NAOMI HIRAHARA SPEAKS ON JAPANESE-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE APRIL 25, 2016 AT ALTADENA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Program at Altadena Community Center is Free and Open to Public 730 E. Altadena Drive, Altadena CA 91001 The star of author Naomi Hirahara’s series of award-winning… Read More »Author Naomi Hirahara Speaks at AHS
It’s Altadena Historical Society membership drive time again. JOIN ONLINE We thank you for your past support and urge you to join AHS or renew your 2016 membership now. AHS is a federally recognized not-for-profit organization and your membership and donations… Read More »AHS 2016 Membership Drive
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?