Mystery History Solved! -- Special Edition #3

There were three correct guesses out of the 70 or so placed in the suggestion box for Mystery History photo #3 at the Pasadena Museum of History, so Laura Verlaque and I used a very scientific method to choose one.

Geoff Meehan is the winner!

In this May 8, 1903, photo, the community stands ready to welcome President Theodore Roosevelt to Benjamin D. Wilson School*.

Located at the southeast corner of Walnut Street and Marengo Avenue, it was a high school from 1892 to 1903. Here's how it looked without all the festoonery:

Newspapers throughout the land were reporting on the planning of Roosevelt's Great Western Tour during which he would visit states from Kansas to California, including a walk through Yosemite with John Muir.  

When Pasadena community leaders learned of the upcoming tour, they sent a specially made key to the city along with an invitation to visit this community during his travels.

From the Feb. 28, 1903, New York Times:

President Roosevelt today received a valuable invitation from the citizens of Pasadena, Cal. What its exact value is has not been made known, but it is worth a good deal, for it is in gold. The invitation, which was handed to the President today by Representative McLachlan of California, asks Mr. Roosevelt to visit Pasadena on his coming trip to the West. It is in the form of a key of solid gold, and around the stem of the key is a splendidly engraved crown.

The key is emblematic of the key of Pasadena, and the crown is emblematic of the Indian name for Pasadena, "The crown of the valley." Pasadena is located at the head of the San Gabriel Valley. The invitation is extended by the Mayor and business officials of the town. The key is four inches long and is a good representation of the mammoth keys of the olden days. It is attached to a small piece of native wood that lies in the bottom of a specially made box. The box is of orange wood, with hinges of gold, and gold trimmings at the corners. A gold plate in the centre is inscribed as follows:

"Presented to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by resolution of the citizens of Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 6, 1903."

On the inside of the lid of the box is the following inscription:

"Pasadena. Greetings to our President."

Then follows a formal invitation for a visit, signed by W.A. Heiss of the City Council, and members of the trade organizations of the city.

Most of the invitations received by the President have met with the reply that the matter would be taken under consideration. The President, however, was so much pleased with this invitation that he directed Secretary Loeb to arrange for a stop in Pasadena in May.

On the way to Benjamin D. Wilson School, the president's coach came down Marengo Avenue, which was decorated with a huge, elaborate arch of lilies and tall wooden posts with palm fronds and wreaths on them.

 Then, when he arrived at Wilson School, a rose-strewn walkway had been laid down for him.

And here's the man himself, giving his speech, no doubt saying "Bully" to this taxidermied grizzly bear!

You can read his speech here.

After the speech, he went to South Pasadena for a visit with former first lady Lucretia Garfield, widow of President James Garfield, and lunched at the Hotel Raymond.

Roosevelt was a passionate conservationist. While in Pasadena, he was taken to the Arroyo Seco  where he famously declared his support to Mayor William H. Vedder for the movement to keep it as a natural park: "Oh, Mr. Mayor, don't let them spoil that! Just keep it as it is."

That was just the momentum that was needed, and within eight years the City of Pasadena began acquiring acreage in the Arroyo Seco.

You know I can't miss the opportunity to show you Mayor Vedder from the Hall of Mayors, right?

My Mystery History exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of History has been open since January and will close on March 29. If you haven't seen it yet, please come by!

On Tuesday, March 31, we'll be back to Mystery History business as usual on the Ann Erdman blog!


Many thanks to the Pasadena Museum of History, Teaching American History, Pasadena Public Library and yours truly.

*Benjamin Davis Wilson, for whom this school was named, was more popularly known as Don Benito. He was a major landowner in the greater Los Angeles area, including Pasadena, where he lived at his vast Lake Vineyard property (Lake Avenue was originally named Lake Vineyard Street). He later became mayor of Los Angeles and was the grandfather of General George S. Patton Jr. Mt. Wilson, Wilson Avenue and Don Benito School were named in his honor. The current Wilson Middle School was named for President Woodrow Wilson. 

Mystery History -- Special Edition #3

Photo #3: Where are we? And what's happening?

For this special edition of Mystery History, guesses on this blog are disqualified for the first time ever because this contest is strictly low-tech.

Come to my Mystery History exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of History and scroll through the 14 topics that feature photos, artifacts and back stories. 

At the end of the exhibition there is a wall with three photos and  corresponding color-coded sheets you can fill out with your best guesses for each of the three photos, then place them in the suggestion box.  

Good luck!

I'll take the people who win for each photo out to lunch, my treat!

I'll reveal the back story to the photo above on my blog Thursday, March 19. 

Looking for Something To Do? Free Events March 14 to 20

Here are free events scheduled Saturday, March 14, to Friday, March 20.

All events are free, so take a look -- and don't you dare say there's nothing to do in Pasadena! 

March is One City, One Story month -- our community reading celebration! Have you read this year's selection The Book of Unknown Americans yet? 

• A community book discussion is scheduled Saturday, March 14, at 10:30 a.m. at Allendale Branch Library.  
• Salvador Fernandez, professor of Spanish and Latino/a Studies at Occidental College, will present a discussion about immigrant art, culture and literature Saturday, March 14, at 10:30 a.m. at Lamanda Park Branch Library.
• "Thousand Pieces of Gold" (1991, PG-13) starring Rosalind Chao and Chris Cooper will be shown Wednesday, March 18, at 1 p.m. on the big screen in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium at Central Library. A Chinese girl, sent to America to work as a prostitute in a mining town saloon, escapes and becomes an independent woman.
• Austin Staub of the L.A. Law Library will present an overview of free immigration and citizenship information resources available at Pasadena Public Library Thursday, March 19, at 1 p.m. in the Law Room at Central Library.
• Learn collage techniques from Dr. Patricia Jeesup-Woodlin Thursday, March 19, at 4 p.m. at Hastings Branch Library and create your personal family story collage on what it means to be an American.
• See a full list of One City, One Story events here. 

Teens are invited to an afternoon of anime, socializing and Japanese snacks Saturday, March 14, at 2 p.m. at Pasadena Central Library. This month's anime selection is "Fantastic Detective Labyrinth." In a forgotten Japanese town, strange and mysterious crimes can be solved by only one person who holds special insight into the incidents.

 

The luck of the Irish will be at One Colorado Sunday, March 15, beginning with traditional Irish dances and interactive lessons from 3 to 4 p.m. and live music performed by Irish folksinger/songwriter Ken O'Malley from 5 to 7 p.m.

An L.A. Opera community educator will take participants through Mozart's comic masterpiece "Le Nozze di Figaro" (The Marriage of Figaro) Monday, March 16, at 1 p.m. at the Pasadena Senior Center. You do not have to be a member to attend. Figaro, the wily barber and part-time matchmaker, has finally fallen in love but -- like everything else in his life -- it's complicated.

Guitar Night Tuesday, March 17, at 7 p.m. at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music will feature Polish guitarist Marcin Dylla, hailed by the Washington Post as "among the most gifted guitarists on the planet," and Rick Ruskin, contemporary fingerstyle artist, as well as opening performances by PCM students Isabelle Saad and Evelyn Nguyen.

French guitarist Claude Bourbon will perform medieval works and Spanish blues Wednesday, March 18, from 12:10 to 12:40 p.m. for the popular Music At Noon recital series. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.

The documentary film "Seymour: An Introduction" (2014, PG), directed by Ethan Hawke, will be shown Wednesday, March 18, at 7 p.m. at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. Since giving up his career as a concert pianist at age 50, Seymour Bernstein has dedicated his life to teaching his students about music and happiness. Online reservations are required.
 

Bring your family to make tiles and then decorate them with natural materials including seeds, rocks, shells leaves or flowers Thursday, March 19, at 4 p.m. at Hill Avenue Branch Library. 

You don't have to be a member of the Pasadena Senior Center to see "The Interview" (2014, R) starring James Franco and Seth Rogan Friday, March 20, at 1 p.m. on the big screen in the Scott Pavilion at the Pasadena Senior Center. When the host and producer of a celebrity tabloid show land an interview with the dictator of North Korea, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.

The PCC Concert Band and PCC Chamber Singers, led by guest conductor Frank Ticheli,  will perform Cajun Folk Songs, Earth Song, An American Elegy and several other works Friday, March 20, at 8 p.m. in the Sexson Auditorium (building C on this map).


Photo credits: Pasadena Public Library, Meito Manjo/Seiji Wakayama, World Arts West, Refiners Fire, This is Classical Guitar, Schoenberg Guitars, Claude Bourbon, Film Festivals and Indie Films, How We Montessori, IMDB, Pasadena City College.

Pretty Is As Pretty Does

 

Mommy said this to my sister and me when we were growing up more times than I can count: 

"Pretty is as pretty does."

In other words, you can look pretty and get all gussied up but it is your actions and behavior that really matter. She definitely led by example.

Actions speak louder than looks in a number of ways. 

 
One day Margaret Finnegan wrote a blog post about turning 50 and vowed to do 50 good deeds between Feb. 1 and March 1. 

I was so inspired by her words that I decided to challenge myself. Fifty seemed like too big a leap, but I figured doing 28 good deeds in February was doable.

Throughout my life I have volunteered my time, donated money and offered my professional skills to help improve our world in my own small way. 

From working for free for six weeks one summer in a clinic on the Navajo reservation as a teenager to serving as a mentor to high school students as an adult, I have always been actively involved.

Last month was the true test: Could I really do a completely different good deed for every day in February? This became a happy discipline that made me think outside myself and open my eyes wider to the surroundings wherever I was. 

Every person for whom I did a one-on-one good deed was genuinely grateful. 

On days when a good deed opportunity didn't present itself, I made online donations to nonprofit organizations.

Here are the 28 good deeds, which I list not to seek approval or compliments but simply to inspire others:

1. Tucked a folded $5 bill behind a can of soup at Vons.

2. Provided pro bono review of marketing materials for a big event scheduled in a couple of months.

3. Waved another driver into a parking spot I was going to take right in front of Whole Foods Market in Hastings Ranch.

4. Gave five quarters to a woman for an hour's time at her parking meter next to City Hall after I saw her digging deep into her handbag and coming up empty.

5. Dropped a $20 bill in the donation box at the Pasadena Museum of History.

6. Made an online donation to the American Cancer Society in memory of my Uncle Hugh who recently passed away.

7. Agreed to do a pro bono writing project for a local institution.

8. Made an online donation to Villa Esperanza Services in the amount of the ticket price for their Feb. 28 A Day at the Races event because I couldn't attend (I serve on the board).

9. Sent Valentine's Day cards -- the snail mail kind -- to several supporters of Villa Esperanza Services.

10. Provided words of wisdom and encouragement to a friend's friend who is having trouble dealing with the new reality of an ostomy bag.

11. Gave pro bono communications counsel to a nonprofit executive director who reached out to me.

12. Agreed to speak to fourth and fifth graders at Aveson Charter School in the near future about Pasadena history and community issues.

13. Donated a few dress-for-success items I don't need anymore to the Acts Thrift Store because my used items are someone else's essentials.

14. Wrote a note to a person in our community whom I admire, thanking her for her ongoing leadership.

15. Donated a Cup of Joe for a member of the U.S. military.

16. Agreed to be a panelist for a March 5 League of Women Voters event about transparency in government.

17. Gave double the ordinary tip to my mow-and-blow guy who always goes above and beyond by hauling my waste bins up my very long driveway to the curb every other week.

18. Made a donation to Mothers' Club Family Learning Center in honor of my daughter Becky. (I served on that board and was president of the board for two years.)

19. Made a donation to Villa Esperanza Services in honor of my daughter Jessica.

20. Tucked a $1 bill inside each of five books I chose randomly on shelves throughout Pasadena Central Library.

21. Brought a plant and a DVD of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" to a neighbor who has been having a hard time lately and deserves a good laugh. 

22. Gave $5 to Girl Scouts selling cookies outside Vons. I didn't need the cookies.

23.  Gave my Peet's Coffee prepaid card with about $4 remaining on it to the woman behind me in line at the Hastings Ranch location.

24. Filled in at the City Hall information booth for regular volunteer Duane Allen who was out of town.

Around the middle of February, a bronchial infection got the better of me and forced me to bed for a few days. My friend Merrilee Fellows said I had inspired her with my good deeds and volunteered to be my proxy while I was down for the count.

     * 25. Merrilee picked up some glass and trash on a trail at the Oak Grove area of Hahamongna Watershed Park. 

     * 26. She made 8x10 prints of some photos she took of a charro and his family at the Loma Alta Park equestrian arena in Altadena and gave them to the family. 

      * 27. She participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count, which originally she felt too busy to do but did it anyway in honor of yours truly and another friend.

      * 28. She took photos of runners in the Rose Bowl Half Marathon and posted some on Facebook for the rest of the world to see.

I heart Merrilee!

In thinking back to the number of times friends, family members, colleagues and others have done good deeds for me over the years, these 28 good deeds in February seem like a pittance.

But this wasn't about repayment. This was an organic ripple effect that started with Margaret Finnegan and continues with a few people who recently have told me I inspired them. They will inspire others.

                          What good deed can you do today?

I'm not suggesting that anybody must do a good deed every single day; that was a personal challenge on my part. 

But if you're not doing some sort of volunteer work by way of mentoring, serving on a commission or community board, helping your neighbors or whatever, why not?!

No matter who you are or where you are, you can make a difference. 

Looking for Something to Do? Free Events March 7 to 13

Here are free events scheduled Saturday, March 7, to Friday, March 13.

All events are free, so take a look -- and don't you dare say there's nothing to do in Pasadena! 

 

The Arroyo Seco Foundation's Stream Team will host a beginners' workshop on propogation of native plants Saturday, March 7, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. just past the parking lot of the former ranger station at Hahamongna Watershed Park. RSVPs are requested.

Bring the family for a guided walk through the Eaton Canyon Natural Area Saturday, March 7, from 9 to 11 a.m. 

March is One City, One Story month -- our community reading celebration! Have you read this year's selection The Book of Unknown Americans yet?  

• A community book discussion is scheduled Saturday, March 7, at 10:30 a.m. at La Pintoresca Branch Library. 
• Salvador Fernandez, professor of Spanish and Latino/a Studies at Occidental College, will present a discussion about immigrant art, culture and literature Saturday, March 7, at 10:30 a.m. at San Rafael Branch Library.
• "A Better Life" (2011, PG-13) starring Demian Bichir and Jose Julian will be shown Wednesday, March 11, at 1 p.m. on the big screen in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium at Central Library. A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give him the opportunities he never had.
• Cristina Henriquez, author of this year's One City, One Story novel The Book of Unknown Americans, will join Library Director Jan Sanders Thursday, March 12, at 7 p.m. in The Forum at All Saints Church for a discussion about her experiences writing the book.  

• See a full list of One City, One Story events here.

Admission to the USC Pacific Asia Museum is free the second Sunday of every month. On Sunday, March 8, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. enjoy the current exhibition A New Way Forward: Japanese Hanga of the 20h Century as well as everything else the museum has to offer.

Random Acts of Music, featuring Pasadena Symphony musicians in unlikely places, will be at Boston Court Performing Arts Center Sunday, March 8, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

The Caltech-Occidental Symphony Orchestra will perform their winter concert Sunday, March 8, at 3:30 p.m. in Ramo Auditorium (south of Beckman Auditorium) with works including David Asher Brown's Voyager, Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major and Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World).

Be sure to vote Tuesday, March 10! 

Soprano Christina Lindhardt, accompanied by guitarist Shea Welsh, will perform Wednesday, March 11, from 12:10 to 12:40 p.m. for the popular Music at Noon recital series.

Children ages 5 to 12 are invited to make St. Patrick's Day hats Wednesday, March 11, at 3 p.m. at Villa-Parke Branch Library. 

Teens will learn to code Wednesday, March 11, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Sun Room at Central Library. 

The Reel Folk Band will perform toe-tapping Celtic music for all ages Thursday, March 12, at 3:30 p.m. at Santa Catalina Branch Library. 

Children ages 5 to 12 are invited to read books to gentle, well-trained dogs at Barks and Books Thursday, March 12, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Children's Room at Central Library.

Children and their families are invited to Dr. Seuss's magical birthday party Thursday, March 12, from 4 to 5 p.m. at Hastings Branch Library featuring an interactive musical performance by The Music Boat, stories, crafts and treats.

You don't have to be a member of the Pasadena Senior Center to see "Gone Girl" (2014, R) starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike Friday, March 13, at 1 p.m. on the big screen in the Scott Pavilion. After his wife's disappearance becomes the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected he may not be innocent.

The March load of garden-ready mulch from Pasadena Public Works Department street tree trimmings is now available at the southeast corner of the parking lot at Victory Park. Bring your own shovel, container and gloves any day between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. The mulch supply is replenished once a month from February to October and is available to Pasadena residents only.

 

Enjoy an evening of art, music, dance and more when ArtNight Pasadena returns Friday, March 13, from 6 to 10 p.m. and 17 of Pasadena's most prominent arts and cultural institutions open their doors for free! Hop on/hop off shuttles will take you door to door or you can drive (parking may be difficult), ride your bike or amble at your own speed. 

Here's the lineup:

* The Making of Personal Theory at the Armory Center for the Arts will examine mysticism in the works of three artists as the Chase Jackson Quintet performs acoustic jazz. The Heirloom LA food truck will be there.

* In the Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design's hillside campus, With Hidden Noise explores sound in a way you may never have heard before.

* Teens will show off their creativity through live performances, digital stories and visual arts at artWORKS Teen Center and rapper Jakhar Reese will perform with students.

* Experience Altered States, an illusionary outdoor adventure through the eyes of visual and performance artists, and a whimsical, two-story art-car installation at Day One presented by Light Bringer Project. The Slammin' Sliders food truck will be there.

* Have a snack and enjoy rock classics performed by the SUBS at City Hall, a hub for free shuttle service.

* View American art and the legacies of Jackie and Mack Robinson at Jackie Robinson Center.

* At Kidspace Children's Museum, explore the art, history and culture of puppetry and enjoy live music performed by Patty Shukla. The Kona Ice food truck will be there.

* Enjoy live music performed by singer/songwriter Chris Pierce as well as contemporary dance at Lineage Performing Arts Center.

* In the plaza in front of the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, MUSE/IQUE will perform classical, Latin and pop fusion. 

* A series of collage works on paper by artist Robert Kushner will be on exhibit at Offramp Gallery along with everything else the gallery has to offer.

* At the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, enjoy classical, folk and interactive performances, including the Zhena Folk Chorus singing village songs of Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, Romania and Ukraine. The Pie 'n Burger food truck will be there.

*See Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage, JIM MORPHESIS: Wounds of Existence and Lars Jan: HOLOSCENES/Quaternary Suite, then walk through Kenny Scharf's whimsical Kosmic Krylon Garage at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.

* I'll be holding court at my Mystery History exhibition in the Willis Stork Gallery at the Pasadena Museum of History. Dan McLaughlin's exhibition Pasadena Pursuit is in the museum's Ralph M. Parsons Gallery and Who Can Sleep will perform original songs and improvised soundscapes. The Crepe'n Around food truck will be there.

* No Boundaries 10 showcases the talents of PUSD students with more than 400 artworks at The Shops on Lake Avenue. The Staff Lounge jazz ensemble will perform and students will perform as well.

* Shumei Arts Council presents dynamic, traditional Japanese drumming performances by Makoto Taiko and Japanese painting panels by Robert Crowder. The Gypsy Eats food truck will be there.

* A hands-on soft sculpture park, wild vehicles made by elementary school students and more will be at the new location of Side Street Projects. You'll also create new lyrics to familiar tunes and enjoy a lively singalong with the Los Angeles Children's Chorus. The Rodney's Ribs food truck will be there.

* At USC Pacific Asia Museum, the exhibition A New Way Forward: Japanese Hanga of the 20th Century will be on display and Culture Shock will perform and provide hip hop dance instruction. The Indiana Jones Chow Truck, Kogi food truck and Paradise Cookies food truck will be there.

Photo credits: California Native Plant Society, Eaton Canyon Nature Center Associates, Pasadena Public Library, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Amaimages, Caltech, Christina Lindhardt, Little Rock Family, Celtic Music Specialists, Ironhack, 613 Avenue Create, Indiewire, Garden Splendor, Is It Any Good?

Mystery History -- Solved! Special Edition #2

There were a handful of correct guesses out of the 30 or so placed in the suggestion box at the Pasadena Museum of History, so I turned the correct ones over on a table and invited Laura Verlaque to choose one.

Jennifer Carey is the winner! 

In this January 1905 photo, Pasadena Police Chief W. Wray Freeman (1866-1954) sits next to $40,000 worth of recovered jewelry ($950,000 with today's inflation) that had been stolen from Mr. and Mrs. William S. Edey of New York City. 

I love all the detail in the photo. I assume from the tablecloth that the photo was shot during a photo opportunity for media.

Freeman was an officer with the Pasadena Police Department before being appointed chief of police in 1901.

The jewelry had been stolen from the Edeys' winter lodgings at the spanking new Hotel Maryland, where they resided for four months. The property, including the hotel and vast grounds, spanned from Colorado Street to Walnut Street between Euclid and Los Robles (Union Street didn't dissect the area until years later).

The jewel heist was a case that rocked Pasadena from pillar to dome and made headlines across the nation.

Mr. Edey was a wealthy, retired investment broker with the New York Stock Exchange and his wife was a popular socialite.

Every morning Nellie Hadley Edey took her jewelry boxes to the hotel manager, Daniel M. Linnard, for safekeeping in his private vault and took them back every evening before she dressed for dinner.

On Friday, Jan. 20, 1905, in her haste to prepare for an early morning horseback ride, Mrs. Edey placed the jewelry boxes in her trunk instead of taking them to Linnard. Her husband had already set out to play golf at the Los Angeles Country Club.

By the time they returned to their rooms, the jewels were gone.

Various pieces, including rings, brooches, necklaces and bracelets, were set with diamonds, pearls, rubies, sapphires and other gems. 

Because there had been three other recent thefts of valuables, Linnard and the hotel detective suspected the head bellboy, F.A. Gaston, because he had a master key. When Mrs. Edey's jewels went missing, they searched Gaston and discovered a gold fountain pen in the lining of his vest that had been stolen from another guest's room days before. 

But Gaston clammed up, and Mrs. Edey's jewelry was nowhere to be found.

The Pasadena Police Department joined forces with the Pinkerton Detective Agency, and pawn shops were notified by telegram to be on the lookout for the stolen jewels.

The case was cracked when one of the other bellboys in the scheme was put in a "sweat box" (those were the days!) and finally sang like a canary.

He told police Gaston had enlisted his help along with one other bellboy and that a buttonhook had been used to pick the lock on Mrs. Edey's trunk.

Then he led police to the Hotel Raymond, where the jewels had been buried under a pepper tree.   

It was soon discovered Gaston had a number of aliases he had used in employment as a bellboy to steal expensive belongings in hotels from San Francisco to San Diego.

He was sent up the river where there are no master keys.

Here are images of the three bellboys in the Jan. 24, 1905, edition of the Los Angeles Times. Gaston, AKA James Doyle and other aliases, is at the lower right):

As for the Hotel Maryland, it burned to the ground the evening of April 18, 1914. Myron Hunt began drawing plans right away and the new Hotel Maryland opened on Thanksgiving Day, 1914. In 1934, after the Great Depression caused tourism to decline dramatically, it was demolished. Eventually The Broadway department store stood in its place.

To my knowledge, all that is left is a 1929 annex that was converted to apartments many years ago at the northeast corner of Euclid Avenue and Union Street, a ghost wall just north of All Saints Church  and a fountain that was surrounded in 1990 by decorative tiles for a public art wall installation designed by artist Joyce Kozloff at Plaza Las Fuentes behind All Saints Church. 

Just one photo remains in this Special Edition series of Mystery History photos. Be sure to stop by my Mystery History exhibition and take your best shot at photo #3. You may win a fabulous prize!

Many thanks to the Pasadena Museum of History (D5-P9), Nahemaka, Night Owl Cafe, Los Angeles Times, Sterver and Sterver, Cafe Pasadena and City of Pasadena.