The iconic marquee of the Crest Theater at 1013 K Street dominates this October 30, 1949, photograph. After having been closed for three years for renovation, the theater opened on October 6 of the same year to a crowd of 5,000 giddy...
This circa 1925 photograph shows the entrance to Sacramento’s Chamber of Commerce building on 918 Sixth Street. The 80,000 dollar, three-story structure was built in 1921 by the Sacramento contracting firm of Betz and Mabrey. The Chamber ‘s...
This pre-redevelopment photograph, taken in 1960, shows the weathered façade, complete with horse busts, of the Van Voorhies-Phinney building at 322 through 324 J Street. The three-story building was constructed in 1882 to serve one of the...
Breathing its last breath on July 3, 2003, is the Comstock Building at Eighth and J Streets. The three-story building was constructed in 1861 by Leland Stanford and sold to burgeoning Sacramento businessman and native-Austrian Anthony Coolot. He...
The corner of Fourteenth and N Streets is dominated by the large multi-family dwelling shown here in a photograph taken circa 1925. The brick and rough stone entrance, corner window nooks and decorative support beams contrast with the rest of the...
Taken at corner of Seventeenth and L streets, on January 16, 1932, this photograph captures the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) at 1122 Seventeenth Street. The three-story brick structure was designed by architect Charles F. Dean, and...
This circa 1929 architectural drawing shows the south-facing facade the Eastern Star Temple at 2719 K street. The excavation for the 100,000 dollar structure was started in February 1928, with the laying of the cornerstone in May 1928. The...
This frontal view of the Learning Resource Center at Sacramento City College taken in the fall of 1998. The 18 million dollar, three-story structure replaced the previous library that had been built in 1937. After 12-years of debate - posing...
Shown in circa 1895 is the three-story department store of Charles Phillip Nathan, located on J Street, between Sixth and Seventh streets. Nathan immigrated to the United States, from the German state of Silesia, in 1865. He was naturalized in...
Sacramento's Pacific Telephone and Telephgraph exchange is the subject of this postcard. Located at 1411 J Street, the three-story exchange was built in 1907, designed to accomodate up to 20,000 telephones and seat nearly 200 "hello girls." It...
Originally constructed in 1854, and then rebuilt in 1875 was the brick, three-story Western Hotel at 215 K Street. Set in a Sacramento evening, this postcard shows the bustle surrounding the business which had a K Street frontage of 100 feet and a...
As viewed from the southwest, in this circa 1930 postcard, is the interior of Sutter's Fort, at Twenty-Seventh and L streets. Most visible is the structure's central building. In the distance, located at 2719 K Street, is the three-story Eastern...
Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
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