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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
 Fakes, Frauds, & Forgeries: You Get What You Inspect, Not What You Expect
Thursday, October 15, 6:30pm
Over the span of decades, John Moran Auctioneers, Inc. has handled almost every conceivable object. In the course of his career, Jeff Moran, Senior Vice President, and his colleagues have documented certain objects that were not quite what they appeared to be. Join us for an hour long discussion, as Moran peels back the layers of case studies in fakes and forgeries he has identified and selected to share. Moran will introduce methods, tools, and other technologies used today to help ferret out the fakes, frauds, and forgeries. This lecture will address the importance of the 'gut feeling' buttressed by formal investigative methods that all create the bedrock of modern-day connoisseurship.
Tickets: Members $15; General $20. Advanced reservations required; tickets can be purchased online, or by calling 1.800.838.3006, ext. 1.
Tickets include entrance to the Exhibition Galleries starting at 6:00 pm and a wine and cheese reception.
Image: Whistlers: Genuine or Fake?
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Upcoming Exhibition
Fabulous Fashion - Decades of Change: 1890s, 1920s, & 1950s
Kathryne Beynon Foundation Exhibition Hall
From the uncomfortable corsets and ornate bodices of the 1890s to the deconstructed freedom of the 1920s to the full skirts and bullet bras of the 1950s, fashion trends in Pasadena followed the rest of the country.
This exhibition highlights women's clothing worn from morning to night, comparing these three memorable decades. Over 40 exquisite garments from Pasadena Museum of History's extensive Costume and Textile Collection, plus period accessories and household objects, will be featured.
Fabulous Fashion is curated by Dr. Elizabeth Smalley and Suzanne Ehrmann with assistance from Elissa De Angelo, Roberta Dumas, Sheryl Peters, and Susan Stevens. A special introduction has been composed by Ann Erdman.
 The exhibition is made possible in part by the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division. Fabulous Fashion is also supported by French Hand Laundry, PMH's Textile Arts Council, Style on Green, High Low Vintage, New Moon Textiles, Roberta Dumas, Suzanne Ehrmann, Elissa De Angelo, Dr. Elizabeth Smalley, Susan Stevens, and Ann Wallace.
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Upcoming Events
 Sunny Tales: Fish & Other Classic Stories
Wednesday, October 7, 11:00 am to Noon
Join Sunny Stevenson for story time in the Finnish Folk Art Museum at Pasadena Museum of History and stay after for a aquatic-themed craft.
Sunny Tales are suitable for preschool age children and are offered the first Wednesday of the month at PMH and the second Wednesday at the San Rafael Branch of the Pasadena Public Library.
 Fabulous Reception for Members
Friday, October 23, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
PMH members are invited to wear vintage inspired dress to a reception celebrating the Fabulous Fashion exhibition. Enjoy period vehicles, living models, light refreshments, and a 1926 Cosmopolitan from the Raymond Restaurant's Bar 1886.
RSVP by October 20 to 626.577.1660, ext. 11 or mturner@pasadenahistory.org.
Image: Advertisement from Draper Studio of Modes, 1952 (Ephemera Collection)
And don't forget about ArtNight Pasadena on October 9!
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