Pasadena, California

in the days of Daisy Majesty

I'm so absolutely delighted to be able to write more Daisy books, that I've been trying to find my old Pasadena pictures.  This  is what Pasadena looked like when Daisy was communing with the spirits:

This is the Hotel Raymond (on Raymond Ave. Duh).

Marengo Avenue in the early 1900s. By the time Daisy and her family lived there, it had been paved.  You can see the drippy pepper trees, though.

Marengo Avenue in 1905.

More Marengo pepper trees.

Yet another pic of Marengo. I'd better stop collecting these, huh, since they 'pretty much all look alike :)

Another picture of Marengo in the early years, again before it was paved.

Okay, this is the last picture of Marengo. I promise.

Private residence on Oak Knoll Avenue in the 1920s.

Arroyo Seco area near Brookside Park.

Orange Grove Boulevard in the 1920s.

Another view of Orange Grove Boulevard, called "Millionaire's Row" back then. Mrs. Kincaid lived here, in one of those huge mansions. They're all gone, alas.

South on Raymond Avenue in the 1920s.

The Green Hotel in the early Twentieth Century.

This is South Grand Avenue in the 1920s, not far from Daisy's neighborhood.

Picture of Cawston's Ostrich Farm in South Pasadena. Daisy and Harold smelled it as they drove south toward the speakeasy.

Here's the Hotel Green.

Here's the Colorado Bridge, with some hotel  in the background. I forget which hotel it was.

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Huntington Hotel. This has always been such a fabulous place

This is more the way the Huntington looked in Daisy's day. Sigh. Those days are gone for good.

The Childs' residence.

The Harkness residence

Home in the San Rafael area of Pasadena. It's still pretty darned nice.

Another home in the San Rafael area.

Pasadena Christian Science Church.

Hotel Vista Del Arroyo

Brookside Park in the 1920s.

Foothill Boulevard (now Altadena Drive) about where my aunt's house was. Well, it still is, but my aunt isn't in it. Actually, that house with the flat roof (the BIG house) looks like it might actually BE my aunt's house!

The Stephens estate.

The Busch home.

The Grey estate. The people who lived in these huge homes probably hired Daisy to resurrect their dead relatives from time to time.

The Shakespeare Club House. Some of Daisy's rich patronesses undoubtedly belonged to this club.

The Hotel Raymond.

The First Christian Church in 1921.

One of the red cars that used to service Pasadena and Los Angeles. They ran on trolley tracks, and Daisy rode them every now and then.

The Rose Tree Tea House.