Category: Laura Verlaque

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

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

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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