Tranquil lake scene in Land Park, near the zoo and Fairytale Town them...
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
Gift shop at the 2012 California State Fair held in Sacramento, Califo...
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
"Time 2," a mural by Shaun Burner, in 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
Sunrise Light Rail in Sacramento, the capital city of the U.S. state o...
Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Roses 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
Park in Sacramento, the capital city of the U.S. state of California a...
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
Colorful mural by Ursula Xanthe Young on a brick building in Sacrament...
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
Ferris Wheel at dusk at the 2012 California State Fair held in Sacrame...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a picnic in the park, outdoor activity, leisure time, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Buildings in Old Sacramento, a 28-acre National Historic Landmark Dist...
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
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
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
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
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
Coolot Building, 812 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, primarily based upon the surface of the facade faced with tiles created by master Arts & Crafts terra cotta tile maker, Ernest B... 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
Sacramento City Hall, 915 I Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: Sacramento's City Hall was completed in 1911 on what was then the fringe area of the old commercial district. The new City Hall structure was the first municipal building in Sacramento to house a... More
Strub Building, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The building maintains integrity of setting within actively used State government buildings in the area. It contributes historically to the government district surrounding the Capitol. The Strub b... 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
View of Sacramento City as it appeared during the great inundation in ...
Sacramento, California during the flood of January 1850. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sutter's Fort, L & Twenty-Seventh Streets, Sacramento, Sacramento Coun...
Survey number: HABS CA-1294 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000221
I. & S. Wormser Building, 128 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County,...
Significance: The Wormser Building is of interest as it is one of the 1853 buildings, built immediately after the fire of November 2, 1852, and still existing. The cast-iron architectural details are typical o... More
Sacramento, General View, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1671 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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
Lady Adams Building, 113-115 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, ...
Significance: Built as wholesale and import house for four German immigrants who arrived on the brigantine "Lady Adams." Ballast brick said to have been used in structure. Only building to survive fire of 185... 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 attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Howard House, 109-111 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-184 Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Francis William Fratt Building, 1103-1109 Second Street, Sacramento, S...
Significance: The Fratt Building was the last structure to be built in the Old Sacramento area during the 1849-1870 period, having been built in the latter year. It was one of the few buildings to retain most ... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, Railroad Terminal Post Office & Expre...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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 of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, Railroad Terminal Post Office & Expre...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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. Historic map, Library of Congress
Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Food supply of migrant family. American River camp near Sacramento, Ca...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Oil painting "China Pattern" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, ...
Artist: Deborah Oropallo, 1999. Dimensions: 9 feet x 76 inches. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograp... 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
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
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
Sculpture "Gold Rush" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacrame...
Artist: Tom Otterness, 1999. Bronze, variable dimensions. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More
Untitled poetry at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, C...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Tranquil lake scene in Land Park, near the zoo and Fairytale Town them...
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
This sculpture of shaking hands near the Capitol Mall is one of Sacram...
Photo shows sculpture "Peace" created by the conceptual artist Stephen J. Kaltenbach, 2005. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expan... More
A whimsical children's playset at the nonprofit Fairtale Town theme pa...
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
Art in the form of a rabbit hangs in the center of the Sacramento Airp...
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
Fountain located in César Chávez Plaza in downtown Sacramento, Califor...
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
Windsurfer ride at the 2012 California State Fair held in Sacramento, ...
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
The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge's style represents a rare use of Streamline Moderne architectural styling in a lift bridge, making it an expression of the social and architec... More
Racks Boutique in Sacramento, the capital city of the U.S. state of Ca...
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
View of Sacramento California's Old City Cemetery
Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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, 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
Hudson-Cippa-Wolf Ranch, Hay Barn, Sorento Road, Sacramento, Sacrament...
Survey number: HABS CA-2656-C Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
Strub Building, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The building maintains integrity of setting within actively used State government buildings in the area. It contributes historically to the government district surrounding the Capitol. The Strub b... More