This is the third in a six-part series on “five Pasadenans who had a lasting effect on Catalina Island,” as documented by the late PMH …
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Hancock Banning: A Pasadenan on Catalina
This is the second in a six-part series on “five Pasadenans who had a lasting effect on Catalina Island,” as documented by the late PMH …
Five Pasadenans and Santa Catalina Island
“This is the story of five Pasadenans who have had a lasting effect on Santa Catalina Island,” noted then-Pasadena Historical Society (now Pasadena Museum of …
The Home with Gold Doorknobs
Arlington Garden continues to attract attention for its beautiful landscaping and variety of Mediterranean plants. It was previously the scene of a noted garden more than …
Blooming Messages: The Victorian Language of Flowers
Eva Scott Fenyes (1849-1930). Hollyhocks, Milford, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1884. Watercolor sketch (ESF.009.1286) Eva Scott Fenyes (1849-1930), whose Pasadena estate is now home to Pasadena …
Pasadena’s First “First Responders”
They may not have called themselves Pasadena’s Bucket Brigade, but we should consider the citizens of Pasadena as this young city’s first “first responders.” There …
Preserving the Protest: The Scrapbook of Mary A. Holmes
Historian, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote “well-behaved women seldom make history” to describe colonial women who were included in the community, but whose records and lives …
Out of the Dumpster and Into the Archives
Tintype of the Parker Brothers (Charles and Millard Parker Collection, CMP.1.21) Finding history in a collection of photographs and newspaper clippings is an exciting time …
Ernest Batchelder’s European Sketches
E.A. Batchelder, sketch of unidentified European city street. Image courtesy of Archives, Pasadena Museum of History (BFP.2.92) Ernest Batchelder is renowned for the distinctive softly-hued …
Early Pasadena: An Astonishing Garden of Flowers
A hedge of Cherokee Roses on Arlington Drive was a notable feature of the gardens in front of the Durand home. Early Pasadena was often …
