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...
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...
Pictured in circa 1960 are the Karl’s Shoes are 620 K Street and Breuner’s Furniture at 600 through 618 K Street. Karl’s – a chain store – had been a K Street fixture since the late-1920s while Bruener’s had been a Sacramento...
The intersection of Second and K Streets is the focus of this 1960 photograph. Visible are the Two-O-One Club at 201 K Street, the Reliable Loan Office at 205 K Street, the Barrel House grocery market at 1023 Second Street and the Humboldt Rooms...
Shown in 1960 is a northerly and eroding section of J Street, between Second and Third Streets. Most prominent is the Weinstock, Lubin and Company warehouse at 211 through 219 J Street. To the right of that is the Welcome Hotel at 221 J Street.
Taken in circa 1960 is a stretch of Third Street, offering a view of the home to the pagoda-style Bing Kong Tong Association building at 910 through 914 Third Street. It was built in 1949. Next door is a fenced vacant lot. Numerous automobiles...
This circa 1960 photograph captures a section of the west side of Third Street, between K and L Streets. Visibile are the Sonora Barbershop and several taxi operations, including City Cab, Al's Taxi, and the Luxor Cab Company at 1104 through 1108...
This 1960 photograph shows the Regal Service Station, located at 1221 through 1231 Third Street. Giveaway stamps, redeemable for merchandise, are advertised along with a fifteen-month battery for six dollars and eightty-eight cents. A vintage 1960...
This circa 1960 photograph shows a side entrance to the Hong King Lum Cafe at 901 through 903 Third Street and the King Yuen Cafe at 905 Third Street. The western-most end of the Southern Pacific Railroad depot is visible at the left.
This circa 1960 photograph shows a Standard Oil gas station at 1226 through 1230 Third Street. To the right, and behind the station, is the three story Tokyo Hotel at 1222 Third Street. A large Royal Crown Cola advertisement is painted on the...
This 1960 rooftop photograph, looking west, shows the aging Berkshire Apartments at 1126 through 1134 Sixth Street. To the right of the apartment building is the Volunteers of America building at 1116 Sixth Street.
Fritz Kaminsky, Sacramento City Police Chief, is pictured in this 1952 portrait. A native of Sacramento, Kaminsky was first employed as a secretary to the chief of police on November 18, 1923. Through the years, however, he rose through the ranks...
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...
This circa 1927 photograph shows water going through the process of being purified at the Sacramento Filtration Plant. In 1928, the plant went through a 100,000 dollar repair campaign to fix the shifting of floors within the pictured sedimentation...
Shown on July 14, 1936, is a meeting of the Sacramento Advertising Club. The group - known also as the "Ad Club" - was started in 1907 by 15 local advertisers as a way for Sacramento firms to exchange ideas and promote Sacramento through its...
This rare aerial view of William Land Park was taken in circa 1925. Freeport Boulevard runs diagonally, north-south, on the left side of the photograph. To the left of that are administrative and academic buildings of the newly-founded Sacramento...
Legendary western star of the first half of the 20th century Tom Mix is seen here on his horse Tony leading a parade down K Street and waving to his admirers. Movie studios often sent stars to promote their movies, which is the case here. 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...
