For the Museum’s 100th blog, I thought it would be fun to look at sketches that Eva Scott Fényes created 100 years ago. While Eva Read More »
Tag: women’s history
The Smart Set
Eva Fényes with “Fairy,” one of her many Chihuahua dogs. (Photograph by Albert Hiller, Pasadena, California. Main Photo Collection, PHS16-23) Eva Fényes’ Chihuahuas, 1904. Read More »
Blooming Messages: The Victorian Language of Flowers
Eva Scott Fényes (1849-1930). Hollyhocks, Milford, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1884. Watercolor sketch (ESF.009.1286) Eva Scott Fényes (1849-1930), whose Pasadena estate is now home to Pasadena Read More »
Preserving the Protest: The Scrapbook of Mary A. Holmes
Historian, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote “well-behaved women seldom make history” to describe colonial women who were included in the community, but whose records and lives Read More »
Leaving the Past Behind & Starting Anew in Pasadena
Eva Scott Muse, circa 1884, photo by Julius Ludovici’s Photographic and Crayon Studios, Newport, Rhode Island. (FCP.38.1.5b) “Dr. Adalbert Fényes, wife, and daughter of New Read More »
Hungarian Crumb Pudding: The Perfect Ending to a Formal Dinner
At the turn of the twentieth century, dinner parties were elaborate affairs, designed to impress and to indicate social status. Evening Dress was the rule Read More »
Cooking with Eva: Hungarian Recipes for Adalbert
Amongst the cookbooks in the Fényes Mansion and the family papers in the Archives are handwritten vintage recipes from a century ago. Some of Eva Read More »
William Cahill: Wedding Couturier and Royal Court Designer
The Royals of Pasadena: Rose Queen® and Royal Court exhibit features eight gowns by world renowned wedding dress designer, William Cahill (1918 - 2005). William Read More »
Travels with Eva Fényes: An Auto Trip to Los Olivos, 1917
Eva’s destination in 1917 was Mattei’s Tavern in Los Olivos. Several times over the years, she stayed at Mattei’s on her trips north. The first Read More »
Chi lo sa’s Basket: Trunk, Prison, Hiding-place, & More
Chi lo sa’s basket, circa 1890. (FCP Collection, 2000.019.5261) Among the many artifacts being inventoried this summer in the basement of Fényes Mansion is a Read More »
