Beautiful High-Resolution Photographs of both labels (9" x 9.5") are available for a $20 donation plus $4 shipping and handling. To order, you may: order online via PayPal, fill out and print the request form at the bottom of the page (and mail it with a check to AHS at the address below), or contact us by phone or email. AHS members get a $4 discount.
Orange crate labels from AHS archives: Although citrus had been grown in the area for many years, it wasn't until the early 1880s that growers realized it could be transported long distances and remain fresh. The Pasadena Orange Growers Association was one of many co-operative citrus growers that provided opportunities for small individual growers to prosper and improve fruit production. "Pasadena, beginning as a fruit growing colony," became part of a co-operative on December 14, 1893. Originally named the Pasadena Fruit Growers Association, in 1909 the name was changed to Pasadena Orange Growers Association. Their first shipment was packed in a building south of California Street adjacent to the Santa Fe railroad tracks. In 1913 a permanent warehouse, employing about 100 people, was built at 1097 South Marengo Avenue (near the current location of Blair High School just south of Glenarm). In 1917 the Association shipped 144,000 packed boxes worth $200,000, over 3 million in today's dollars. (Source: Wood, J. W., Pasadena, California, historical and personal, p, 490, self published, 1917.)
In Person
Donations may also be made at the Society's office at the Altadena Community Center, 730 East Altadena Drive, just west of the Sheriff's Station.
Society hours are Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon. For information on alternate pick-up times, please call Jane Brackman at (626)794-0700. We regret that we are unable to accept cash or credit cards; please pay by check or money-order only.
Order by Mail
If you would like make a donation and recieve your labels by mail, please fill in the information below. When you are finished, click the button at the bottom of the form and you will be given a page to print, which you can send with check or money-order to:
Altadena Historical Society
730 East Altadena Drive
Altadena, CA 91001-2351
Location: 730 E. Altadena Drive Altadena, CA 91001-2351
Phone: (626) 797-8016 Email: altadenahistorical.society@yahoo.com