Lanterman House Opens for an Afternoon of Mini-Tours, Music, Picnicking and Games

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American flags abound on the grounds of the Lanterman House in La Canada Flintridge as part of its annual summer picnic.

By Ruth SOWBY

On Sunday, May 26, the best of La Canada’s Lanterman House was trotted out in all of its glory. That included freshened-up picnic grounds, tours of its sparkling interior and a booth overflowing with vintage and second-hand wares from the Bargain Box manned by volunteers of Assistance League of Flintridge.

At the Lanterman House, Assistance League of Flintridge volunteer Mary Knorr helps organize the booth of vintage collectables and second-hand wares from the League’s Bargain Box. Photos by Ruth SOWBY

New docent Nancy Crawford, or as she put it “excited newbie,” said, “There is a dynamic partnership between the Lanterman Historic House Foundation and the City of La Cañada Flintridge. This summer picnic has been going on for about 20 years.”   

Docents Diane Hong, left, and Nancy Crawford welcome visitors to a summer picnic at the Lanterman House, part of the Fiesta Days festivities.

Dressing up in period costumes, Long Beach residents Mary Lisa and Bruce Bolton show up every year to picnic, pouring their favorite champagne. They are members of the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles and support historic preservation events. By the afternoon’s end, about 300 community residents had shown up to take part in the day’s activities.  

Long Beach residents Mary Lisa Bolton, in an Edwardian dress she found on eBay, and husband Bruce Bolton, in 1920s attire, picnic each year at the Lanterman House in La Cañada Flintridge, this year on Sunday, May 26.

Located at 4420 Encinas Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, the Lanterman House is a bungalow-style historic house museum on the National Register of Historic Places.    

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