They may not have called themselves Pasadena’s Bucket Brigade, but we should consider the citizens of Pasadena as this young city’s first “first responders.” There Read More »
Category: Susan Beeler Anderson
Out of the Dumpster and Into the Archives
Tintype of the Parker Brothers (Charles and Millard Parker Collection, CMP.1.21) Finding history in a collection of photographs and newspaper clippings is an exciting time Read More »
Forward! March! Into the Colonel G.G. Green Collection
George G. Green preparing to play golf (George G. (Gill) Green Special Collection) Two years and over 600 items later, the finding aid for the Read More »
Colonel G. G. Green Carves the Turkey
The first page of “A California Pilgrimage” (George G. (Gill) Green Special Collection) “A California Pilgrimage” On Thursday, November 29, 1900, family and friends of Read More »
Calling on the Rose Muse: Creating the “Royal Rose Hall” Installation
Rose Hall design drawing by Susan Beeler Anderson. Farley Tobin and Susan Beeler Anderson installing the Rose Hall. As a member of the curatorial team Read More »
Back Up the Train!
A Correction and Additions to “All Aboard! Riding the Rails with Colonel G.G. Green.” Where Did Philip Armour Live? Pasadena or Altadena? Armour Estate (Main Read More »
All Aboard!: Riding the Rails with Colonel G.G. Green
G.G. Green's Laboratory. Note the train in the bottom of the image. (www.preservewoodbury.blogspot.com) Imagine traveling cross country in your own private palace car. That is how Read More »
Colonel Green in the Archives
Not Colonel Mustard in the Library with a Candlestick Portrait of G.G. Green (Special Collections) Colonel Green is just one of the many people I’ve Read More »
