Author: PMH

E.A. Batchelder, sketch of a thatched cottages in Campden, August 16, 1905. Image courtesy of Archives, Pasadena Museum of History (BFP.1.16)

Ernest Batchelder’s European Sketches

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January 23, 2020

George G. Green preparing to play golf (George G. (Gill) Green Special Collection)

Forward! March! Into the Colonel G.G. Green Collection

Two years and over 600 items later, the finding aid for the Colonel George G....

March 11, 2019

Photograph of Agnes and G.G. Green, Jr. (George G. (Gill) Green Special Collection)

Colonel G. G. Green Carves the Turkey

“A California Pilgrimage” On Thursday, November 29, 1900, family and...

November 21, 2017

The Batchelder-Wilson tile factory at 2633 Artesian Street. Los Angeles Times, September 19, 1920.

Ernest Batchelder: Educator, Designer and Tilemaker: Part II

This essay is adapted from the text in the exhibit Batchelder: Tilemaker, which...

October 25, 2017

Tudor Rose tile. Marked Batchelder, Pasadena, 3. Design in 1912 catalog, #94. (Gift of Robert Winter, 2015.008.035)

Ernest Batchelder: Educator, Designer and Tilemaker: Part I

 This essay is adapted from the text in the exhibit Batchelder: Tilemaker,...

September 27, 2017

William McLellan used a microscope to inspect his tiny motor, while holding a model one million times larger. 1960 (William McLellan Special Collection)

World’s Smallest Motor: The McLellan Micromotor

In 1959, Dr. Richard Feynman, the famous Caltech physicist, issued a challenge...

August 15, 2017

The staircase in the Middle Hall led to the Algerian Court. The peacock’s tail feathers can be seen center top. Circa 1897 (PHS1-21).

Eva Fényes’ Algerian Court

On the northwest corner of Orange Grove Avenue and Ellis Street in Pasadena,...

May 17, 2017

Horn chair, circa 1880s. Longhorn steer horns, leather, and linen. Gift of Mrs. James Elms. Photo by Marlyn Woo (1958.001.01)

The Mystery of the Horn Chair

Tucked away in a quiet corner in the attic of the Fényes Mansion, the horn...

August 13, 2015

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