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Bronze clock, pre-1933. Made by Charles C. Reynolds, Pasadena, CA. (2019.004.02)

A Clock and Its Maker

By Michelle Turner | May 20, 2020

A mysterious clock, Pasadena Tournament of Roses®, and Pasadena’s first undertaker – what do they have in common? It all began with the discovery of an unusual bronze clock in the collection.

Eva Scott Fenyes (1849-1930). Hollyhocks, Milford, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1884. Watercolor sketch (ESF.009.1286)

Blooming Messages: The Victorian Language of Flowers

By Michelle Turner | May 5, 2020

Eva Scott Fenyes left the museum a stunning collection of artwork that includes a number of charming botanical studies of plants and flowers.

Dayton Street Firehouse, 1890s (Main Photo Collection, D5-F1-12)

Pasadena’s First “First Responders”

By Michelle Turner | April 7, 2020

In Pasadena’s First “First Responders,” Susan Beeler Anderson takes a look at the origins of Pasadena’s Fire Department

Political cartoon (Scrapbook Collection, 112)

Preserving the Protest: The Scrapbook of Mary A. Holmes

By Michelle Turner | March 18, 2020

In honor of the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, PMH will be periodically posting articles written by various contributors on suffragette topics taken from Mary A. Holmes’ scrapbook.

Tintype of the Parker Brothers; Charles and Millard Parker Collection (CMP.1.21)

Out of the Dumpster and Into the Archives

By Michelle Turner | February 7, 2020

Finding history in a collection of photographs and newspaper clippings is an exciting time in the Archives. When a stack of seemingly unimportant papers and photographs was rescued from a…

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

By Michelle Turner | January 23, 2020

Ernest Batchelder is renowned for the distinctive softly-hued tiles his firm produced during the early twentieth century.  These tiles, which adorn public, commercial, and private buildings all throughout North America,…

A hedge of Cherokee Roses on Arlington Drive

Early Pasadena: An Astonishing Garden of Flowers

By Michelle Turner | December 27, 2019

Early Pasadena was often described by visitors as a paradise.  Webster defined paradise as “any place … of blissful delights,” and one of the delights of early Pasadena was an…

Helouan, March 1895, watercolor on paper, 24.6 x 33.2 cm, Helouan, Egypt. (ESF.007.1839))

Leaving the Past Behind & Starting Anew in Pasadena

By Michelle Turner | December 11, 2019

“Dr. Adalbert Fenyes, wife, and daughter of New York City are recent arrivals in Pasadena, and have taken the Darling house on Grand avenue for the winter. Dr. Fenyes was…

Detail of letter from KLB Radio listener

KLB Radio: Pasadena’s First Radio Station

By Michelle Turner | August 1, 2019

In the early 1920s Americans all over the country were falling under the spell of the newest novelty, amateur radio broadcasting. It was sometimes referred to as “wireless telephone.” Perhaps…

G.G. Green preparing to play golf

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

By Michelle Turner | March 11, 2019

Two years and over 600 items later, the finding aid for the Colonel George G. Green collection at PMH is finished!  The finding aid is the result of physically organizing…

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