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Title
Riolo’s Sport Shop
Date Created and/or Issued
1960
Contributing Institution
Sacramento Public Library
Collection
Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information
This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description
An inactive Riolo’s Sport Shop at 1016-and-a-half Sixth Street is shown in this 1960 photograph. The store was owned and operated by native-Sacramentan Sam Riolo for more than 35 years. Riolo and his brother, Theodore, both first generation Italian-Americans, also had joint ownership of the Buckhorn Tavern, located on J Street. Sam also was commissioned by the Sacramento Police Department to repair its guns.
Type
image
Identifier
292
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/1682
Subject
Business Enterprises
Storefronts
Sporting Goods
Source
Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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