Eva Fenyes with “Fairy,” one of her many Chihuahua dogs. (Photograph by Albert Hiller, Pasadena, California. Main Photo Collection, PHS16-23) Eva Fenyes’ Chihuahuas, 1904. …
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Wrigley & Renton: Pasadenans on Catalina, Part II
This is the final article in a six-part series on “five Pasadenans who had a lasting effect on Catalina Island,” as documented by the late …
Wrigley & Renton: Pasadenans on Catalina, Part I
This is the fifth article in a six-part series on “five Pasadenans who had a lasting effect on Catalina Island,” as documented by the late …
Charles F. Holder: A Pasadenan on Catalina
This is the fourth in a six-part series on “five Pasadenans who had a lasting effect on Catalina Island,” as documented by the late PMH …
Peter Gano: A Pasadenan on Catalina
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 …
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 …
A Clock and Its Maker
A mysterious clock, Pasadena Tournament of Roses®, and Pasadena’s first undertaker – what do they have in common?
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 …
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 …
