This circa 1960 photograph shows J Street, between Third and Fourth Streets. The white-washed structure was built in 1893, but vacant at the time of the photograph. Also visible are the Charleston Hotel at 301 J Street, Mike's Barber Shop at 305...
Vacant buildings adjacent to a vacant lot are depicted in this 1960 view of K Street between Front Street and Second Street. The Bank Exchange is at the extreme right. Automobiles are parked at the curb along the street.
Taken in 1953, this photograph shows the Stop and Shop pawnshop at 218 J Street and the Rio Rita Café at 214 J Street. The signage for Stop and Shop reads “We Buy and Sell.” Between the two businesses is a vacant lot, overgrown with native...
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...
Photographed in circa 1960 is the Washington Hotel at 1013 Third Street. To the right of the frame are an ally and vacant lot. Additional businesses include the Wo Kee Liquor store at 1015 Third Street and the Mona Lisa Tavern at 1013 Third...
Two buildings at 6th and I Streets adjacent to a vacant lot are shown in this photograph taken in 1960. A sign visible on the corner building identifies a street level entrance to the Marconi Hotel and there is a partially covered sign painted on...
Photograph, taken circa 1960, of J Street between Third and Fourth, showing a building erected in 1893, but vacant at the time of the photograph. The photographer notes that a Chinese restaurant was operating on the first floor.
Numerous cars are parked at the curb in this J Street view. The Welcome Hotel at 221 J is an historic building, erected in October of 1855 by Milton S. Latham, a pioneer attorney for Sacramento and El Dorado Counties. Latham became a Congressman...
The Hotel Savoy (422 J Street) sits wedged between a liquor store and a cash loaning operation, one of the lower level storefronts vacant. This 1960 photograph captures buildings that were a century old then, but the next few years would find all...
This circa 1960 photograph features a fenced vacant lot with barbed wire on the top of a corrugated metal fence. The Causeway Garage is identified by a faded, painted sign on the bricks over a weathered wooden door. There is a large hole in the...
Two automobiles are parked at the curb in front of these L Street businesses. To the left is a vacant lot with a fence heavily decorated with advertisements, political posters, and a Ray Charles poster. A sombrero shaped sign advertises the South...
Photographed in 1960, vacant and aged structures line an ally, located off of Seventh Street. Annotation on the reverse of the photograph indicate that the buildings were located in Sacramento's Japan Town.
Dilapidated and vacant structures are visible along this alley, located off of Seventh Street. The photograph was taken in 1960. Writing on the back of the photograph indicates the buildings being a part of Sacramento's Japan Town.
This circa 1960 photograph captures the southwestern corner of Third and I Streets. From left to right, the spaces at 230 and 228 I Street are vacant while Sun On Chong Oriental Goods appears to the far right of the frame at 226 I Street.
This view of vacant stores displays signs identifying the Rancho Grande Restaurant (612 J Street), Capital Glass Company (614 J Street), Al & Ray's Music Store (616 J Street), and Star Barber Shop (618 J Street). An automobile is parked at the...
Taken in circa 1970, this color photograph reveals the western strech of Second Street, between I and J Streets. The pictured buildings are vacant, awaiting a an earnest effort by the City of Sacramento and other players to develop a 28-acre...
