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 …
Category: Museum Collections
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 …
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
SUB-FREEZING WEATHER COMES IN WITH SNOW screamed the headline in the Pasadena Star News on January 11, 1949. Traffic snarled, kids whooped for joy, and …
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 …
The Smart Set
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. …
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 …
