Mt. Lowe souvenir spoon showing the incline On top of Echo Mountain, visitors who disembarked from the incline cars were welcomed by astounding views and Professor Lowe’s most elegant hotel, Echo Mountain House. Professor Lowe spent $8000 to furnish themountain top… Read More »Echo Mountain House Souvenir Spoons
The Altadena Department Store took up five store fronts on the north side of Mariposa Street, west of Lake: 731, 722, 735, 737, and 739. Today the address numbers are different. This ad ran in The Altadena Press in 1930… Read More »Altadena Department Store 1930
Next time you visit Altadena library, make a point to look at the magnificent painting on the south wall, Millard Canyon at Granite Gate, donated by Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fisher quite a few years ago. Painted by George Gardner… Read More »Altadena Library Painting by George Gardner Symons
This 46 star American flag is part of Altadena Historical Society’s Mount Lowe Railway legacy. Forty-six star American flag in AHS collectionflew over Ye Old Alpine Tavern sometime between1907 and 1912. The scenic mountain railroad attraction imagined by Thaddeus S. C.… Read More »American Flags Reveal Mount Lowe Railway Timeline
Charles and Henry Greene in Altadena By Kathy Hoskins, AHS volunteer Charles and Henry Greene are famous for the many beautiful homes they built in Pasadena including the Gamble and Blacker houses. Altadena has it’s own share of these wonderful… Read More »Altadena’s Greene and Greene Houses