WAB-135Ai_Kids-with-Christmas-Tree-and-Gifts-1904 How did families celebrate Christmas in the early 20th century, and why does it matter to us more than a century later? Many of us Read More »
Tag: photographs
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 »
Owen Brown in Pasadena
On August 17, 1886, the National G.A.R. Encampment visited Pasadena. “An event that will live in history is the hauling in a carriage by enthusiastic Read More »
Rescued From a Rental Car: Memories from the Bell Family
Congressman Bell and his wife Elizabeth relax on the front porch of their St John home. Note the service flags honoring their son Kenneth’s participation 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 »
Country Living in Pasadena
On August 25, 1886, a Pasadena newspaper reported that “Pasadena, the new-born Garden of Eden, has been lithographed in fine shape.” West Pasadena in 1886 Read More »
Historic Negatives Collections
PMH maintains the area’s largest and most complete photographic archives of Pasadena and its environs, numbering an estimated one million photographic images. Staff, interns, and Read More »
