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Faces and Places of Sacramento
The following images are a sampling of the photographs recently added to the Center's holdings through the Faces and Places of Sacramento program. This ongoing community project seeks to document the historical, political, and cultural life of the Sacramento region through the photographs taken by its residents. More information about Faces and Places of Sacramento can be found here.
James McClatchy Park pool, c.1918. Ralph Congdon Collection, 2007/046/FP008-39b
Annabelle Gemignani (right) and friend outside the Aero Café at 21st and J Streets after snowstorm; March 1942. Rafael Chase Collection, 2007/046/FP003-01
Looking south on 11th Street toward the Capitol Building at K Street after snowstorm; March 1942. Sue Mayhood-Sheehan Collection, 2007/046/FP006-05
George Friend (left) and sister Carol Friend with their Christmas gifts – a "Hi-Fi" record player and "Commander Cody" records. Photograph taken in their home at 1872 53rd Street; c.1955. George Friend Collection, 2007/046/FP001-04
Josephine Aranda (left) hugging Connie Aranda at Southside Park; c.1932. Connie A. Kirkpatrick Collection, 2007/046/FP038-04
Sacramento members of the California Conservation Corps (CCC) in the western Sierra; 1938. Jesse Barrios (top left, third from bottom) would later serve in the Army during WWII where he was killed in action and buried in an American cemetery in Belgium. Benny and Ruth Barrios Collection, 2007/046/FP028-09
Betty Bryan at Betty's Candyland, 2116 Del Paso Blvd; c.1934. Timothy Risse Collection, 2007/046/FP033-03
"Wil-Bro Boats, Headquarters for Marine Motors," at 930 Del Paso Blvd. (L to R) Perry Smith Wilber, Everett Sydney Wilber, Smith George Wilber, Francis Perry Wilber; 1928. William Wilber Collection, 2007/046/FP027-05
Virgil Chapman (left), Violet Chapman, and an unidentified man standing in front of the service station at Del Paso Boulevard and Arden way; c.1927. Virgil Chapman Collection, 2007/046/FP058-03
James Peeler (left) and Shelly Williams, Sr. pause during construction of the Peeler home at 3711 Branch Street, North Sacramento; c.1953. Williams/Peeler Family Collection, 2007/046/FP063-06
Brian Manning (second from left) and friends; c.1985. The Manning Royalty Family Collection, 2007/046/FP059-26
(Left to right) Paul Johnson, Katsuko Sato, Steven Johnson, Shigeru Sato, and Kimiko Sato pose in front of the Pony Express statue in Old Sacramento on October 10, 1979. Paul Johnson Collection, 2007/046/FP060-06
Jim Van Nort and his daughter Julie Hill standing in front of Jim Denny’s Hamburgers at 816 12th Street in 1987. John E. Boudier Family Collection, 2007/046/FP043-08
Participants in the Sacramento St. Patrick’s Day Parade wave to the camera; c.1973. Barbara (Lessenger) Larsen Collection, 2007/046/FP044-02
Janet and Bill Maynard pose with a Beatles album in the family living room; 1964. Bill Maynard Collection, 2007/046/FP049-23
