SENSATIONAL LIFE OF ALTADENA AUTHOR ZANE GREY TOPIC OF PROGRAM AT ALTADENA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Free, 7:30 p.m. Monday Jan. 25, 2016 event at Altadena Community Center The sensational and occasionally salacious life of best-selling Western author and longtime Altadena resident… Read More »Altadena Author Zane Grey Topic of Historical Society Program
While you enjoyed the 2016 Parade of Roses Tournament this year, with it’s corporate sponsored megafloats and amazing eye-popping floral displays, you might have been surprised to find out there was a time when any foothills community of modest means could participate. 1906… Read More »Altadena’s Rose Parade Floats: 1906, 1916, 1928, 1931, 1938
About $800 to $1000. Accounting for inflation, that would be equal to about $16,000 in 2015 money. (Today a float cost upwards of $250,000)The Altadena Chamber of Commerce sponsored the 1942 float and in 1941 raised funds directly from the… Read More »How Much Did a Rose Parade Float Cost in 1941?
In 1940, when Mary Pickford was to be featured in a broadcast starring Christmas Tree Lane, she made a mistake when addressing the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. She said Christmas Tree Lane was in Pasadena. The Altadena Chamber was… Read More »Mary Pickford and Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane
The Eaton Canyon Bridge was built after the devastating 1934 flood that nearly wiped out Montrose and La Crescenta. The state-of-the-art metal structure connected Altadena to Sierra Madre via old New York Ave. and Sierra Madre Villa Rd. But the 1934 structure was… Read More »Bridge from Altadena to Sierra Madre Built After 1934 Flood