January 23, 2012 : Historian and Author Sergeant John Stanley will lecture on the history of the Altadena Sheriff’s Station, from its opening in 1927 through 1950. With plenty of interesting anecdotes, crime details and colorful stories that took place under the tenure of six captains, the program will also feature numerous rare photos.

January 23, 2012  7: 30 pm, 730 E. Altadena Drive Altadena, CA 91001

Programs are free and open to the public.

October 17, 2011 : Our annual October program will take place tonight  at 7:30 pm in the Altadena Community Center.  We will be sharing all the new research we've dug up in rare pictures, interesting facts and good stories, including -- and we find this particularly intriguing -- how most of the people who built the grand homes were interconnected either through business, relatives, friends or hometowns.  So please join Altadena Historical Society and the hard-working Tour Committee including Mary Lou Langedyke, Kathy Hoskins, Paula Wegner and Jane Brackman for a program about the Mariposa Street Neighborhood Tour.

Histories, Mysteries & Gossip Galore

7: 30 pm, 730 E. Altadena Drive Altadena, CA 91001

Programs are free and open to the public.

Be sure to stop by and read our new Mystery Photo Blog. AHS has over 1000 photographs that give us the big picture of our community's history. But sometimes we're stymied by the little details in the picture. We're appealing to our readers to help us out. On this blog, we post photographs that are missing important parts of their stories.  We would love to hear your thoughts on these photos, and we hope that they will generate a lot of discussion.

October 2011 : Don't miss our annual History and Mystery Tour featuring the houses, stories, and mysteries of East Mariposa Street between Lake and Maiden Lane on October 23, 2011 from 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.   Tickets are $15 for members, $20 for non-members, and $25 dollars at the door.  Call AHS for more information at (626) 797-8016.  You can order tickets online at http://altadenahistoricalsocietytour.eventbrite.com/.

July 2011 : On Monday, July 25, 2011, at 7:30 pm,  AHS held an exciting lecture telling the story of the transfer of the Cobb Estate from private hands to our community's most treasured park.  Our guest speaker was Bob Barnes.

• See images from our recent program on the Cobb Estate.
• Read a transcript of the presentation by Bob Barnes.

Available Now : Beautiful High-Resolution facsimiles of Orange Crate Labels from the Pasadena Orange Growers Association (ca. 1909). Make a donation to AHS today and get yours!

April 2011 : See more photos of the Lourdes of the West Grotto and Shrine from our recent article in the Echo.

April 2011 :  On Monday, April 25, 2011, at 7:30 pm, AHS held a lecture about tiles of Southern California.

March 2011 : The Altadena Historical Society website has moved to www.altadenahistoricalsociety.org. Please update your bookmarks accordingly.