| North Sacramento Contributor(s): Ehrenreich-Risner, V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738580031 ISBN-13: 9780738580036 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.4 |
| LCCN: 2010926128 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Sacramento, California - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1910, the North Sacramento Land Company purchased 3,339 acres to establish the city of North Sacramento. Three years later, Del Paso and Company set up power and water operations, along with rail transport. A police and fire department and school sealed the deal, and the city incorporated on June 18, 1924. In this idyllic hometown, parents allowed their kids to walk the Boulevard unattended, skate at Iceland, and cool off in Woodlake Pool, after they stopped in at Li l Joe s or Sammy s for a bite or a donut at Hoyt s. The city thrived with characters like Mama Marks, Mayor Olga Roth, and entrepreneur Betty Boop Bryan. Pugilist Max Baer sparred in the open-air theater before the screen came down to the sawdust floor for a Tom Mix movie." |
Contributor Bio(s): Ehrenreich-Risner, V.: - V. Ehrenreich-Risner, a librarian at California State University, Sacramento, and public history doctoral student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, utilized photographs from the Sacramento Public Library, North Sacramento School District, Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center, and North Sacramento families to assemble this stirring volume of vintage imagery. Together these images form a snapshot of North Sacramento s early times, when gypsies camped along Arcade Creek and a thriving, self-contained downtown along Del Paso Boulevard fulfilled its citizens every need. |