Author and pilot Barbara Schultz, a friend of Pancho Barnes' son Billy, became intrigued with the story of the tough, vivacious aviatrix.  After conducting interviews with surviving friends, she wrote Pancho: The Biography of Florence Lowe Barnes. She will present images and anecdotes from throughout the thrilling life of Pancho.  Reception with the author and entry to the Pasadena Patron exhibition included; doors open at 6:30 pm for exhibition viewing.

Books are available for purchase in the Museum Store.

Enjoy an especially up-close and personal look at Eva Fenyes -- one of early Pasadena’s most prominent and influential women -- during a docent-led tour of the exhibition.

After learning about the lifestyles of Victorian/Edwardian-era Pasadena, tour visitors can stay in the mood with a sumptuous tea at nearby Raymond Restaurant (1250 S. Fair Oaks Ave.), originally the caretaker's cottage of the famed Raymond Hotel.  Directions to the restaurant will be provided following the tour.

The Pasadena Patron Tour and Tea will be offered at 12:15 pm on the third Friday of each month during the run of the exhibition.

Photo above right: Charles Frederic Ulrich, Eva Scott Fenyes, 1882.

Tour: Museum Members $4; Non-Members $8 (advance tour payment required); Tea: $25 (payable at restaurant; 20% percent of your restaurant bill will be donated to the Museum). Advance reservations required (24 hours minimum); limited availability. Please call 626.577.1660, ext. 15 and ask for the “Pasadena Patron Tour and Tea Package.” 

Sip a (gin and) tonic or other favorite libation at this Cocktail Party presentation on the quack medicines and pseudo-scientific medical practices, such as phrenology, that were popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s.  

This is the third in a series of four Salons presented by PMH designed to further explore the social and cultural worlds of Victorian/Edwardian-era Pasadena as featured in our current exhibition, Pasadena Patron: The Life and Legacy of Eva Scott Fenyes.

Image: Cultural Historian Walter Nelson with phrenology bust.

Afternoon Tea and Period Fashion Show covering six decades, 1880-1930, with a special focus on the undergarments worn to achieve the highly stylized fashions of the day.  Live female and male models (both in full dress and undergarments) and period musical entertainment will take you back to the days of corsets and crinolines, garters and spats, bustles and bowlers.

This special program is presented by PMH to further explore the social and cultural worlds of Victorian/Edwardian-era Pasadena as featured in our current exhibition, Pasadena Patron: The Life and Legacy of Eva Scott Fenyes. 

Image: from The Passing Show, Drawings by A.B. Wenzell, Copyright 1900.

Brown paper packages tied up with strings would not have been one of a Victorian lady’s favorite things!  Ribbons, glitter, embossed paper images, borders, braid and edgings gave gifts and table favors of the era elegance and unique style.  Enjoy a festive Luncheon while creative gift stylist Cathy Vital of Ta-dah! presents holiday decorating tips with a nod to the Gilded Age.

This is the final event in a series of four Salons presented by PMH designed to further explore the social and cultural worlds of Victorian/Edwardian-era Pasadena as featured in our current exhibition, Pasadena Patron: The Life and Legacy of Eva Scott Fenyes.

Image: Design by Ta-dah!

Beginning this spring, Pasadena Museum of History will enhance the time-travel experience one encounters when viewing the current exhibition, Pasadena Patron: The Life and Legacy of Eva Scott Fenyes, with a companion series of four Salons and a vintage Fashion Show designed to further explore the social and cultural worlds of Victorian/Edwardian-era Pasadena.  All programs will take place in the beautiful Altadena Town & Country Club, with Walter and Sheila Nelson, Cultural Historians-in- Residence during the run of the Pasadena Patron exhibition, as our hosts.

Social calls, table manners, courtship, appropriate dress, and other intricacies of etiquette in the early 1900s take the spotlight in our first Salon.  You can practice your finest social skills at this delightful Luncheon presentation!

Photo: Cultural Historians-in-Residence Walter and Sheila Nelson