architect W.H. Hamilton and contractor E.A. Bovyer. The castle, built for 25,000 dollars, served four...
This February 1920 postcard shows the locations of the Sacramento Bee and Sacramento Union newspapers, two of the longest-standing in the city's history. The former was located at 911 Seventh Street until 1952 while the latter could be found at...
This 1943 postcard shows the southwestern edge of the United States Post Office and Federal Building at 801 I Street. Officialy opened in November 1933, the new location took over for all Federal activities at the previous building at Seventh and...
This circa 1915 postcard shows the headquarters of the Improved Order of Red Men at 917 Tenth Street. The group occupied the eight-story structure until 1920, after which, it was converted into apartments. In 1927, the group moved into a new hall...
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...
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...
