This December 10, 1940, photograph reveals the storefront and staff of the Roma Wine Company, a wholesale liquor dealer, located at 1311 I Street. At the time the photograph was taken, Sacramento County was producing upwards to 3, 000, 000 gallons...
Listed as “one of the fist important commercial wineries in the city of Sacramento, The Eberhardt & Lachman Winery, which would be later named the California Winery, was built in 1871 by a San Francisco wine house. The brick building was...
This photograph (taken on January 2, 1936) is of the largest wine shipment in history from California to New York (Woodbridge Vineyard Association) by train. There is a nice view of the Water tower in the background.
John J. Dixie Bottaro, originally a clerk and then founder and president of Sacramento Bail Bond Agency, Sacramento Liquor Company, and Argonaut Wine and Liquor Company at 1017 Fourth Street. His residence was at 1225 Twenty-eighth Street in 1936...
This circa 1900 photograph shows a man, vintner James Frasinetti, delivering barrels of wine. He is doing so with a wagon, pulled by two horses. A native of Italy, Frasinetti founded his self-styled winery in 1897. It covered 400 acres of land...
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...
Pictured in 1952 is the recently completed McKesson and Robbins warehouse at the corner of Richards Boulevard and Seventh Street. Opened in the fall of 1950 and costing nearly $1,000,000, the facility was designed by the accomplished Sacramento...
This photograph of Murf's Market at 1600 Broadway was taken on January 18, 1944. “Murf” was Albert J. Murphy, a Nebraska native and butcher who would eventually align his business with the Inks brothers and their various Cardinal grocery...
Here is the Argonaut Liquor Company, as it stood on January 18, 1938. Founded in the mid-1930s, and located at 517-523 I Street, the Argonaut moved into the pictured location in 1937 and was one of just nine liquor wholesalers in Sacramento at the...
This 1938 photograph shows a dapperly-clad gentleman standing in front of the Sacramento Liquor Company, located at 1101 J Street. Just three years earlier, in 1935, the store and three other establishments faced the prospect of losing licensure...
The southeast corner of Eighth and J Streets is captured in this circa 1940 photograph. Businesses shown are Hank's Smoke Shop at 800 J Street, George Lidekas Fruits at 802 J Street, Chris' Blue Plate Special at 1001a Eighth Street, Ramona Shoe...
Captured in 1960, this photograph reveals a southern section of J Street, between Third and Fourth Streets. Visible are the Broadway Café at 316 J Street, the Capital Cigar and Liquor Company at 318 J Street, and Van Voorhies-Phinney Leather...
Captured in circa 1961 are several storefronts along K Street, between Sixth and Seventh Streets. Businesses include the Hollywood Cafe at 603 K Street, Rainey's cigar and liquor store at 607 K Street, Economy Clothing at 611 K Street, and the...
Photo taken in 1960 of United Cigar and Liquor Store (601 K Street), Bell Hotel (601 K Street), Mathew's Clothes for Men (603 K Street), Hollywood Cafe (605 K Street), and Rainey's Cocktail Lounge and Tavern (607 K Street). The United Cigar and...
A long stretch of J Street, between Third and Fourth Streets, is the focus of this circa 1959 photograph. Prominent is the antique façade of the Van Voorhies-Phinney building at 322 and 324 J Street. The Grey Pharmacy, at 1000 Fourth Street, and...
The Joseph Building at the corner of Sixth and K Streets is the focus of the this circa 1960 photograph. Businesses tenants include the Trutime Watch Repair Shop at 1027 Sixth Street, United Shoe Shop Repair at 1029 Sixth Street, the United Cigar...
In this 1960 photograph of the north side of Second Street, between K and J Streets, are the Saddle Rock Restaurant at 1019 Second Street, the Union Gospel Mission at 1021 Second Street, Barrel House Liquor Store at 1023 Second Street, and the Fong...
