Lincoln at the Library!
With Lincoln’s birthday coming up—an important day for the nation and for the Pasadena Public Library, which dedicated the Central Library on February 12, 1927—our patrons might be interested in […]
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Books, not booze! How the anti-saloon movement helped establish the first branch library in North Pasadena
Much of the area generally known as North Pasadena was once considered valueless by H.G. Monk, a New York real estate developer who originally owned this piece of property, because […]
From a corner of a room to the Peter Pan Room: A brief history of the children’s room at the Pasadena Public Library
Originally produced October 5, 2017; research and writeup by Young Phong Walk into any public library today and you are sure to find a children’s room or area. We take for […]