Darlena Belushin McKay
Holiday Cheer
Seasonal decorations are suspended above K Street in this December 1957 photo, taken at 10th Street looking west.
Sew Much Fun!
Starting in 1934, The Sacramento Bee ran a household hints column for decades called “Katherine Kitchen.” Katherine Kitchen wasn’t the name of a real woman; the column was written by Bee staffers. The Bee...
Showing Off!
Some daring construction workers created a photo op by hanging around at the partially erected Capital National Bank Building in 1915. The building, at Seventh and J streets, still stands today.
Thinking Big: Fruitridge Drive-in
Moviegoers flocked to Fruitridge Road at Stockton Boulevard, where Fruitridge Drive-in operated from 1950 to 1979. According to a Sacramento Bee article from June 3, 1950, the new site boasted “the largest all steel...
Reflect: Entertainment for a Summer Night
In 1951, after an invitation from Eleanor McClatchy, president of The Sacramento Bee, Russell Lewis and Howard Young launched the first professional musical theater-in-the-round west of the Mississippi. That endeavor, now called Broadway at...
Reflect: Help for the Heat
Here’s a hot-weather scene from July 1984, courtesy of The Sacramento Bee: Sacramentan Rich Caulfield cools off at the fountain in front of Union Bank on Capitol Mall.
A Life of Meaning: Virna Canson
Virna Canson, shown here in a Sacramento Bee photo from 1978, served as director of the NAACP’s Western Region, which covered nine states, from 1974 to 1988. She had a long history as an...
Dedicated to Service: Penelope Cravens
Penelope Cravens, shown here in a 1976 Sacramento Bee photograph, was the first woman to serve as a California State Police officer, having joined the force in 1975. The officers were responsible for the...
The Taylor House
Destiny Sanchez had lived in 12 foster situations, including group homes and shelters, and she was couch surfing when she heard about The Taylor House in downtown Roseville. The cheerful yellow home serves young...
Mary Tsukamoto
During World War II, Mary Tsukamoto, along with her husband, Al, and young daughter, Marielle Bliss, experienced forced removal from Florin, then a rural town south of Sacramento, due to Executive Order 9066. The...
