Before the Gilbert Darling family moved from Iowa to Pasadena in December, 1891, the daughters were told that Pasadena was a place “where one can Read More »
Category: Museum Collections
Upper Hastings Ranch Lights the Holidays
“It started simply,” says Kathy Gregg, president of the Upper Hastings Ranch Association. Residents began moving into the just-built development called Upper Hastings Ranch in 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 »
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 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 »
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. Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
