Resting in splendor at the southwest corner of Twelfth and K Streets in this November 19, 1940, photograph is the Weinstock, Lubin and Company department store. It was built in 1924 for 1,250,000 dollars and opened on June 2 to tremendous...
This 1996 photograph reveals the splendor of the Sacramento Room, the archives and research room of the Central Library at 828 I Street. All of the wood work in the room - done in Honduran Mahogany - was performed by Sacramento's Burnett and Sons...
Shown in elaborate splendor in May 1902 is Sacramento Street Fair Queen Fay Jackson. Two gentlemen in dress clothes and top hat are seated up front, guiding the carriage along.
Auburn Highway, later known as Auburn Boulevard, is shown on February 18, 1937 as a quiet, country road passing through the splendor of Del Paso Park. The park was officially opened in April 1911 with a picnic which included a barbecue, dance, and...
As viewed from the south, this circa 1927 photograph shows the manicured splendor of grounds surrounding Sacramento's water filtration plant. Utilizing rapid sand filtration, the facility started pumping purified water into city mains on January...
This evening photograph, taken in circa 1941, shows the art deco-style splendor of Stan's Restaurant at 1735 Stockton Boulevard. Opening in 1934, the Stockton Boulevard location was Stan Burke's first, with two more at 2705 Del Paso Boulevard and...
This 1908 postcard captures the rural splendor of Placer County, near Roseville, California. Set amidst several oak trees, a wooden bridge runs through the middle of the frame while a country house hides to the right.
This circa 2000 postcard captures the evening splendor of Old Sacramento Historic Park, on the south side of K Street, between Front and Second streets. Visible are, right to left, the What Cheer House, built in 1853, and the National House, whose...
This quaint 1905 postcard reveals a taste of the suburban and floral splendor of the Oak Park section of greater Sacramento. Settlement in the area can be traced back as early as the 1880s, and the section was incorporated by Sacramento in 1911. ...
This circa 1941 postcard shows the evening splendor of wartime K Street, between the intersections of Ninth and Tenth streets. The Fox Senator Theater, located at 912 K Street, the Hotel Sequoia, located at 911 K Street, and Hart's Lunch, located...
This circa 1966 postcard captures the splendor of the tradition of window displays at Breuner's Furniture. The back of the postcard reads: "Breuner's 32nd musical, moving Christmas display depicts 'Christmas Morning Down on the Ranch' where...
The floral splendor of the grounds of the Memorial Auditorium, located at Sixteenth and J streets, is captured in this circa 1930 postcard. Built in 1926 as a memorial to those Americans who died in defense of the nation, inscribed on the...
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...
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...
San Juan Union High School is located at 7551 Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights, California. Founded in 1913, it stands as Sacramento County’s second oldest high school behind that of Sacramento High School, established in 1856. The school’s...
