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Arts and Entertainment at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium

 
 
Arts at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 9, 2025
1. Arts at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Marker
Inscription. Many plays, concerts, folk dance festivals, camellia festivals, and balls have been held at the Memorial Auditorium. "Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium Seven Decades of Memories"
Bonnie Wehle Snyder, Paula J.Boghosian
Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, MusicEntertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1927.
 
Location. 38° 34.735′ N, 121° 29.192′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is in Downtown. It is on 15th Street near J Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sacramento CA 95814, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Sacramento Valley and specifically in the Central Valley. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Banquet at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium (here, next to this marker); The Shrine/Polack Bros. Circus (here, next to this marker); Sacramento Air Defense Filter Center (a few steps from this marker); Boxing at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium (a few steps from this marker); The Messiah, 1928 (a few steps from this marker); Sacramento Memorial Auditorium (within shouting distance of this marker); Bell Labs Sea Plow (within
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shouting distance of this marker); First Commercial Modem (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sacramento.
 
More about this marker. The marker and photo is one of a set of 29 found around two A&T-owned buildings along 14th, J and 15th Streets.
 
Arts and Entertainment at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium photo and marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 9, 2025
2. Arts and Entertainment at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium photo and marker
7 photos and markers along 15th Street image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 7, 2025
3. 7 photos and markers along 15th Street
In all, 29 photos with small captions can be found around two adjoining AT&T buildings, along 14th, 15th and J Streets.
Inside the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium today image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 8, 2025
4. Inside the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium today
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 7, 2025
5. Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
A small section of the AT&T building where this marker is found can be seen on the far left of the photo.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 13, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 109 times since then and 4 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 13, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.   4, 5. submitted on February 11, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
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