Pictured: The Empress Theatre, located at 338 Virginia Street, was built in 1911 as a movie and vaudeville house. Over time it was renamed the Vallejo, Senator, and Crest. The name was changed back to Empress Theater in the 1980s.
General John Blackman Frisbie (1825-1909) was a native of New York. He married Epitana Vallejo in 1851 thus becoming the son-in-law of General Mariano G. Vallejo. He is considered to be the city of Vallejo's true founder due to his many efforts to promote the growth of the city. Photo courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.