Tag: History

On the back of this painting, Eva wrote, "Sketch of Veranda, Mr. Muse's House." Eva Scott Fényes (1849-1930). View from Marine Barracks, Mare Island, California, 1888. Watercolor on paper, 10 x 14 in. (Fényes Collection, ESF.006.1469)

Painting California: “…a very valuable thing…”

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January 26, 2021

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The Smart Set

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September 9, 2020

E.A. Batchelder, sketch of a thatched cottages in Campden, August 16, 1905. Image courtesy of Archives, Pasadena Museum of History (BFP.1.16)

Ernest Batchelder’s European Sketches

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January 23, 2020

George G. Green preparing to play golf (George G. (Gill) Green Special Collection)

Forward! March! Into the Colonel G.G. Green Collection

Two years and over 600 items later, the finding aid for the Colonel George G....

March 11, 2019

The staircase in the Middle Hall led to the Algerian Court. The peacock’s tail feathers can be seen center top. Circa 1897 (PHS1-21).

Eva Fényes’ Algerian Court

On the northwest corner of Orange Grove Avenue and Ellis Street in Pasadena,...

May 17, 2017

Horn chair, circa 1880s. Longhorn steer horns, leather, and linen. Gift of Mrs. James Elms. Photo by Marlyn Woo (1958.001.01)

The Mystery of the Horn Chair

Tucked away in a quiet corner in the attic of the Fényes Mansion, the horn...

August 13, 2015

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