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Category: Michelle L. Turner
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 »
Florence Ceramics
Florence Ward, 1953. Photo by J. Allen Hawkins (Hawkins Collection, JAH10086). Pasadenan Florence Ward (1898-1991) began taking art classes as a way of coping with Read More »
Community Histories: The Black History Collection
Pasadena Museum of History’s Black History Collection is comprised of photographs, letters, family records, property deeds, and other materials revealing the history of the African Read More »
First Ballot Cast: Grace G. Madden Votes
While we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, it is worth noting that many women had won the right to Read More »
1920: Sketches from 100 Years Ago
For the Museum’s 100th blog, I thought it would be fun to look at sketches that Eva Scott Fenyes created 100 years ago. While Eva Read More »
A Well-rounded Bowl: The Stadium in the Arroyo
In 1955, Compton College went up against Mississippi in the tenth Junior Rose Bowl. At a luncheon before the game, Jordan Oliver, the coach of Yale’s Read More »
The Art of Greetings: Studio Art Greeting Cards
Lillian Jacobs. Noel, n.d. Print on gold paper, 11 x 14 cm. (Greeting Card Collection. Acc. # G.card.17.b) Sending greeting cards during the holiday season Read More »
Cooking with Eva: Hungarian Recipes for Adalbert
Amongst the cookbooks in the Fenyes Mansion and the family papers in the Archives are handwritten vintage recipes from a century ago. Some of Eva Read More »
Fall 2017 Edition of the Collections Quarterly
Archives Feature - The Benshoff Collection Hotel Green Street Lamp (Benshoff Family Collection, WAB-058) Our Archives houses the marvelous Benshoff Family Collection, which contains architectural Read More »
