Florence Ward, 1953. Photo by J. Allen Hawkins (Hawkins Collection, JAH10086). Pasadenan Florence Ward (1898-1991) began taking art classes as a way of coping with Read More »
Tag: Pasadena
House Moving in 1893 Style
On March 18, 1893 one of the local news items that the Pasadena Daily Evening Star cited was: “H.I. Stuart, of the First National bank, Read More »
A Tale of Two Trees
Pasadena has long been noted for its beautiful tree-lined streets, but the original landscape was a largely treeless plain, with a few native live oaks. Read More »
Community Histories: The Black History Collection
Pasadena Museum of History’s Black History Collection is comprised of photographs, letters, family records, property deeds, and other materials revealing the history of the African Read More »
Painting California: “…a very valuable thing…”
“It seems to me it would be a very valuable thing if you could carry out your plan to make accurate water-color studies of the Read More »
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
SUB-FREEZING WEATHER COMES IN WITH SNOW screamed the headline in the Pasadena Star News on January 11, 1949. Traffic snarled, kids whooped for joy, and Read More »
Eva Fenyes and Boadway Brothers Department Store
It was an enormous pit, a huge gaping excavation that threatened to undermine Cabrillo Place. The bungalows and shops teetered on the edge of a Read More »
Christmas Tree Lane: Celebrating a Century of Holiday Brilliance
One hundred years ago this month, the magnificent Deodar trees on Altadena’s Santa Rosa Avenue were first entwined with multi-colored lights and lit on December Read More »
Camp Idle a While: An Arroyo Vacation in 1899
On August 9, 1899 the “Society Gossip” section of the Pasadena Daily Evening Star contained a brief note that “There is a merry party of Read More »
Go to the Movies with the PMH Volunteers
Looking for your next book to read? Check out these recommendations from members of the Museum's Volunteer Book Club.
