Photo Archives
This is the major strength of the Archives. There are an estimated one million images (many in negative format only) of Pasadena and surrounding areas. Individual items are catalogued by subject; photo albums are shelved and described separately. Important early Pasadena photographers, active during the 1880s and 1890s, are particularly well represented. In addition to photograph albums, stereographs, and postcards, the collection contains:
Archival Collections
The Great History Freeze
Learn about how we are preserving some of these collections with the Great History Freeze
Pasadena Digital History Collaboration
View more than 20,000 records from the collections of PMH, the Pasadena Public Library, and Pasadena City College, Shatford Library, and more!