Category: archive

Old Town

Posted by – April 28, 2011

Brian found these old postcards of the Pasadena area.
For anyone that knows the area, it has changed a great deal since these photographs were taken:


Aeroplane view of Sierra Madre looking northeast with Kersting Court in center of view, circa 1914


Sierra Madre’s “Pioneer Days” parade passing through Kersting Court, 1948


Red Car and P.E. Station in Kersting Court with Hotel Shirley in background, 1909


Members of Sierra Madre’s first tennis club. View is north near Lima Avenue with Pinney House in background, 1889


View north on Baldwin from Central Avenue at the turn of the century


View southwest on Kersting Court, circa 1930


Outing party near top of Mountain Trail Avenue prior to heading up Wilson’s Trail, circa 1886


View north on Baldwin Avenue with original Ascension Church at right and “Carter Hia” in center, 1887


View west on Central Avenue (present Sierra Madre Boulevard) with public library on left, circa 1890


Sierra Madre Cigar Factory and Town Hall. View northeast from Baldwin and Central, circa 1895


Vista from Carter property showing western Sierra Madre and Pasadena, 1911


” Carterhia ” Residence of N.C. Carter Sierra Madre, Cal.

All images courtesy of the Sierra Madre Historical Society, 1988

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Grandparents

Posted by – April 25, 2011

the best photos

with the best stories

family = everything

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Best of 2010

Posted by – February 13, 2011

Finally.

Did you see my Best of 2009 last year? http://melissabergen.com/blog/2010/01/01/best-of-2009/

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Whooo?

Posted by – January 21, 2011

Brian is THE BEST at finding things

120 sticky “party badges” at the thrift store for 29¢

These were made in 1967; we’ll be using them as name tags at our wedding.

How awesome are these?

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homemade christmas tape

Posted by – December 17, 2010

the best gifts
handmade and from the heart

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Antiques

Posted by – June 7, 2010

Let’s take a trip back to the 90s.

Photos from my grandparents’ house.

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How To Be A Microwave

Posted by – May 18, 2010

circa 2008

This still makes me smile

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Mother

Posted by – May 9, 2010

Thank you for everything.

Love always,

Melissa Annabelle

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Joshua Tree

Posted by – March 19, 2010

days like this

my family visited me

during a heat wave

my mom and i cooked pies in the kitchen

for a day

we drove out to joshua tree

and climbed the rocks

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Posted by – March 17, 2010

a day of creepy man-children shaking pigs out of giant clovers

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