Pasadena, the crown of the valley, ca. 1893.

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Pasadena, the crown of the valley, ca. 1893.

Handwritten history of Pasadena. Note on first page suggests paper was published in 1893.

11 p. ; 31 x 21 cm. or smaller.

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Carr, Jeanne C. Smith

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Jeanne Caroline Smith Carr was born in Vermont and married Ezra Slocum Carr, a physician and professor, who taught at the University of Wisconsin before they moved to California in 1869. Ezra became a professor at the University of California, and in 1875 when he was elected state superintendent of public instruction, his wife was made assistant superintendent. The Carrs settled in Pasadena in 1880, where Jeanne's long interest in botany inspired the development of their home, "Carmelita," a gar...