1932 aerial views of downtown Sacramento with the Southern Pacific Steamer Terminal in the foreground. Two paddle-wheel boats are tied up to that terminal and two more, including a passenger vessel, are docked at a terminal just south of the...
A 1926 view of Sacramento City College at 3835 Freeport Boulevard from the bridle trails across the street at William Land Park. Two young women in riding pants and boots guide their horses down the trail that once encompassed the park.
A 1927 parade along K Street between Seventh and Tenth features a marching band, most of them in uniform, followed by lines of men in and out of uniform marching in rows. A small group of uniformed scouts and nurses dressed in white are at the end...
A canny businessman and idealistic philanthropist, David Lubin and his brother-in-law Harris Weinstock made Weinstock-Lubin the Sacramento area’s best-known and most popular mercantile establishment for over a century. By the time of his death in...
A canny businessman and idealistic philanthropist, David Lubin and his brother-in-law Harris Weinstock made Weinstock-Lubin the Sacramento area’s best-known and most popular mercantile establishment for over a century. By the time of his death in...
A carriage, shrouded in feathers and flowers and pulled by two white horses, and coached by a parasol-toting woman is the focus of this May 1902 photograph. The shot was taken during the city’s Street Fair festivities.
A crowd is seen standing on the sidewalk and seated along the curb in this photo taken circa 1915. The photographers are posed to have their picture taken. The large box cameras are mounted on wood tripods and two of the photographers are perched...
A marching band and drill team in military uniforms led by a man with a baton is the focus of this 1927 photograph. K Street was a popular parade route and the stretch between Seventh and Tenth is the one traveled here. Onlookers line the street,...
A massive eddy forms in the flooded American River, near Folsom in January 1997. Sacramento County damages from the New's Day tropical storm -- often referred to as the Hawaiian Pineapple Express -- were estimated at 7 million dollars, with...
A military parade featuring cavalry units escorting horse-drawn caissons rolls down K Street between Seventh and Tenth in this 1927 photograph. A large crowd of onlookers line the street and business signs clearly identify the Clunie Hotel (805 K...
A view of Fourth Street, circa 1960, showing Grey Pharmacy (1000 Fourth Street), which is located at the corner of the California Fruit Building. Several people are walking along the sidewalk toward the corner as the camera views a busy street...
A weathered B.F. Hastings building is the backdrop for this circa 1960 photograph. Two automobiles are parked at the curb and a group of men stand talking behind automobiles. A single person is crouched in a doorway to the left.
A weathered sign hangs over 205 J Street reading, "Jack Zim, 1 Man Alaska Bargain Store." The entry door is open and two men appear to be engaged in conversation just outside. Lettering on the windows shows that the store sells tents, camping...
An artist's rendition of the Mechanic's Exchange Hotel as it appeared in 1849, a large wooden shack with with two doors and two windws. There is no explanation for the statue (wooden?) of a Native American holding a rifle at the left of the...
An August 11, 1940, photograph of the American Legion Sacramento Post 61 Band taken at the American Legion Convention, with an adult and two child majorettes. This picture was taken at 718 I Street.
An exciting race between two riverboats rounding a bend is the subject of this still photograph from the 1935 movie ""Steamboat Round the Bend"" starring Will Rogers. Using the Sacramento River as their racetrack, Twentieth Century Fox filmed the...
As seen from the center of Capital Park, this circa 1900 postcard shows, to the left, the State Printing Office and its bindery wing, and, to the right, the State Agricultural Fair Building. The latter structure would be razed by 1908. Fifteenth...
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...
At rest near the Southern Pacific Steamer Terminal, the 10-member Sacramento Junior College team sits with oars upraised in a large sweep boat. There are two more crewmen, one sitting in the stern facing the rowers and a coxswain in the bow...
