Pasadena’s Historic Preservation Commission will hear details about and see a demonstration of a new smart phone application which disseminates public information about historic resources in Pasadena at its meeting today. The “Historic Pasadena” smart phone ap... More »
Head to the Crowell Library in San Marino to be delighted by the stories and tales of how the diverse city of Los Angeles and surrounding areas grew its roots. With John Randolph Haynes and his family as the guide, USC Professor Tom Tomlinson will walk the six... More »
On April 2, 1943 Carl Hopper, a 22 year old bandit and kidnapping suspect, made a daring escape from HOJJ (Hall of Justice Jail), and from that day forward he would be known as the “human flyâ€. Cops hunted the human fly for several days without success. He... More »
On Saturday June 22, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, join the City of Pasadena as it marks its 127th birthday and Pasadena’s beloved landmark, the Colorado Street Bridge, commemorates its 100th anniversary with the special participation of the Pasadena Museum of Hist... More »
In 1959, Dr. Richard Feynman, the famous CalTech theoretical physicist, issued a challenge at a meeting of the American Physical Society that effectively ushered in the field of nanotechnology. “I want to offer a prize of $1,000 to the first guy who makes an... More »
Ever wondered where the name Nickelodeon came from? What about the phrase “in the lime light†or silver screen? Galen Wilkes, a historical entertainer who specializes in silent films, detailed those factoids and more in his presentation of the movie-going ... More »
If Downton Abbey had been an American country house, this family might have inhabited it. A groundbreaking new book about to be released by the Huntington Library Press, the publishing arm of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, prov... More »
Two remarkable collections representing the twin pillars of 19th-century American history—the Civil War and westward expansion—were among the items purchased recently at the 16th annual meeting of its Library Collectors’ Cou... More »
The sprawling pattern of urban development that we know today as Los Angeles was directly influenced by a web of urban rail routes developed by Henry Huntington and his Pacific Electric Railway, aka, “The Red Cars,†which began in 1901. This amazing railwa... More »
The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West will present an innovative, web-based digital exhibition this spring with more than a dozen authors, critics, and scholars curating photographs from the 70,000 strong Southern California Edison archive of... More »
