Please join the Altadena Historical Society in celebrating the extraordinary legacy of Ellen Garrison Clark, a Black female civil rights activist and educator. Born in the mid-19th century to a father that escaped slavery, Ellen spent her life as a… Read More »June 19, 2021: A Celebration of Ellen Garrison Clark
COVID-19 closed the archives, but we’re still preserving history How’re you doing? We hope you and yours are well and are coping with the pandemic as we all muddle through together. We have an idea and you can help. It’s… Read More »An invitation to share your pandemic experience
The Altadena Historical Society was founded in 1935 to document and share the history of Altadena. Every day history is being made, and now, amid a global pandemic, we are coming to grips with the realities that the Black… Read More »The Altadena Historical Society Stands with Black Lives Matter
We wish farewell to our friend and supporter Heinz Ellersiek, who passed away recently at age 98. A Caltech history professor, emeritus, in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences for 38 years, Heinz often visited AHS archives to share… Read More »Remembering Heinz Ellersiek
We received so many memories from readers commenting on our January 2017 post about the closing of Ralphs, that we decided to include them here: Dick Bale wrote: The store described in the blog as being on the southwest corner of Fair Oaks… Read More »Memories about Altadena’s Grocery Stores