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...
This vertical view of the California State Capitol Building framed against a gray/green sky is a dramatic example of an innovative way to get more mileage out of a stationary subject. Hundreds of views of the Capitol Building have been marketed as...
This circa 2002 aerial shot provides an ideal view of the Sacramento as a hub of intra and interstate freeways. Interstate 5, Interstate 80, California State Route 99, U.S. Route 50 are all prominenet, as are views of the American and Sacramento...
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...
Here is an aerial view of the California Almond Growers' processing plant at Eighteenth and C Streets, circa 1935. It was built during the period between 1922 and 1929. The Southern Pacific Railroad main line is in the background and the Del Monte...
This aerial photograph shows the waterfront, with downtown Sacramento spreading out into the background. The Southern Pacific Railroad depot is visible on the lower, left-hand side of the picture. To the upper, right-hand corner is the California...
This 1927 aerial view, from the southeast side of the Capitol and Capitol Park, shows Sacramento's downtown area. In the middle of the frame is the Capitol building and, to the left of it, are the recently completed Capitol Extension buildings. The...
Capitol Park is the focus of this aerial photograph of the downtown Sacramento in 1932. The original east entrance of the California State Capitol building is visible, as are, from left to right in the middle of the photo, the California Western...
This rare 1868 photograph was taken from the unfinished dome of the California State Capitol building. Running side-to-side in the foreground is Tenth Street intersecting with L Street to the right. Also, in the far distance, and to the...
A rainy day in 1868 is viewed from on high upon the unfinished dome of the California State Capitol building. N Street and Twelfth Street intersect in the upper portion of the photograph.
Here is a 1949 aerial photograph of Setzer Forest Products, a box manufacturer, located at 2570 through 2610 Third Street. Established in 1923, the business -- at the time this photograph was taken -- was employing upwards of 170 people. The...
This 1928 photograph provides as aerial view of the Sacramento County Hospital at Stockton Boulevard and V Street. Originally established in 1897, ground was broken on a new building in 1915 and underwent several additions and renovations before...
This aerial photograph of the California State Fair grounds at 2751 Stockton Boulevard was taken in the 1930s. In the upper-left corner is the Horse Show Arena. Below that, and to the left of the Racetrack, are the Dairy and Beef Cattle...
This aerial view from the 1930s shows the layout of the California State Fair as it stood on 2751 Stockton Boulevard. The domed structure is the Agricultural Building, later to be called the Counties Building while the tower marks the location of...
This is an aerial photograph, taken after 1930, of the California State Capitol and grounds. In the foreground are the twin Capitol Extension buildings, constructed in 1928: Office Building Number 1 to the left, and the Library and Courts Building...
This circa 1951 photograph shows the proposed deep water ship channel project, intended to connect Sacramento's Lake Washington to Suisun Bay. Prior to the 1963 completion of the channel, the transport of goods was done primarily through rail and...
Photograph of proposed deep water ship channel project for the Sacramento River, connecting Sacramento's Lake Washington to Suisun Bay. This picture is of a drawing of the proposed channel looking to the south.
This January 18, 1954, photograph looks northwesterly, away from West Sacramento and toward the Port of Sacramento and what will - as seen in the upper, left-hand corner of the photograph - be the entry point for the deep water shipping channel. ...
The Port of Sacramento's nascent deep water channel is pictured here on January 18, 1954. The two silos are on the north bank of the channel. The earliest feasibility study on the Port was done in 1911 by Paul Norboe, an engineer for the State of...
