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Title	City Cemetery Landmark Sign
Date	1955
Description	Pictured on June 18, 1955, is the landmark sign at the Sacramento’s City Cemetery at 1000 Broadway. Attached to the facility’s main office, it states as follows: “City Cemetery; Capt. John A. Sutter donated the original ten acres to the City of Sacramento, November 28, 1949; Erected by Southside Improvement Club; Marked by Historic Landmarks Commission 1955.” The earliest dated headstone is for a Franklin B. Davis who died in 1846. Notable persons interred at the cemetery are Governors John Bigler, William Irwin and Newton Booth, capitalist Marc Hopkins, and California Supreme Court Justice and namesake of the Crocker Art Museum, E.B. Crocker.
Format	8 x 10 in.; b&w
Holding Institution	Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library
Rights	This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Street/Neighborhood	1000 Broadway
City/County	Sacramento
Subjects	Cemeteries Signage
Collection	Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number	521