“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 Read More »
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The Home with Gold Doorknobs
Arlington Garden continues to attract attention for its beautiful landscaping and variety of Mediterranean plants. It was previously the scene of a noted garden more than Read More »
A Clock and Its Maker
A mysterious clock, Pasadena Tournament of Roses®, and Pasadena’s first undertaker – what do they have in common?
At Home Activities: Inspired by Nature
Since we are unable to host Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day this year, we compiled these nature-inspired activities for some at home fun along Read More »
Pasadena’s First “First Responders”
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 »
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 »
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 Read More »
Early Pasadena: An Astonishing Garden of Flowers
A hedge of Cherokee Roses on Arlington Drive was a notable feature of the gardens in front of the Durand home. Early Pasadena was often Read More »
KLB Radio: Pasadena’s First Radio Station
Singer Donald Novis, 1928. Photo by New York photographer Harold Stein (Courtesy of Pasadena Public Library, 14014) In the early 1920s Americans all over the 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 »
