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Image: Orton Classical School for Girls, 1892 class (call # S22-1)
Orton Classical School for Girls, located at 71 S. Euclid Avenue, was established in 1890 by Anna B. Orton.
Interested in learning more on the history of education in Pasadena? Check out the PDHC's Flickr exhibition, Roots of Education in Pasadena: 1870s-1920s, which traces the cultural, curricular, and architectural history of education in the Pasadena School District from the mid 1870s to the late 1920s.
Highlights include photographs of classroom life, athletic activities, social events, and school buildings, as well as academic curriculums, sports memorabilia, and excerpts from class yearbooks.
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About the Museum
Founded in 1924 to preserve and share the rich history, art, and culture of Pasadena and neighboring communities, Pasadena Museum of History has developed into one of the country's premiere institutions of its size.
PMH is an independent nonprofit cultural institution funded by generous gifts from foundations, corporations, businesses, individuals, and our members.
The Mission of the Museum is to promote an appreciation of history, culture, arts, and sciences relevant to Pasadena and adjoining communities.
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Our e-calendar, available to Members and Non-Members alike, is designed to keep our supporters informed about happenings and upcoming events at Pasadena Museum of History.
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Featured Event
Patriot Day - Family Free Day
Sunday, September 11, 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Join us for this free family day honoring the memory of those lost on 9/11 and celebrating the brave men and women in our local police and fire departments. Visit history displays and information tables provided by Pasadena Fire and Police Departments. Take your picture with a hook and ladder or a vintage police car. Join artist Katrina Alexy's "Design a Flag Workshop" and create your own patriotic version of Old Glory inspired by images of American flags throughout history. Then make and decorate a clay stand to place the flag in and take it home as a keepsake. (This workshop is suitable for all ages, but be sure to wear clothes that can get clay/paint on them.)
Play games in the garden, including badminton, horseshoes, and bocce ball, and then take a cool break with free ice cream from Baskin Robbins. Of course our History Center Galleries and the Museum Store will be open all afternoon -- and everyone is admitted free on this special celebratory day!
Photograph by Katrina Alexy.
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Current Exhibitions
Mad for Hats! Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Gallery
Wed - Sun, Noon to 5:00 pm; Open through September 25
The popularity, size, and shape of hats has changed measurably over time. In past decades, a respectable lady or gentleman would not have ventured outdoors without one. The design of women's hats has been influenced by hairstyles, haute couture, new materials, even the popular use of the parasol. The impact of men's hat designs - such as the top hat and the fedora - has also been remarkable.
The exhibition Mad for Hats! explores women's hats as social and fashion phenomena. More than 100 hats and related photographs, selected from the Museum's collections, showcase the various materials, styles, and shapes of ladies' hats from the 1860s to the 1960s. Image: Early Pasadena resident, c. 1890 (Black History Collection, call # BH-L24-23)  Pasadena Patron: The Life & Legacy of Eva Scott Fenyes
Willis B. Stork Gallery
Wed - Sun, Noon to 5:00 pm
In an era when well-to-do families took a special interest in creating significant and valuable collections, Pasadena's Eva Scott Fenyes devoted her discriminating tastes, vast knowledge, and ample funds to surround herself with furniture, textiles, china, silver, and art. Eva and her second husband, Dr. Adalbert Fenyes, filled their home with art and antiques they assembled from their travels worldwide.
Pasadena Patron offers an in-depth examination of the life and legacy of one of early Pasadena's most prominent and influential women. Themes covered in this special exhibition include Fenyes family history, Eva as an art patron and watercolorist, the influence of Europe and the East Coast on her collection, and the social milieu she created here in Pasadena. Exhibition highlights include items from the Fenyes collection never before on public display.
Image: John Hubbard Rich (1876 - 1954). "Portrait of Mrs. Adalbert Fenyes," c. 1910. Oil on canvas, 84 x 63.5 cm. (acc. # 2000.019.0090)
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Upcoming Events
Sunny Tales from Around the World: Children's Storytime with Sunny Stevenson
Wednesday, September 14, 10:30 am at San Rafael Branch of the Pasadena Public Library, 1240 Nithsdale Rd., Pasadena 91105
On the second Wednesday of every month, PMH presents a storytelling series in collaboration with the Pasadena Public Library, San Rafael branch. In September, the Museum's beloved storyteller Sunny Stevenson will enthrall her listeners with stories about patriots and heroes. Please join us!
Tickets: Free; no reservations required.
 Art at the Jonathan Club - Author Panel, Reception & Book Signing
Thursday, September 29, 7:30 pm
Join us this evening as a panel of authors discuss their elegant new book, Art at the Jonathan Club, a Los Angeles social club founded more than a century ago that had long been at the center of business and social life. The club's art collections, which focus on early California plein air paintings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, are the subject of this significant new work. Co-authors speaking are Nancy Dustin Wall Moure, a noted authority on the genre, and Jeffrey Morseburg, an authority on the artist Theodore Lukits. Co-author Nat B. Read will moderate the program. Books will be available for purchase; Reception following program.
Tickets: Museum Members $10; Non-Members $15. Reservations suggested; please call 626.577.1660, ext. 10
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