The Pasadena Public Library Photo Collection contains images that document and reflect Pasadena's rich history. The collection encompasses dates from the 1880s to the 1990s with the majority of the photos documenting Pasadena prior to 1925. It covers a broad subject area that includes private and public buildings, businesses, library history, city government, people, organizations, transportation, urban development, and all aspects of life in Pasadena through the years.

Pasadena City College's collection includes a wide variety of materials all relating to the history, campus and community which supports its mission.

PMH maintains the area’s largest and most comprehensive collection of documents and artifacts related to the history of Pasadena and the west San Gabriel valley. The ever-expanding collection spans the years 1834 to the present and contains historic photographs, rare books, manuscripts, maps, architectural records, and more. Significant collections include: the Fenyes-Curtin-Paloheimo Collections, the Pasadena Star-News Photo Collection, the Tournament of Roses Collection, the Pasadena Black History Collection, the J. Allen Hawkins Photo Collection, the Flag Photo Collection, the Sylvanus Marston Architectural Collection, the Giddings-Hollingsworth Family Collection, and the Helen Lukens Gaut Photo Collection. The Museum’s collections also contain significant paintings, artifacts, and costumes and textiles relevant to the history of the area.

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Here one will find images of Pasadena from the Harold A. Parker Studio The images provide a look at the commercial, residential and social development of the city and surrounding areas during the early years of the twentieth century. The collection is especially rich in images of residential architecture in Pasadena, Altadena, and San Marino; images of Lake Tahoe; depictions of, and activities at, the Raymond, Maryland, and Huntington Hotels in Pasadena; and the commercial, social and cultural landscapes of Pasadena. The collection also provides, through its breadth and depth of subject matter, an example of the career activities of a commercial photographer in Southern California in the early years of the twentieth century.

In addition to the Parker materials, the collection contains stereoviews from photogapher Carleton Watkins (1829-1916).   The bulk of the images are dated between 1870 and the late 1880s and depict very early Pasadena.   Watkins is considered to be one of the most famous early western photographers. He found international fame for his award winning photographs of Yosemite, San Francisco, the Pacific coast and subjects throughout the western states. 

Finally, a photograph album containing 28 stunning black and white photographs of the Royal Laundry and Dry Cleaning follow the step-by-step process of the laundry and dry cleaning service offered by this Pasadena establishment in the 1930's.