Pasadena

Pasadena
Author: Sherri L. Smith
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2016
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101996250

When Jude's best friend is found dead in a California swimming pool, her family calls it an accident, her friends call it suicide, but Jude calls it murder, and the suspects are family and friends.

Helen of Pasadena

Helen of Pasadena
Author: Lian Dolan
Publisher: Prospect Park Books
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0984410244

This laugh-out-loud funny novel about a mom reinventing herself was written by Lian Dolan, who is a Satellite Sister, writes the nationally popular blog the Chaos Chronicles, and produces the hot Chaos Chronicles podcast. She's a sharp and funny speaker who is much in demand.

Latinos in Pasadena

Latinos in Pasadena
Author: Roberta H. Martínez
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738569550

Histories of Pasadena are rich in details about important citizens, time-honored traditions, and storied enclaves such as Millionaires Row and Lamanda Park. But the legacies of Mexican Americans and other Latino men and women who often worked for Pasadena's rich and famous have been sparsely preserved through the generations--even though these citizens often made remarkable community contributions and lived in close proximity to their employers. A fuller story of the Pasadena area can be provided from these vintage images and the accompanying information culled from anecdotes, master's theses, newspaper articles, formal and informal oral histories, and the Ethnic History Research Project compiled for the City of Pasadena in 1995. Among the stories told is that of Antonio F. Coronel, a one-time Mexican Army officer who served as California state treasurer from 1866 to 1870 and whose image graced the 1904 Tournament of Roses program.

Pasadena

Pasadena
Author: David Ebershoff
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2010-02-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307434532

From the award-winning author of The Danish Girl and The Rose City, Pasadena tells the story of Linda Stamp, a fishergirl born in 1903 on a coastal onion farm, and the three men who change her life: her jealous brother, Edmund; Bruder, the orphan Linda’s father brings home from World War I; and a Pasadena orange rancher named Willis Poore. The novel spans Linda’s adventurous and romantic life, weaving the tales of her Mexican mother and her German-born father with those of the rural Pacific Coast of her youth and of the small, affluent city, Pasadena, that becomes her home. Pasadena is a novel of passion and history, about a woman and a place in perpetual transformation.

Hometown Pasadena

Hometown Pasadena
Author: Joseph C. Dunn
Publisher: Prospect Park Publishing
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2006
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780975393918

Hometown Pasadena is a new breed of city guide, an in-depth, personality-rich, four-color book written by locals for locals. The five co-authors Colleen Dunn Bates, Jill Ganon, Sandy Gillis, Mel Malmberg and Mary Jane Horton are all longtime San Gabriel Valley residents, and the foreword authors are Larry Mantle (from NPR's KPCC) and Larry Wilson (editor of the Pasadena Star-News). The book is rich in history, arts, culture, restaurants, gardens, architecture, children's activities, sports and much more, and it is filled with interviews with people who make a difference in the community. It is written and designed with wit, style and intelligence. Hometown Pasadena became an immediate success, going into its fourth printing in less than one year. 256 pages, four-color throughout, flexibound binding with flaps, extensive photography and color maps

Pasadena

Pasadena
Author: Patrick Conyers
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738547787

Few cities boast a business history as rich and varied as Pasadenas. In the early agricultural days, a brandy distillery and citrus and olive groves helped propel the economy, while the 20th century saw Pasadena emerge as a thriving resort and health town. Together the communitys diverse businesses have played a substantial role in determining the fortunes of the Crown City. In this volume, evocative images recall an extensive range of establishments, from large resort hotels to corner soda fountains, law offices to dry cleaners, restaurants to science labs, local industries to national powerhouses. Seldom-seen photographs from both the Pasadena Museum of Historys archives and private collections trace a business legacy unique to Pasadena, one that still thrives on generations-old family businesses and has also embraced corporate headquarters and regional franchises.

Hometown Pasadena

Hometown Pasadena
Author: Mary Lea Carroll
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-08-14
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781938849992

A lively new edition of the witty, colorful hit book that unlocks the insider secrets of Pasadena and environs.

Old Los Angeles and Pasadena in Vintage Postcards

Old Los Angeles and Pasadena in Vintage Postcards
Author: C. Milton Hinshilwood
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738508092

Covering the history and geography of Los Angeles and Pasadena between 1900 and 1950, the collection of over 200 vintage postcards compiled in this new volume offers a unique glimpse into turn-of-the-century southern California. As communication by postcards became popular in the late 19th century, those who received them were offered a rare view of the "right here, right now" aspect that only postcard photography could offer. From the earliest images of the Angels' Flight in Los Angeles, to the Tournament of Roses parades gliding down Colorado Street, the authors celebrate the history of these two beautiful cities through the personal medium of vintage postcards.

Sylvanus Marston

Sylvanus Marston
Author: Kathleen Tuttle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2001
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Based on contemporary newspaper accounts, archival materials, architectural journals, and the private photographs of the Marston family, this monograph considers Marston's influence on Pasadena and the architecture of Southern California, specifically the bungalow and Spanish colonial styles. Numerous black and white photographs are featured, and a list of structures is included. Tuttle is a writer with an interest in architecture. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Early Pasadena

Early Pasadena
Author: Cedar Imboden Phillips
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738558370

The name Pasadena evokes images of a sunny paradise filled with the wafting scent of orange blossoms and roses. The world looks to Pasadena every January 1, when the world-famous Tournament of Roses carries on a century-long tradition and the Rose Bowl game reigns as college football's "granddaddy of them all." Many of the city's other cultural and architectural icons also trace their roots to Pasadena's early days. From citrus groves to resort hotels, a bicycle highway and a commuter blimp, presidential visits, and summer snowstorms, the rich and varied history of early Pasadena can be seen in this volume's many unique photographs. Many of these images, taken from the archives at the Pasadena Museum of History, have never before been published. They reflect the colorful origins of a city that remains to this day a popular tourist destination, California cultural center, and a beloved home to thousands.