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Book Pasadena Before the Roses

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  • Author : Yvette J. Saavedra
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 2018-10-09
  • ISBN : 0816539103
  • Pages : 281 pages

Download or read book Pasadena Before the Roses written by Yvette J. Saavedra and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporated in 1886 by midwestern settlers known as the Indiana Colony, the City of Pasadena has grown into a world-famous tourist destination recognized for the beauty of its Tournament of Roses Parade, the excitement of the annual Rose Bowl, and the charm of the Old Town District. But what existed before the roses? Before it was Pasadena, this land was Hahamog’na, the ancestral lands of the Tongva people. Later, it comprised the heart of the San Gabriel Mission lands, and in the Mexican period, it became Rancho San Pascual. The 1771 Spanish conquest of this land set in motion several colonial processes that would continue into the twentieth century and beyond. In Pasadena Before the Roses, historian Yvette J. Saavedra examines a period of 120 years to illustrate the interconnectedness of power, ideas of land use, and the negotiation of identity within multiple colonial moments. By centering the San Gabriel Mission lands as the region’s economic, social, and cultural foundation, she shows how Indigenous, Spanish, Mexican, and American groups each have redefined the meanings of land use to build their homes and their lives. These visions have resulted in competing colonialisms that framed the racial, ethnic, gender, and class hierarchies of their respective societies.

Book More Than a Parade

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  • Author : Michael K. Riffey
  • Publisher : Stephens PressLlc
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9781932173444
  • Pages : 254 pages

Download or read book More Than a Parade written by Michael K. Riffey and published by Stephens PressLlc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Than a Parade is a behind-the-scenes look at Pasadena's famed Tournament of Roses, told by longtime Tournament Volunteer and 2004 president Michael K. Riffey. Riffey shares stories of the hard work, drama and fun that go in to making the Pasadena Tournament of Roses one of the "gotta see" events on the nation's TV schedule. Preparation for next year's parade begins soon after the last street sweeper finishes cleaning up. Months of travel, auditions, design decisions, and logistical setbacks all come together for one day of glorious pageantry. Riffey introduces you to float designers and builders, parade queens, equestrian units, band members, and an army of sometimes contentious volunteers. He also answers some of the most frequently asked questions about the parade-and the Rose Bowl football game.

Book Early Pasadena

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  • Author : Cedar Imboden Phillips
  • Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
  • Release : 2008-07
  • ISBN : 9781531637545
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book Early Pasadena written by Cedar Imboden Phillips and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name Pasadena evokes images of a sunny paradise filled with the wafting scent of orange blossoms and roses. The world looks to Pasadena every January 1, when the world-famous Tournament of Roses carries on a century-long tradition and the Rose Bowl game reigns as college football's "granddaddy of them all." Many of the city's other cultural and architectural icons also trace their roots to Pasadena's early days. From citrus groves to resort hotels, a bicycle highway and a commuter blimp, presidential visits, and summer snowstorms, the rich and varied history of early Pasadena can be seen in this volume's many unique photographs. Many of these images, taken from the archives at the Pasadena Museum of History, have never before been published. They reflect the colorful origins of a city that remains to this day a popular tourist destination, California cultural center, and a beloved home to thousands.

Book Tournament of Roses  Pasadena  California

Download or read book Tournament of Roses Pasadena California written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pasadena

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  • Author : Sherri L. Smith
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 1101996250
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book Pasadena written by Sherri L. Smith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jude's best friend is found dead in a California swimming pool, her family calls it an accident, her friends call it suicide, but Jude calls it murder, and the suspects are family and friends.

Book The Rose Bowl

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  • Author : Michelle L. Turner
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2010-09-13
  • ISBN : 1439640173
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book The Rose Bowl written by Michelle L. Turner and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rose Bowl is best known for playing host to the "granddaddy of them all"--the much anticipated major college football game held every January 1. It has further secured its place in sports history by playing host to Super Bowls, BCS football championships, Olympic games, and World Cup finals. For the residents of Pasadena, the Rose Bowl is also an important community center. In addition to football games (and Caltech pranks), many Pasadenans remember graduating at the bowl. Over the years, the Rose Bowl has held numerous concerts, peace rallies, festivals, flea markets, and Fourth of July celebrations. And the structure itself, designed by architect Myron Hunt, is seen by many as a proud testament to Pasadena's commitment to architectural innovation. The photographs in this book, many from the archives of the Pasadena Museum of History, highlight the Rose Bowl's memorable sports moments as well as the stadium's unique role in Pasadena's cultural life.

Book An Unofficial Guide to the City of Roses  Pasadena CA

Download or read book An Unofficial Guide to the City of Roses Pasadena CA written by Rakelle Hammoudian and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book At Home Pasadena

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  • Author : Jill Alison Ganon
  • Publisher : Prospect Park Publishing
  • Release : 2008-11
  • ISBN : 0975393936
  • Pages : 97 pages

Download or read book At Home Pasadena written by Jill Alison Ganon and published by Prospect Park Publishing. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly photographed book showcasing the most beautiful, creative, and/or interesting homes and gardens in a city famous for them.

Book A Rose Queen is Forever

Download or read book A Rose Queen is Forever written by Margaret Huntley Main and published by . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Latinos in Pasadena

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  • Author : Roberta H. Martínez
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 9780738569550
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Latinos in Pasadena written by Roberta H. Martínez and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Histories of Pasadena are rich in details about important citizens, time-honored traditions, and storied enclaves such as Millionaires Row and Lamanda Park. But the legacies of Mexican Americans and other Latino men and women who often worked for Pasadena's rich and famous have been sparsely preserved through the generations--even though these citizens often made remarkable community contributions and lived in close proximity to their employers. A fuller story of the Pasadena area can be provided from these vintage images and the accompanying information culled from anecdotes, master's theses, newspaper articles, formal and informal oral histories, and the Ethnic History Research Project compiled for the City of Pasadena in 1995. Among the stories told is that of Antonio F. Coronel, a one-time Mexican Army officer who served as California state treasurer from 1866 to 1870 and whose image graced the 1904 Tournament of Roses program.

Book Rose Petals from the Tournament of Roses  Pasadena  California

Download or read book Rose Petals from the Tournament of Roses Pasadena California written by Tournament of Roses Association and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Land Uprising

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  • Author : Simón Ventura Trujillo
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 2020-03-31
  • ISBN : 0816540187
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book Land Uprising written by Simón Ventura Trujillo and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land Uprising reframes Indigenous land reclamation as a horizon to decolonize the settler colonial conditions of literary, intellectual, and activist labor. Simón Ventura Trujillo argues that land provides grounding for rethinking the connection between Native storytelling practices and Latinx racialization across overlapping colonial and nation-state forms. Trujillo situates his inquiry in the cultural production of La Alianza Federal de Mercedes, a formative yet understudied organization of the Chicanx movement of the 1960s and 1970s. La Alianza sought to recover Mexican and Spanish land grants in New Mexico that had been dispossessed after the Mexican-American War. During graduate school, Trujillo realized that his grandparents were activists in La Alianza. Written in response to this discovery, Land Uprising bridges La Alianza’s insurgency and New Mexican land grant struggles to the writings of Leslie Marmon Silko, Ana Castillo, Simon Ortiz, and the Zapatista Uprising in Chiapas, Mexico. In doing so, the book reveals uncanny connections between Chicanx, Latinx, Latin American, and Native American and Indigenous studies to grapple with Native land reclamation as the future horizon for Chicanx and Latinx indigeneities.

Book Pasadena Tournament of Roses

Download or read book Pasadena Tournament of Roses written by Michael E. Ward and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Old Los Angeles and Pasadena in Vintage Postcards

Download or read book Old Los Angeles and Pasadena in Vintage Postcards written by C. Milton Hinshilwood and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the history and geography of Los Angeles and Pasadena between 1900 and 1950, the collection of over 200 vintage postcards compiled in this new volume offers a unique glimpse into turn-of-the-century southern California. As communication by postcards became popular in the late 19th century, those who received them were offered a rare view of the "right here, right now" aspect that only postcard photography could offer. From the earliest images of the Angels' Flight in Los Angeles, to the Tournament of Roses parades gliding down Colorado Street, the authors celebrate the history of these two beautiful cities through the personal medium of vintage postcards.

Book 100 Old Roses for the American Garden

Download or read book 100 Old Roses for the American Garden written by Clair G. Martin and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a beautifully illustrated field guide to one hundred varieties of Old Roses--hardy, fragrant, versatile roses introduced prior to 1901--including Gallicas, Damasks, Portland, Bourbons, and Albas, and offers detailed descriptions of such essentials as selection, planting and cultivation, pruning, disease control, and more. Original.

Book A Book of the Crown City and Its Tournament of Roses

Download or read book A Book of the Crown City and Its Tournament of Roses written by Alonzo Franklin Chapin and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: