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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 left the museum a stunning collection of artwork that includes a number of charming botanical studies of plants and flowers.
In Pasadena’s First “First Responders,” Susan Beeler Anderson takes a look at the origins of Pasadena’s Fire Department
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.
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…
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,…
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…
“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…
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…
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…