Tag: Pasadena history

Two wild parrots sitting atop a branch

Pasadena’s High-Flying Pop Culture Icons

Photo by Walt Fogler-Mancini “Pasadena has 1,000s of these green & red...

May 27, 2026

Photo ceramic artist Joy Thompson

Joy in the PMH Collections

As Valentine’s Day approaches—a time to celebrate love, care, and human...

February 9, 2026

Susie Ling with her dog Sachiko, circa 2000. (MPC People - Ling, Susie; Digital Copy only)

Spotlight on Susie Ling: Preserving Pasadena’s Stories One Voice at a Time

Susie Ling with her dog Sachiko, circa 2000. (MPC People – Ling, Susie;...

July 14, 2025

Photo of Pasadena in 1876

Early Settlers Adopted the Name Pasadena 150 Years Ago This Week

Pasadena, 1876. Photo by Carleton Watkins (Main Photo Collection, C12-D1) On...

April 29, 2025

Florence Ward, 1953. Photo by J. Allen Hawkins (Hawkins Collection, JAH10086).

Florence Ceramics

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March 25, 2021

Family of Dan Woods, uncle of Benjamin McAdoo (Black History Collection, BH-L-24-9). The McAdoo family is prominently featured in the online exhibit.

Community Histories: The Black History Collection

Pasadena Museum of History’s Black History Collection is comprised of...

February 10, 2021

First African Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday school, November 26, 1933 (Black History Collection, BH-D-1-12).

Community Histories: The Black History Collection

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February 10, 2021

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

Photograph of Agnes and G.G. Green, Jr. (George G. (Gill) Green Special Collection)

Colonel G. G. Green Carves the Turkey

“A California Pilgrimage” On Thursday, November 29, 1900, family and...

November 21, 2017

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