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In 1911, Calbraith Perry Rodgers, piloted America’s first cross-country flight from New York to California. Rodgers, who was deaf, landed the Vin Fiz in Pasadena, California on November 5th. The Armour Company of Chicago paid Rodgers $5.00 a mile as a promotional stunt for their new grape soda "Vin Fiz." The total flying time for the 4,321-mile trip was 82 hours, 2 minutes at an average speed of 52 MPH.
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- 1874 - Pasadena, California founded
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1878 - A Los Angeles paper states that the genuine Smyrna fig commerce has been introduced at Pasadena, Cal.,
where it is almost perpetually in fruit. Last year it fruited from June to January, and this year has already started fruiting and will probably ripen...Read MORE...- 1886 - January 1 - 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena California)
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January 1, 1886 - 1888 - A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Pasadena, Cal, on the morning of the 7th. Brick buildings were shaken, but no damage was done. A shock was also felt at Los Angeles.
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March 10, 1888 - 1895 - Pasadena
Pas'ade'na, a post-hamlet of Los Angeles co., Cal., in San Gabriel Valley, 33 miles from San Gabriel Railroad Station. It has 2 churches. Pop. in 1890...Read MORE... - 1902 - January 1 - 1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (U of Mich-49, Sanford-0)
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January 1, 1902 - 1906
Pasadena, a city and winter-resort of Los Angeles co., Cal in San Gabriel Valley, 10 miles NE. of Los Angeles, on the Southern Pacific, the Southern C...Read MORE... - 1907 - HURLED FROM CARRIAGE.
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PASADENA, May 14. - The Misses Elsie and Christina Peterson came here from Los Angeles shortly after noon to visit Mrs. Chris L...Read MORE... 
Central Park and Hotel Green
Postcard- 1926 - Grandstand Crash Injures 235 Persons. Shenandoah Investigating Board Finds Disaster Unavoidable. Woman Killed In Plunge Off Building Top. Police Prevent Panic as News of Accident Spreads. Frenzied Horse Hurts Two In Wild Scramble.
Improvised Beds Secured for Great Number of Victims
Pasadena, Jan 1.-(AP)-A day of roses and joy ended in tragedy for 235 persons who were precipit...Read MORE... 
Huntington Hotel
"The Langham Huntington, Pasadena is a luxury resort hotel located in Pasadena, California that dates back to the Gilded Age.
The original hotel on the site was built by General Marshall C. Wentworth, a Civil War veteran, and... Read MORE...
Sunken Gardens at Busch's Residence, Pasadena, Cal.
Postcard- 1948 - January 1 - 1st color newsreel filmed (Pasadena, California)
historyorb.com - 1950 - Plane Crashes Into House As Pilot, Wife Die
PASADENA, Calif., April 29. (AP) - A private plane crashed into a 25-room house in the Linda Vista district of Pasadena Friday and exploded killing th...Read MORE... 
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Box 2214, Pasadena, Calif.
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"The Langham Huntington, Pasadena is a luxury resort hotel located in Pasadena, California that dates back to the Gilded Age.
The original hotel on the site was built by General Marshall C. Wentworth, a Civil War veteran, and designed by Charles Frederick Whittlesey in the Spanish Mission Revival-style. It opened in February 1907 as the Hotel Wentworth, but the structure was only partially complete, with the first four stories finished and a temporary roof. The hotel's completion had been delayed due to a shortage of construction crews caused by rebuilding in San Francisco following the 1906 earthquake.[4] Heavy rains that year kept away prospective guests, and the Wentworth closed its doors in July 1907 after its first season.
The Wentworth was purchased by railroad tycoon Henry E. Huntington in 1911 and reopened in 1914 as The Huntington Hotel after a major redesign by the architect Myron Hunt which added the hotel's upper two floors and its iconic central belvedere tower. It remained under Huntington's management until 1918. The hotel eventually comprised over 20 acres. Between 1920 and 1926, 27 bungalow cottages were built on the grounds to accommodate long-term guests.[6] California's first outdoor Olympic-size swimming pool was also added to the hotel in 1926, when the hotel, formerly a winter resort, began operating year-round..."
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Huntington Hotel
"The Langham Huntington, Pasadena is a luxury resort hotel located in Pasadena, California that dates back to the Gilded Age.
The original hotel on the site was built by General Marshall C. Wentworth, a Civil War veteran, and... Read MORE...
Pasadena, California, USA
Sunken Gardens at Busch's Residence, Pasadena, Cal.
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Bubble Boy for Your Bar
Novelty House
Box 2214, Pasadena, Calif.
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1874 - Pasadena, California founded
www.wikipedia.org
1878 - A Los Angeles paper states that the genuine Smyrna fig commerce has been introduced at Pasadena, Cal.,
where it is almost perpetually in fruit. Last year it fruited from June to January, and this year has already started fruiting and will probably... Read MORE...
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1886 - January 1 - 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena California)
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January 1, 1886
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1888 - A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Pasadena, Cal, on the morning of the 7th. Brick buildings were shaken, but no damage was done. A shock was also felt at Los Angeles.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 10, 1888
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1895 - Pasadena
Pas'ade'na, a post-hamlet of Los Angeles co., Cal., in San Gabriel Valley, 33 miles from San Gabriel Railroad Station. It has 2 churches. Pop. in... Read MORE...
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1902 - January 1 - 1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (U of Mich-49, Sanford-0)
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January 1, 1902
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Pasadena, a city and winter-resort of Los Angeles co., Cal in San Gabriel Valley, 10 miles NE. of Los Angeles, on the Southern Pacific, the Southern... Read MORE...
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1907 - HURLED FROM CARRIAGE.
Special State News.
PASADENA, May 14. - The Misses Elsie and Christina Peterson came here from Los Angeles shortly after noon to visit Mrs. Chris... Read MORE...
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1926 - Grandstand Crash Injures 235 Persons. Shenandoah Investigating Board Finds Disaster Unavoidable. Woman Killed In Plunge Off Building Top. Police Prevent Panic as News of Accident Spreads. Frenzied Horse Hurts Two In Wild Scramble.
Improvised Beds Secured for Great Number of Victims
Pasadena, Jan 1.-(AP)-A day of roses and joy ended in tragedy for 235 persons who were... Read MORE...
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1948 - January 1 - 1st color newsreel filmed (Pasadena, California)
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1950 - Plane Crashes Into House As Pilot, Wife Die
PASADENA, Calif., April 29. (AP) - A private plane crashed into a 25-room house in the Linda Vista district of Pasadena Friday and exploded killing... Read MORE...
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