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...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
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
One of our bands, Sacramento--All our schools have them
School band on steps of open-air school, Sacramento, California. Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.
Union Hotel, 1024-1028 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, C...
Significance: The existing structure is all that remains of the original Union Hotel built on this site in 1855 and replacing the Verandah Hotel that had occupied the site from 1852 until 1855. The Union Hotel... More
Destitute family. American River camp. Five children aged two to seven...
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Reclamation District 1000, Pump Plant No. 2, Northwest Sacramento Coun...
Survey number: HAER CA-187-B Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Construction
Untitled poetry at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, C...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Poet: Rita Dove, 1999; etched marble, 12 pieces, each measuring 3 x 2 feet in diameter. Title information, date, and subject note p... More
Painting "On This Spot Stood the 1st Chinese Settlement in Sacramento"...
Artist: Tony Berlant, 1999; mixed materials, measuring 80 x 80 inches. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the ph... More
Historic Tower Bridge, Sacramento, California
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
View of Sacramento California's Old City Cemetery
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Established in 1849 with an initial donation of 10 acres by John Sutter, the famous local entrepreneur on whose land, up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, o... More
The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sacramento Airport, Sacramento, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Mural above California Loan ampersand Jewelry in Sacramento, the capit...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Horse riding at the 2012 California State Fair held in Sacramento, Cal...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Twenty-nine California counties participated in the eighteen-day fair in 2012. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Ca... More
Sculpture located in César Chávez Plaza in downtown Sacramento, Califo...
The Plaza was laid out by settler John Sutter and named in honor of Chávez, the Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil-rights activist. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Cre... More
The State Capitol building at Sacramento, Calif.
Stereograph showing two children in foreground; State Capitol building in background. J223674 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 16682.
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
E. P. Figg Building, 224 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The E.P. Figg Building, erected in 1852 by E.P. Figg, a pioneer wholesale commission merchant, at a cost of $22,000, was among the early brick structures built immediately after the major fire. I... More
E. P. Figg Building, 224 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The E.P. Figg Building, erected in 1852 by E.P. Figg, a pioneer wholesale commission merchant, at a cost of $22,000, was among the early brick structures built immediately after the major fire. I... 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
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
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
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
Hudson-Cippa-Wolf Ranch, Bunkhouse, Sorento Road, Sacramento, Sacramen...
Survey number: HABS CA-2656-B Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Planing Mill, 111 I Street, Sacram...
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
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
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
Rivett-Fuller Building, 128 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, C...
Significance: Building later occupied by Whittier & Fuller until 1879. Survey number: HABS CA-1250 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Subsequent Work Buil... More
Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Sacramento to Nevada state ...
Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... 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
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Pitless Transfer Table, 111 I Stre...
Name changed from Car Shop Transfer Table to Pitless Transfer Table to correct error in identification. Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United St... 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
Sazerac Building, 131 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: Built 1853 on site of Gem Saloon, and served as Sazerac Saloon through 1850s and 1860s. Many other uses later. Survey number: HABS CA-172 Building/structure dates: ca. 1853 Initial Construction
Sutter's Fort, L & Twenty-Seventh Streets, Sacramento, Sacramento Coun...
Survey number: HABS CA-1294 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000221
Sutter's Fort, L & Twenty-Seventh Streets, Sacramento, Sacramento Coun...
Survey number: HABS CA-1294 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000221
Sutter's Fort, L & Twenty-Seventh Streets, Sacramento, Sacramento Coun...
Survey number: HABS CA-1294 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000221
Diana Saloon, 205 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The one-story building was erected in 1852 by D.A. Whipley on the site of the "Stinking Tent," the first gambling hall which had been established in 1849. Built at a lower level, the structure wa... 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
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
Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento C...
Significance: The Adams & Co. Building, Express and Banking House, built in 1853, was the center of a compact group of fire-proof brick structures in Sacramento, California's old "West End." This was Sacrament... More
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Blacksmith Shop, 111 I Street, Sac...
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, Blacksmith Shop, 111 I Street, Sac...
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, Blacksmith Shop, 111 I Street, Sac...
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
Hudson-Cippa-Wolf Ranch, Milk Barn, Sorento Road, Sacramento, Sacramen...
Survey number: HABS CA-2656-E Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 - 1930s California, United States, 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
Picryl description: Public domain image of a school hall, building, education facility, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Lincoln School, 418 P Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lincoln School, 418 P Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Lincoln School, 418 P Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Stein Building, 218 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The one-story brick structure, 20' by 77' in size, was erected in 1853. It was occupied by H.W. Stein and later used as the Elkus Store. There is a one-story storage building (garage), 20' by 40... More
Leggett Ale House, 1023 Front Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, C...
Significance: Ale house. Survey number: HABS CA-183 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1965 Demolished
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Paint Shop, 111 I Street, 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
6 year old Luigi, a newsboy beggar working the public. See California ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
B. F. Hastings Bank Building, 128-132 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento...
Significance: The B.F. Hastings Bank Building, erected in 1853, was a part of the historic business center of Sacramento after the fire of November 2, 1852. It replaced the W. Merritt Building, a two-story bri... More
Leland Stanford House, 800 N Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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...
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, Railroad Terminal Post Office & Expre...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
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
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
City of Sacramento, from dome of State Capitol, California
No. 26664. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capit... More
Old time Chinaman of the type that originally followed the crops in Ca...
Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dirty clothes and flies. American River camp, near Sacramento, Califor...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of chicken, poultry, agriculture, farm animals, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
American River camp, Sacramento. Home of Tennessee family, now migrato...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Painting "Dream Within a Dream: In Honor of the Pacific Asian Pioneers...
Artist: George Miyasaki, 1999. Dimensions: 6 x 7 feet. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cred... More
Untitled poetry at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, C...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Poet: Rita Dove, 1999; etched marble, 12 pieces, each measuring 3 x 2 feet in diameter. Title information, date, and subject note p... More
Sculpture "Passage No. 3" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sac...
Artist: Steve Gillman, 1999. Marble, measuring 3' wide x 9' long x 17" high. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by ... More
Painting "Golden Mountains/Golden Fields" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S....
Artist: Daniel Galvez, 1999. Acrylic, dimensions: 7 x 12 feet. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograph... More
Etched stone at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, Cali...
Artist: Jenny Holzer, 1999. Architectural Arts: 99 square paving stones, each measuring 12 x 12 inches. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, an... More
Painting "Golden Mountains/Golden Fields" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S....
Artist: Daniel Galvez, 1999. Acrylic, dimensions: 7 x 12 feet. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograph... More
Untitled poetry at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, C...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Poet: Rita Dove, 1999; etched marble, 12 pieces, each measuring 3 x 2 feet in diameter. Title information, date, and subject note p... More
[Leland Stanford Mansion, Sacramento, California]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sutter's Fort is a State Historical Park in California's capital city ...
Sutter's Fort was constructed about 1840 at the behest of John Sutter, a Swiss immigrant who had received a land grant in the Sacramento Valley from the Mexican government. Sutter is best known for the discover... More
The Pony Express statue is made by sculptor Thomas Holland in Old Sacr...
Old Sacramento features original and re-created buildings and other exhibits from the time of the California Gold Rush and the Transcontinental Railroad in the mid-19th Century, restaurants, and theaters. Title... More