Pasadena PIO: Mystery History

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Where are we? And what's happening?

The first person to guess correctly will win a fabulous prize!

I'll have the full scoop on Thursday.

paul (the talker guy) said...: Owen Brown's funeral in 1889. He's the passenger...; August 31, 2010 at 4:49 PM
Margaret said...: Colorado Blvd in Old Town. People moving and shaking?; August 31, 2010 at 4:58 PM
Unknown said...: Opening of the school house on Colorado; August 31, 2010 at 6:57 PM
John David Heinsen said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; August 31, 2010 at 7:34 PM
Frank Clark said...: Colorado and Fair Oaks. It was a hardware store and All Saints Episcopal Church met up stairs when it was forming at one time.; August 31, 2010 at 10:00 PM
Petrea Burchard said...: The location is Central School, which was built in 1878 at the corner of Colorado and Fair Oaks. I'm not sure of the event, though. Though Paul is correct about the year, the funeral of Owen Brown was said to be held at a church (though I'm not sure which one) and 2000 people attended. This looks like a smaller crowd.

Can't find a citation for this link:
http://tchester.org/sgm/msc/brown_funeral_notice.html; September 1, 2010 at 8:36 AM
Petrea Burchard said...: There are two men on a podium before the crowd. It looks like one of them holds something--a paper, maybe? Is someone giving a speech?; September 1, 2010 at 8:37 AM
Jean Spitzer said...: Don't know what's going on, but it's fascinating to see this old photo of Pasadena.; September 1, 2010 at 1:08 PM
Bellis said...: Looks like the school house.; September 1, 2010 at 2:25 PM