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1932-08-03 LA PALOMA LFLTdtl2

The play depicted a version of the colonial history of the region. It was locally written and produced and many community members participated. (“La PALOMA” brochure, ERVHS)

1932-08-03 LA PALOMA LFLTdtl1

Eagle Rock contributed to the citywide events of the 1932 Olympics with an outdoor play performed below the rock. (“La PALOMA” brochure, ERVHS)

1917-04-12 ROCK EASTER DUP3e

An Easter sunrise service was held at the rock for several years after 1917. Featured in this service were Madam Balfour and Harold Protector. (ERVHS)

1912-04-10 ROCK BRIDGE PCF

This postcard shows the bridge built to further the connection of the San Fernando Valley through Eagle rock to the San Gabriel Valley via State Highway 134. The route ran up what is now Eagle Vista Avenue and crosser the valley about where the freeway crosses now. The Arroyo Seco Bridge completed this connection in 1913. (ERVHS)

1911-12-02 145.30 ROCK COLOR PCFs

The area around the rock and extending to where La Loma Road is now, was developed into a resort destination by Henry Huntington to spur use of the trolley connection. Many beautiful postcards date from this era. (ERVHS)

007 ROCK SAL 1876 1p11

This illustration of “Piedra Gorda” by Austrian Archduke Ludwig Louis Salvator appeared in his travel memoir “Flowers from the Golden Land” which was translated and published by the Auto Club of Southern California.

0145.12 ROCK PK BResm

This rustic bridge crossed the stream in Huntington’s park below the Eagle Rock. Visible on the left above center is the bridge that led from Eagle Rock to Pasadena. This was the easiest crossing of the highly variable stream seen in the foreground. The stream still flows in the open through the MWD land, under the dump road and behind the commercial buildings on the east side of Figueroa St just below the 134 Freeway exit bridge. (ERVHS)

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Picnicking under the sycamores in Huntington’s park. (Stargel collection)

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