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State capitol in Boston. State capitol in Sacramento. State capitol in Olympia. State capitol in Little Rock . Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Destitute family. American River camp, Sacramento, California
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Old time Chinaman of the type that originally followed the crops in Ca...
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Dirty clothes and flies. American River camp, near Sacramento, Califor...
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American River camp, Sacramento. Home of Tennessee family, now migrato...
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Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More
Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Car Machine Shop, 111 I Street, Sa...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Car Machine Shop, 111 I Street, Sa...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Car Machine Shop, 111 I Street, Sa...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Town of Locke, Boat House, River Road, Locke, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: This structure, built as a steamer shed by Southern Pacific Railroad Company, served as a point of shipping delta agricultural products during the early 20th century. Survey number: HABS CA-2071-... More
Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant Intake Pier & Access Bridge, Sp...
Significance: The Sacramento Water Treatment Plant Intake Pier and Access Bridge was constructed between 1921 and 1923 as a component of the Sacramento Water Filtration Plant. Designed in a Spanish Revival inf... More
W.I. Elliott Building, 1530 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, C...
Significance: The W.I. Elliott Building is significant through its architecture as a largely intact automobile showroom, and through its association with the growth of the automobile in the United States. Both... More
Town of Locke, Jan Ying Association, 13947 Main Street, Locke, Sacrame...
Significance: Tis is one of a group of buildings that forms a Main Street facade, each separated by a narrow alleyway. It is typical of such structures with similar facades. Survey number: HABS CA-2071-V Nat... More
Eureka Swimming Baths, 908-910 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento C...
Significance: Typical commercial structure of the mid 1880s, there were 14 rooms in the public baths, including a barber shop. Survey number: HABS CA-177 Building/structure dates: ca. 1854 Initial Construction
Latham Building, 221-225 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The Latham Building was built as a three-story office and residence by Milton Slocum Latham, lawyer, District Attorney, Congressional Representative, Governor of California, and U.S. Senator. The... More
Folsom Powerhouse, Adjacent to American River, Folsom, Sacramento Coun...
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Folsom Powerhouse, Adjacent to American River, Folsom, Sacramento Coun...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Folsom Powerhouse, Adjacent to American River, Folsom, Sacramento Coun...
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Town of Locke, Commercial Building, 13955 River Road, Locke, Sacrament...
Significance: This building served as a restaurant for many years and is now a residence. It is one of the group of buildings, each separated by narrow alleyways, that forms the Main Street and River Road stre... More
Big Four Building, 220-226 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: Originally three separate buildings erected in 1851-1852. The lower floor was occupied by merchants, three of whom later were associated with the founding of the first transcontinental railway li... More
Big Four Building, 220-226 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: Originally three separate buildings erected in 1851-1852. The lower floor was occupied by merchants, three of whom later were associated with the founding of the first transcontinental railway li... More
Bee Building, 1016-1020 Third Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, C...
Significance: The original portion of the two-story brick building, constructed in 1856, housed the "Daily and Weekly Bee," first published February 3, 1857. It is probable that the south one-third of the stru... More
P. B. Cornwall Building, 1011-1013 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacrame...
Significance: While P.B. Cornwall never owned or occupied the existing so-called P.B. Cornwall Building, he had owned and occupied two earlier buildings presumably on the same site; the first being destroyed in... More
Albert Gallatin House, 1527 H Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, C...
Significance: Although its use as a Governor's Mansion dates only from 1903, this house has been a consistent pivotal center of 20th century political events in California, as well as the focus of important soc... More
Albert Gallatin House, 1527 H Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, C...
Significance: Although its use as a Governor's Mansion dates only from 1903, this house has been a consistent pivotal center of 20th century political events in California, as well as the focus of important soc... More
Albert Gallatin House, 1527 H Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, C...
Significance: Although its use as a Governor's Mansion dates only from 1903, this house has been a consistent pivotal center of 20th century political events in California, as well as the focus of important soc... More
Albert Gallatin House, 1527 H Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, C...
Significance: Although its use as a Governor's Mansion dates only from 1903, this house has been a consistent pivotal center of 20th century political events in California, as well as the focus of important soc... More
Sutter's Fort, L & Twenty-Seventh Streets, Sacramento, Sacramento Coun...
Survey number: HABS CA-1294 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000221
Drew-Sherwood Farm, Barn, 7927 Elk Grove Boulevard, Elk Grove, Sacrame...
Significance: The Drew-Sherwood Barn is a contributive outbuilding on the Drew-Sherwood Farm. Built circa 1920 by David Sherwood or his son-in-law, Andrew Allen, the Dutch-plan barn provided hay and farm imple... More
Pioneer Telegraph Building, 1015 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento...
Significance: Occupied by Wolferberger Variety store until 1856, then the Verandah Saloon; in 1863 it was occupied by the California State Telegraph Co., incorporated with Western Union Telegraph Co. in 1869 an... More
Reclamation District 1000, Northwest Sacramento County & southwest Sut...
Significance: The Reclamation District 1000 Rural Historic Landscape District is significant at the state level for the period from 1911 to 1939. The establishment of the District as part of a regional reclama... More
Reclamation District 1000, Northwest Sacramento County & southwest Sut...
Significance: The Reclamation District 1000 Rural Historic Landscape District is significant at the state level for the period from 1911 to 1939. The establishment of the District as part of a regional reclama... More
Reclamation District 1000, Northwest Sacramento County & southwest Sut...
Significance: The Reclamation District 1000 Rural Historic Landscape District is significant at the state level for the period from 1911 to 1939. The establishment of the District as part of a regional reclama... More
Reclamation District 1000, Northwest Sacramento County & southwest Sut...
Significance: The Reclamation District 1000 Rural Historic Landscape District is significant at the state level for the period from 1911 to 1939. The establishment of the District as part of a regional reclama... More
Aschenauer Building, 1022 Third Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County,...
Significance: Built in 1850, the two-story Aschenauer Building is probably the oldest existing building in this area of Sacramento. Constructed at a lower level, the entire structure was elevated when the stre... More
Aschenauer Building, 1022 Third Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County,...
Significance: Built in 1850, the two-story Aschenauer Building is probably the oldest existing building in this area of Sacramento. Constructed at a lower level, the entire structure was elevated when the stre... More
Hudson-Cippa-Wolf Ranch, Granary, Sorento Road, Sacramento, Sacramento...
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Studio Theater, 1227 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The Studio Theater, completed in 1946, is significant as a post World War II addition to the Moderne-styled amusement facilities that sprang up in 1930s-1940s downtown Sacramento. The building is... More
Town of Locke, Christian Center, 13937 Key Street, Locke, Sacramento C...
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Town of Locke, Christian Center, 13937 Key Street, Locke, Sacramento C...
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Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Boiler Shop, 111 I Street, Sacrame...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Drew-Sherwood Farm, Shed, 7927 Elk Grove Boulevard, Elk Grove, Sacrame...
Significance: The Drew-Sherwood Shed is a contributive outbuilding on the Drew-Sherwood Farm. Built in the last quarter of the nineteenth century by Enoch Drew or David Sherwood, the original function of the s... More
Town of Locke, Star Theatre, 13939 River Road, Locke, Sacramento Count...
Significance: This building, which was built as a theater, has also served as a gambling house, brothel and rooming house. The large arched entranceway on the west facade is unique in Locke. Survey number: HA... More
California State Office Building No. 1, 915 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, ...
Significance: One of a symmetrical pair of monumental buildings designed in the Beaux Arts tradition to serve as an extension of the State Capitol and help prevent key State department functions from leaving Sa... More
California State Office Building No. 1, 915 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, ...
Significance: One of a symmetrical pair of monumental buildings designed in the Beaux Arts tradition to serve as an extension of the State Capitol and help prevent key State department functions from leaving Sa... More
Hudson-Cippa-Wolf Ranch, Main House, Sorento Road, Sacramento, Sacrame...
Survey number: HABS CA-2656-A Public domain photograph of a house in California, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hudson-Cippa-Wolf Ranch, Main House, Sorento Road, Sacramento, Sacrame...
Survey number: HABS CA-2656-A Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lincoln School, 418 P Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
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Natomas Ditch System, Blue Ravine Segment, Juncture of Blue Ravine & G...
Significance: The Natomas Ditch System's significance comes from its role in the history and development of mining and agricultural endeavors in the Folsom area. The system was determined eligible for inclusio... More
Town of Locke, Locke, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: It is a town of frame structures built by Chinese immigrants carpenters and Caucasian carpenters between 1912 and 1922. The Chinese came to America in the 1850s during the Gold Rush and in the 186... More
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Car Shop No. 3, 111 I Street, Sacr...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Apollo Building, 228-230 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The building, originally constructed as two twenty-foot wide units, was built in 1852 for Prescilla Carswell. The corner unit, adjacent to Third Street, was built at an estimated cost of $14,000 ... More
Town of Locke, Commercial-Residential Structure, 13935 Main Street, Lo...
Significance: This wooden structure, which once housed a fish market on the first floor and residence on the second, is similar to the buildings along Main Street with their second floor balconies and gable roo... More
Town of Locke, Joe Shoong Chinese School, 13920 Main Street, Locke, Sa...
Significance: This one-story, wooden frame structure was built in 1915 as the National Park Hall. It later served as a Chinese school, and today is often used for public meetings. Survey number: HABS CA-2071-... More
Heywood Building, 1001-1009 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento Coun...
Significance: Typical mid 1800s brick commercial structure for Old Sacramento. Survey number: HABS CA-1258 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction
Rialto Building, 225-230 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The city of Sacramento, established by John A. Sutter, Jr., in 1849 includes Sutter's Fort and was incorporated in 1849. A fire on November 2, 1852 destroyed a store on this site which was establ... More
Booth Building, 1019-1021 Front Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County,...
Significance: Booth & Co., a wholesale grocery business, was begun by Newton Booth in 1850 and became one of Sacramento's most successful pioneer business enterprises. The northern portion of this building, 10... More
Guiseppe Murer House, 1121 Folsom Boulevard, Folsom, Sacramento County...
Significance: This structure, constructed between 1925 and 1927, was designed and built by Giuseppe Murer for his personal residence. Murer was an Italian immigrant who designed and constructed many buildings ... More
Guiseppe Murer House, 1121 Folsom Boulevard, Folsom, Sacramento County...
Significance: This structure, constructed between 1925 and 1927, was designed and built by Giuseppe Murer for his personal residence. Murer was an Italian immigrant who designed and constructed many buildings ... More
Old U. S. Post Office, K & Seventh Streets, Sacramento, Sacramento Cou...
Significance: The Old Post Office of 1894 at the corner of 7th and K Streets is an important example of Romanesque Revival architecture in Sacramento. This building with its massive arched entrance and tall re... More
California State Printing Office, 1020 O Street, Sacramento, Sacrament...
Significance: The original 1922 building has distinctive characteristics in its column-and-drop slab framing system indicative of significant reinforced concrete technology for the 1921-32 period. The exterior... More
Leland Stanford House, 800 N Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
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Leland Stanford House, 800 N Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Leland Stanford House, 800 N Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
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Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State...
Significance: The Sacramento River Bridge, also known as the Tower Bridge, and as the M Street Bridge, when built, was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and l... More
Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State...
Significance: The Sacramento River Bridge, also known as the Tower Bridge, and as the M Street Bridge, when built, was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and l... More
Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State...
Significance: The Sacramento River Bridge, also known as the Tower Bridge, and as the M Street Bridge, when built, was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and l... More
Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State...
Significance: The Sacramento River Bridge, also known as the Tower Bridge, and as the M Street Bridge, when built, was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and l... More
Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State...
Significance: The Sacramento River Bridge, also known as the Tower Bridge, and as the M Street Bridge, when built, was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and l... More
Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State...
Significance: The Sacramento River Bridge, also known as the Tower Bridge, and as the M Street Bridge, when built, was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and l... More
Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State...
Significance: The Sacramento River Bridge, also known as the Tower Bridge, and as the M Street Bridge, when built, was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and l... More
Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State...
Significance: The Sacramento River Bridge, also known as the Tower Bridge, and as the M Street Bridge, when built, was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and l... More
Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State...
Significance: The Sacramento River Bridge, also known as the Tower Bridge, and as the M Street Bridge, when built, was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and l... More
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, Railroad Terminal Post Office & Expre...
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Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, Railroad Terminal Post Office & Expre...
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Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, Railroad Terminal Post Office & Expre...
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Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Erecting Shop, 111 I Street, Sacra...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Erecting Shop, 111 I Street, Sacra...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Erecting Shop, 111 I Street, Sacra...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacrament...
Significance: This facility, constructed between 1936 and 1937, was the first building of the multi-component Sacramento Junior College Annex, a Public Works Administration project. The library was built as cl... More
Cienfugo Building, 1119 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, ...
Survey number: HABS CA-1256 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sacramento, Historic View, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1705 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Destitute family. American River camp, Sacramento, California. Five ch...
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House in Sacramento, the capital city of the U.S. state of California ...
Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley, the city was cited by Time magazine as America's most ethnically and ra... More
Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More
Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More
Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More
Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More
Biennial report of the State Board of Health of California for the yea...
Identifier: biennialreport17nort (find matches) Title: Biennial report of the State Board of Health of California for the years of ... and .. Year: 1883 (1880s) Authors: California State Board of Health Subj... More
Frémont and '49 - the story of a remarkable career and its relation to...
Identifier: frmont49storyo00dell (find matches) Title: Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California... More
The American annual of photography (1922) (14801582723)
Identifier: americanannualof36newy (find matches) Title: The American annual of photography Year: 1922 (1920s) Authors: Subjects: Photography Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward Contributing Library: H... More
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Car Machine Shop, 111 I Street, Sa...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Car Machine Shop, 111 I Street, Sa...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Car Machine Shop, 111 I Street, Sa...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, 111 I Street, Sacramento, Sacramen...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, 111 I Street, Sacramento, Sacramen...
Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life a... More
Town of Locke, Commercial Building, 13947 River Road, Locke, Sacrament...
Significance: This is one of a group of buildings, each separated by a narrow alleyway, that forms the Main Street facade. It is typical of such structures with similar facades, and is a harmonious part of the... More
W.I. Elliott Building, 1530 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, C...
Significance: The W.I. Elliott Building is significant through its architecture as a largely intact automobile showroom, and through its association with the growth of the automobile in the United States. Both... More
Town of Locke, Commercial Building, 13963 River Road, Locke, Sacrament...
Significance: This is one of the group of buildings that forms Locke's uniform streetscape, with false front and boardwalk on River Road and a balconied, two-story facade on Main Street. At one time it served ... More