Category Archives: Pasadena

Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – Pasadena’s Colorado Street Bridge Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Posted on June 17, 2013 by

The city of Pasadena will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the gorgeous Colorado Street Bridge on Saturday, June 22, 2013, one of the outstanding historic cultural monuments of the city. Built to serve a basic utilitarian purpose, the bridge … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Pickford Headlines 1933 Rose Parade

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Photo: Mary Pickford in the 1933 Rose Parade. Credit: Courtesy of Mary Mallory Tomorrow sees the 124th annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena,  welcoming the new year with magnificent garlands of fresh flowers. It also acts as the 80th … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights – Altadena’s Lovely Christmas Tree Lane

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

Christmas Tree Lane in a vintage postcard, courtesy of Mary Mallory. Nothing says Christmas like the sight of beautiful outdoor twinkling lights lending a bit of romanticism and happiness to the holiday season. Homes and businesses spiffily decorate themselves. Cities … Continue reading →

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Pasadena’s ‘Fork in the Road’ Returns

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

Pasadena’s famous “Fork in the Road” has returned!

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#art, #authors, #genealogy, #history, #museums 7|27|2011

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Photo: 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster. Credit: RM Auctions via the New York Times. SPOTLIGHT The University of Virginia has posted audio clips of William Faulkner recorded in 1957-58. The home page is here. If you have never heard … Continue reading →

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Architectural Rambling

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

One of the more prolific architects in early 20th century Los Angeles was Arthur S. Heineman, who designed this home for E.A. Webber at 2248 4th Ave. in West Adams Heights, as shown in The Times.  This Heineman home at … Continue reading →

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Postcards From the Past

Posted on March 16, 2007 by

The Hotel Green, Pasadena

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The Bridge

Posted on March 15, 2007 by

March 15, 2007South Pasadena Here’s the Gold Line, its passengers mercifully unaware that they are zipping along to Pasadena in the “Gorge of Eternal Peril” beneath “The Bridge of Death.” Here’s a close-up of a patch made to fix one … Continue reading →

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Forget Bird Flu, This Is Serious

Posted on March 7, 2007 by

March 7, 1907Los Angeles A dreadful disease called acute glanders has been discovered in a horse and veterinarian R.J. Ramage ordered that the animal be destroyed immediately. In addition to rapidly causing death, acute glanders can be spread from horses … Continue reading →

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Soccer Returns

Posted on February 23, 2007 by

Feb. 23, 1907Los Angeles The Scotch Thistles beat the English Victorias 3-2 in Southern California’s first soccer game since the Caledonians and the Pasadena team met at Agricultural Park in 1890, The Times says. Despite the poor condition of the … Continue reading →

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Speaking of the Weather

Posted on February 22, 2007 by

Feb. 22, 1907Los Angeles Here’s how The Times weather stories read a century ago: “For all the daylight hours yesterday, the rain drizzled down, much of the time like a heavy Scotch mist, but toward nightfall the storm deepened and … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 10, 2007 by

Feb. 10, 1907Los Angeles The Times features a hillside home “near the ostrich farm” in Pasadena. Presumably that was the Cawston farm in South Pasadena. (What, South Pasadena, again?) Unfortunately, many of the homes photographed for The Times in 1907 … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 4, 2007 by

Feb. 4, 2007South Pasadena The Times publishes three architectural drawings of “artistic bungalows” prepared by the firm of Wilson and Barnes. One is being built by W.E. Fox on Columbia near Sunset Boulevard, the second by Dr. T.H. Lowers on … Continue reading →

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An Apostle of the Past

Posted on January 29, 2007 by

Jan. 28, 1907Los Angeles William Jennings Bryan stepped from the Owl train to be greeted by a long-waiting crowd. “In appearance, Mr. Bryan has changed but little since he was last in Los Angeles,” The Times says. “In his manner, … Continue reading →

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The Floods

Posted on January 10, 2007 by

Jan. 9-10, 1907 The worst storm in 23 years blew across Southern California with the force of a gale, dumping more than an inch of rain in Pasadena, killing an Orange County rancher, washing out railroad tracks and collapsing tunnels, … Continue reading →

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A Cold Dose of Reality

Posted on January 8, 2007 by

Jan. 8, 1907Los AngelesPerhaps Mayor Arthur C. Harper and the incoming slate of officials are focused on how they will divide the spoils of the city and assign patronage jobs, although the mayor says the “last seat at the pie … Continue reading →

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Alive!

Posted on January 1, 2007 by

Dec. 7, 1906-Dec. 22, 1906,BakersfieldJan. 1, 1907Los AngelesFor 15 days, miner Lindsay P. Hicks lay trapped by a cave-in that killed his five companions tunneling in a mountain above the Kern River for an Edison hydroelectric project. On the 16th … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on December 28, 2006 by

Dec. 28, 2006Los AngelesAs promised, here are some photos of a few neighborhoods I visited recently. Views of South Pasadena First, a few shots of South Pasadena taken along Mission and El Centro to contrast with the views from 1907, … Continue reading →

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OMG

Posted on December 20, 2006 by

Dec. 20,1907Los AngelesMr. C.D. Roberts of 1900 E. Main was feeling a bit unwell. He had bad headaches, an irregular appetite, saw dark spots before his eyes and felt as if something in his stomach was alive.Not sure what to … Continue reading →

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L.A. Rising

Posted on December 15, 2006 by

Dec. 15, 1905Los AngelesAnybody who sets out to study the development of the city’s neighborhoods can expect to do lots of driving. My recent travels have taken me to an obscure area of South Los Angeles to look for 1907-era … Continue reading →

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