For more historical fun with the Rosson House Museum check out the following pages & other special websites including Historic House Museums by clicking on the images or the “Click Here!” links below:

Historical Cooking Adventures!

Calling all aspiring chefs including kids! Want to have some historical edible fun? Click Here! for recipes from long ago that you and an adult helper can try first hand in your own kitchen.

• Candy History Fun! Ever wonder when your favorite candy was made? Want to try your hand at candy making with a recipe from the early 1900s in your very own kitchen? Like to view a 1908 Montgomery Ward & Co.catalogue page listing candy prices of long ago including chewing gum and more? Click Here! to get the scoop on sweet history!

Mmmmm.... Food! Where & when did hotdogs, pizza, various cakes, beverages and other food items come about? Click Here! to check out Linda Stradley’s wonderful & fascinating What’s Cooking America website’s history pages. This site is also a super source for tasty recipes, culinary hints and more for today’s experienced & aspiring chefs.

1909 Phoenix School Fashion Bookmarks

If you were a youngster back in 1909 Phoenix what would your school clothes look like? Just click on the Victorian Girl on the left to download your very own bookmarks (2 per sheet) in a .pdf file (approx. 115KB file)*. Use colored pencils to make the boy’s and girl’s outfits look extra special. The illustrations are from a Phoenix store advertisement in a 1909 issue of The Arizona Gazette.

Want to know how people celebrated in Phoenix many decades ago? Click Here! to go to our Newspapers & Celebrations page.

*To download .pdf files you will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®. If you do not have Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® on your computer- Click Here! to get a free copy of this software from the maker’s website.

American Cultural History 1900s-1990s.

Are you looking for a website that is a “one stop shopping” place for information and links about the Decades of the American Twentieth Century? Perhaps you want to put together a fun keepsake for Grandma who was born in the 1920s? Maybe you are trying to learn more about the time your parents grew up - what is all the fuss about the 1970s anyway? Got a school report due about the 1950s? Or just like having some fun reading about American culture? If yes, this is the web site! The wonderful Reference Librarians at Kingswood College in Texas have teemed up to bring you nifty snapshots of each decade from the 1900s - 1990s. Each decade page has interesting facts, photos and links on subjects such as Art & Architecture, Fads & Fashion, Books & Literature, Personalities, Theater & Film, Historical Events & Technology and more. Click Here! to go to their Decades main page. 

1893 Chicago World’s Fair History

For an interesting look at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 Click Here! to visit Julie K. Rose’s wonderful online site titled World’s Fair Exposition; Idea, Experience, Aftermath. The American Studies at the University of Virginia hosted site gives a virtual tour, images and resources of this immensely popular social and cultural event that took place 113 years ago.

Early Electric Christmas Lights...

With Christmas just around the corner, this next website is a must see! Did you know the first electrically lit Christmas tree was in 1882? This happy and humble tree was lit with 80 twinkling red, white and blue lights. To see an actual photo of it and to learn more about this illuminating holiday tradition and early electrical light history Click Here! to visit George Nelson’s fabulous Antique Christmas Light Site. A special “Thank you” to George Nelson and the late Billl Nelson for allowing us the opportunity to share this historical illustration & list their site for our visitors to enjoy.

The Phoenix Trolley Museum • Light Rail in the 1880s? Why yes, the idea for this type of public transit in Phoenix is not new. First powered by horse and then with electricity, the first trolley car rode on a 2 1/2 mile long track built along Washington Street in 1887. To learn more Click Here! to visit The Phoenix Trolley Museum website. This “travel through time” museum including its vintage 1920s Phoenix Trolley is located at 1218 N Central Avenue next to Hance Park and is open for group tours on a limited basis by appointment. Please call 602.254.0307 for further information.

Click Here! to go to the Maricopa Partnership for Arts and Culture website - a “one stop shopping” resource for art galleries, theaters and museums across the Valley to visit and more.

Have a web site that you would like to share and have listed? We would enjoy hearing about it or any suggestions you may have concerning this site, our museum or educational programs.     Click Here! to send us an email