1. 18 May


    Sacramento Air Depot

    Mailed May 1946 to Ohio

     

  2. 17 May


    Capitol Mall 

    Capitol Mall 

     

  3. 16 May


    Pictured at 8th St and K Street Sacramento Daniels Jewelers at 725 K Street Hotel Clunie at 805 K Street S.H. Kress at 818 K Street (buildings still stands) Wards at 830 K Street

    Pictured at 8th St and K Street Sacramento

    Daniels Jewelers at 725 K Street

    Hotel Clunie at 805 K Street

    S.H. Kress at 818 K Street (buildings still stands)

    Wards at 830 K Street

     

  4. 15 May


    Orangevale,CA

    Jan 27, 1913

    40 acre Peerless Tract

     

  5. 14 May


    Sacramento Northern 68 Chico Electric Railway serving the Diamond Match Co. Barber mill just outside Chico. Started service in 1905. Originally born as a Birney car with the San Diego Electric Railway Company, it became SNRR 68 in May 1925. The 68 ran in Chico and operated in Marysville-Yuba City service. In 1942 the 68 was assigned to Sacramento after Marysville-Yuba City streetcar service ended.

    Sacramento Northern 68

    Chico Electric Railway serving the Diamond Match Co. Barber mill just outside Chico. Started service in 1905.

    Originally born as a Birney car with the San Diego Electric Railway Company, it became SNRR 68 in May 1925.

    The 68 ran in Chico and operated in Marysville-Yuba City service.

    In 1942 the 68 was assigned to Sacramento after Marysville-Yuba City streetcar service ended.

     

  6. 13 May


    “We are having a very good time in Sacramento, but it is too hot”

     

  7. 12 May


    Folsom State Prison Prior to 1925  http://www.folsomprisonmuseum.org/then/then.html

    Folsom State Prison

    Prior to 1925 

    http://www.folsomprisonmuseum.org/then/then.html

     

  8. 11 May


    Fannie Atwood

    Believed to be Frances Poorman 

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Atwood&GSiman=1&GScnty=216&GRid=79565344&

    H.S. Beals photography

    Henry Sherman Beals 1822-1907

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=beals&GSfn=henry&GSmn=sherman&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=106424314&df=all&

     

  9. 10 May


    Advertisement card - Garland Stoves and Ranges at 5th and J Street.

     

  10. 9 May


    River Auto Stages, office was at 5th and I Street  A competitor to the Greyhound and Sacramento Northern public transportation systems.

    River Auto Stages, office was at 5th and I Street 

    A competitor to the Greyhound and Sacramento Northern public transportation systems.

     

  11. 8 May


    Rear View of State Capitol. Sacramento, California

    Mailed May 1907

    This is a perfect example of a “postcard exchange” that was popular hobby at the time.

     

  12. 7 May



    On Saturday, May 11, 2013, Amtrak, California State Parks and the California State Railroad Museum will proudly celebrate the sixth annual National Train Day by offering free Museum admission, tours of modern-day Amtrak California passenger cars and special rail-related activities inside and outside the Museum!

    And, to add to the celebration and extend the fun, the nearby Sacramento History Museum in Old Sacramento will also offer free museum admission on this special day.

    The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this one day only, kicking off promptly at 10 a.m. with opening remarks by invited guests that will take place at the California State Railroad Museum. Sacramento joins more than 200 communities across the nation that will hold National Train Day events.

    — http://www.csrmf.org/events-exhibits/whats-new/national-train-day
     

  13. 7 May


    N Street looking east at the corner of 10th Street.  The homes on the right were replaced by The Legislative Office building at 1020 N Street

    ” Arrived here this afternoon. Will go to Frisco Thursday.  Does this look natural to you?  All well and happy. - Mabel “

     

  14. 6 May


    John R. Hodson Photographer

    521 J Street

    Born in Illinois on May 22, 1850. Hodson moved to California in 1875 and settled in Sacramento. By the early 1880s he was an established artist there. From 1898 until his demise on June 18, 1914, he operated a photographer gallery in San Francisco.

    http://www.askart.com/askart/h/john_r_hodson/john_r_hodson.aspx

    Son and photographer Burton M. Hodson 1875-1949

    Buried at East Lawn Memorial Park

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76584209

     

  15. 5 May


    Mailed Feb 1906

    ” I hope you that my dear Eda arrived safe. I hated to see her go. We all loved her very much. She is just lovely and hope she had a time.”