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Celebrating Women’s History Month Through Books
Looking for your next book to read? Check out these recommendations from members of the Museum’s Volunteer Book Club.
“Who do you think you are, Barney Oldfield?”
On the afternoon of Washington’s birthday holiday, Monday, February 22, 1909, the oiled road of Santa Rosa Avenue was abuzz with the cheers, whispers, and Read More »
Arroyo Seco and Devil’s Gate: Early Picnics in West Pasadena
Before the Gilbert Darling family moved from Iowa to Pasadena in December, 1891, the daughters were told that Pasadena was a place “where one can Read More »
The Rose Garden: Scene of Many Pleasant Gatherings
The Rose Garden on South Orange Grove and Arbor Street is a beautiful complement to the Tournament House, the former home of Mr. and Mrs. Read More »
The Rosenbaum Home
Moritz Rosenbaum came to the settlement that later became Pasadena in 1874. He bought fifteen acres on the southwest corner of Orange Grove and Colorado, Read More »
Everybody Wins, or Everybody Loses?
In the talk I gave for ArtNight, there was a whole type of board game that I didn’t really mention, and that’s partly because it Read More »
The New Library Opening: “A Notable Event in Pasadena’s History”
Did you know that Pasadena Public Library is older than the city itself? Founded in December 1882 (1) as a private subscription library under the Read More »
Cooking with Eva: Brandied Peaches
Amongst the cookbooks in the Fenyes Mansion are handwritten vintage recipes from a century ago. Since August is National Peach Month, we decided to share Read More »
The G.T. Marsh Tea Garden: A Glimpse of Flowery Japan
In the summer of 1903, workmen were busily engaged in transforming what had been “only a barren stubble field fronting two hundred fifty feet on Read More »
Organized for a Cause: Social Clubs & Women’s Suffrage
In 2020, PMH joined the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment with two blogs related to a suffrage scrapbook from the museum’s Read More »
