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 …
Category: Museum Collections
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 …
William Cahill: Wedding Couturier and Royal Court Designer
The Royals of Pasadena: Rose Queen® and Royal Court exhibit features eight gowns by world renowned wedding dress designer, William Cahill (1918 - 2005). William …
Travels with Eva Fenyes: An Auto Trip to Los Olivos, 1917
Eva’s destination in 1917 was Mattei’s Tavern in Los Olivos. Several times over the years, she stayed at Mattei’s on her trips north. The first …
Ernest Batchelder: Educator, Designer and Tilemaker: Part II
This essay is adapted from the text in the exhibit Batchelder: Tilemaker, which was on view at Pasadena Museum of History from September 2016 through …
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 …
This Round’s on the Collections Manager
Pasadena Lager, 1980s. Gift of Martin Udell (2017.018) A six-pack has been sitting on the corner of my desk for a week and a half. (And …
Ernest Batchelder: Educator, Designer and Tilemaker: Part I
This essay is adapted from the text in the exhibit Batchelder: Tilemaker, which was on view at Pasadena Museum of History from September 2016 …
World’s Smallest Motor: The McLellan Micromotor
William McLellan used a microscope to inspect his tiny motor, while holding a model one million times larger. 1960 (William McLellan Special Collection) In 1959, …
Summer 2017 Edition of the Collections Quarterly
Archives Feature - Going Places with Frank Purcell Composite of Scrapbook Cover & Page 1, 1949. (Scrapbook Collection - Volume 77) In 1949, as California …
