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
Saluting Altadena’s Seven Decades of Participation in the Rose Parade The 2016 Rose Queen Erika Karen Winter and her Court of six Princesses will meet the public and inaugurate a new exhibit showcasing Altadena’s colorful history in the Rose… Read More »Meet the New Tournament of Roses Queen and Court
Our friend Richard Bale who recently lectured about growing up in Altadena sent AHS this information on artist Mildred Scott Townsend. She had a studio in the Highview Avenue neighborhood where Richard grew up. He sent this information: Mildred spent… Read More »Artist Mildred Scott Townsend
Just a reminder – Monday night’s Altadena Historical Society program (April 27, 2015) at the Altadena Community Center (7:30 p.m.) will feature 1940s Altadena, a story told by Richard Bale who lived here beginning in 1939. Don’t miss this… Read More »Eliot Students 1947
(These photographs of Switzer Camp in the San Gabriels are courtesy of a friend of Altadena Historical Society.) Founded in 1884, Switzer Camp was the idea of Perry Switzer who lived in Pasadena and made his living as a carpenter.… Read More »Switzer Camp