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Zev Yaroslavsky, Frank Andrews, and Equine Response Team

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County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Frank Andrews of Animal Care & Control present a check for $25,000 to Equine Response Team while volunteers Alli Acker (third from right) and Stephanie Abramson beam their thanks.

Yim Moon at Topanga Creek Market

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Yim Moon at Topanga Creek Market. When he took over from "Joe Creek" Gerson in 1986, it became known as Moon's Market.

Yacht Harbor proposed by LAAC

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The Los Angeles Athletic Club proposed building a Yacht Clubhouse and Harbor south of Topanga Beach.

Writer Carolyn See

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Writer Carolyn See wrote many critically acclaimed books. She moved to Topanga in 1963, and speaks of her early days in the Canyon through the voice of Edith Langley in the 1987 novel "Golden Days."

Writer Al Martinez in his home office

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Writer Al Martinez in his home office. He moved to Topanga in 1972, and became a popular columnist for the "Los Angeles Times."

Writer Al Martinez

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Al Martinez (1929-2015) was a novelist, essayist, and Los Angeles Times columnist.

Woody's Shack at the Theatricum Botanicum

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Artist James Mathers stands on the doorstep of Woody's Shack at the Theatricum Botanicum. Folk singer Woody Guthrie lived here in 1952.

Woody Woodward's Skateboarding Hall of Fame T-shirt

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Woody Woodward skates on a T-shirt created by Logan Earth Ski to commemorate his induction into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2013.

Woody Woodward, John Murphy, and Jeff Horseman

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Woody Woodward, John Murphy (J. Murf), and Jeff Horseman in the Topanga Beach parking lot

Woody Woodward rides his new Hobie surfboard

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Woody Woodward rides a wave on his first new surfboard, from Hobie.

Woody Woodward does headstand on Makaha skateboard

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Woody Woodward, aka "Woody the King," does a headstand on a Makaha skateboard.

Woody Guthrie's Shack

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Will Geer and Herta Ware's first Topanga home later became "Woody Shack" when their famous musician friend took it over.

Women sit beside a large rock, holding flowers

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Women, wearing dresses and large hats, hold flowers and sit with men in suits beside a large rock on the bank of Topanga Creek in Lower Topanga.

Woman's Club installations, 1950s

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Topanga Community Woman's Club installations: Kay Olson, Betty Niklas, Mary Griffith, Mary Belle Alexander, Julia Butler, Georgia Collamer, unknown, Dorothy Boehme, Mildred Buerckel, unknown, Maxine Carnes, Hazel Talbot, Helene Pervine, May Lewis.

Woman's Club former presidents

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Topanga Community Woman's Club former presidents at the 50th Anniversary Tea Party: Linda Hinrichs, Rebecca Andrews, Kathy Briles, Harriet Swenson, Julie Du Bois, Julia Shugerman, Ellen Mills, and Terry Valente.

William Wills Coolbaugh holds a Native-American skull

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William Wills Coolbaugh holds a Native-American skull that he dug out of a mound in Lower Topanga.

William Santa Maria and Cecil Gehr- Arizona Hunting Trip

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Black and white photo of Bill Santa Maria (left) and Cecil Gehr (right), captain of the Topanga Fire Station, on Arizona hunting trip circa 1920

William Fitch Wray painting, "Untitled," 1930s-40s

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"Untitled (Topanga Scene)," a painting by British émigré William Fitch Wray.

Will Geer at his Theatricum Botanicum

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Will Geer breaks ground for the Shakespeare garden at his Theatricum Botanicum.

Will Geer and his family

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Will Geer and his family at the Theatricum Botanicum: Herta Ware, Peter Alsop, Melora Marshall, Will Geer, Ellen Geer

Will Geer and Herta Ware

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Will Geer and Herta Ware sing at their Theatricum Botanicum.

Will Geer and Ellen Geer in "The Tempest"

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Actors Will Geer and Ellen Geer as Prospero and Miranda in William Shakespeare's play "The Tempest," performed at the Theatricum Botanicum.

Where Topango Creek meets the ocean

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"Where Topango Creek meets the ocean".... The view shows the last turn before the Topanga Lagoon

Western Saloon movie set at Topanga Summit

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A father and son pose in front of the Western Saloon movie set at Topanga Summit.

Western Pond Turtle

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Topanga Stream Team member Ken Wheeland holds the elusive Western Pond Turtle.

Western actors with rifles and wagons play settlers

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D. W. Griffith directed the Western "Crossing the American Prairies in the Early Fifties" in Lower Topanga. He spoke through a megaphone from the saddle of a cream-colored horse. He included 200 cowboys from nearby ranches, 50 women and children, 120…

Western actors play Native Americans and settlers

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D. W. Griffith directed the Western "Crossing the American Prairies in the Early Fifties" in Lower Topanga. He spoke through a megaphone from the saddle of a cream-colored horse. He included 200 cowboys from nearby ranches, 50 women and children, 120…

Waterlily Café

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The Waterlily Café was one of the first businesses to open in the Pine Tree Circle mall.

Water tank in the shape of a milk bottle

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Thomas W. ("Bill") Kneen built this water tank on Red Rock Road in the shape of a milk bottle in the 1930s.

Warren Roberts, Topanga Fish Market owner

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Warren Roberts opened the Topanga Fish Market, a restaurant and market near the lumber store, which was in business from the 1970s-1990s. Warren also owned the Reel Inn on Pacific Coast Highway.

Walter Armacost and friends

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Walter Armacost and friends trek through Topanga.

Walter "Buck" Buchanan

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Walter "Buck" Buchanan, a businessman and minister, ran for 14 major political offices from 1934-1984, including President of the United States. He never won.

Wally High and Pat Burke

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Wally High and Pat Burke at Pat's Topanga Grill in Coulson Center soon after it opened.

Wallace Berman, Shirley Morand, and Allen Ginsberg

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Assemblage artist Wallace Berman enticed notables to Topanga, including poet Allen Ginsberg.

Waitresses at Rust's Barbecue restaurant (2/2)

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Waitresses at Rust's Barbecue restaurant: Mabel, Dolly, and Cleo Wendill.

Waitresses at Rust's Barbecue restaurant (1/2)

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Waitresses at at Rust's Barbecue restaurant: Dolly, Ina Rust, Mabel, and Cleo Wendill.

W. D. Hacker cabin in Fernwood Park

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Weekend cabin of Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Hacker built in 1924 in the Fernwood Park development at the northwest corner of Fernwood Pacific and Horseshoe Drives.

Von Arnswaldts' cabin in Red Rock Canyon

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Tony von Arnswaldt and his wife's cabin in Red Rock Canyon opened the area to development.

Volunteers clean up the creek

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Twice a year, since 1998, volunteers clean up the creek.

Virgil Just, aircraft engineer

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Virgil Just, aircraft engineer, spent three years building his home, at the pace that he could afford materials in. He said, "No lending institution would lend you a dime to build in Topanga."

Viewridge Estates, fire company basecamp, 1993

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Day 2 of the 1993 fire, fire companies from throughout the Western U.S. line up at the Viewridge Estates neighborhood.

View of San Fernando Valley from Topanga Summit

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View of San Fernando Valley from Topanga Summit, with The Topanga Story's Preface by Kenneth H. York, and Introduction by Buz Tarlow.

Vance Hoyt on Red Rock Trail

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Vance Hoyt on Red Rock Trail, near his home. He arrived in Topanga in 1910.

Vance Hoyt holds a grey fox

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Vance Hoyt holds a grey fox at his Bonnell Park ranch.

Vance Hoyt and his gray fox

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Vance Hoyt wrote his popular novel "Silver Boy" about the wild gray fox that learned to sleep by the hearth of his Bonnell Park home.

Valerie Spencer, owner of Abuelitas Mexican restaurant

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Standing: Uncle Sal, Valerie Spencer, Michael Spencer, Adam Silbar, Debra Silbar. Seated: Valerie's abuelo, Valerie's abuelita Aurelia.

Valerie Cheney and Dog

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Valerie Cheney walking with a dog in front of Jack Wood's stone house.

Unknown artist painting, "Jack Rabbit Lodge," early 1900s

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The lodge beside the Topanga Lagoon was inhabited by fishermen until prospector William Wills Coolbaugh bought it in 1909. A deputy sheriff burned it down on March 22, 1911, to evict the illegal homesteader.

Two men with rifle under Arch Rock, 1890s

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Two men with rifle under Arch Rock, 1890s. Stereoscope image.

Two men in suits walk down Topanga Canyon Road

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Two men in suits walk down Topanga Canyon Road in Lower Topanga. They have draped their coats over their shoulders.

Two Donkeys by Pond

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Two donkeys by Cheney Pond

Two Cars Parked by Restaurant

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Black and white photograph of Mohn Springs restaurant and dance hall

Two cars park on the newly widened Topanga Canyon Road

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Two cars full of people park on the newly widened Topanga Canyon Road in Lower Topanga. On the right, a man gets water from a spring.

Trujillo Ranch gate

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Trujillo Ranch gate built by grandson John Wiley in 2001

Trujillo family (Dolores , Cornelia, Rosagua, and Dolores Jr,) with Miss Ericson

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Dolores Trujillo, 53, with wife Cornelia, children Rosagua and Dolores Jr, their teacher Miss Ericson, and their lamb Buckoo.

Trippet Ranch

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Topanga State Park

Town Council President Gary Davis and founder Jan Moore

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First official Topanga Canyon Town Council President Gary Davis and founder Jan Moore square dance at Topanga Days.

Topographical Sheet map, 1933

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Topographical Sheet map shows houses on Topanga Beach and Las Tunas Beach.

Topango Radiant Springs truck

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Distributor Harry "Sox" Kuhlmeyer stands with his Topango Radiant Springs truck. The company delivered water from a spring at the bottom of the S-turns. Joy Pierce was the manager.

Topanga's Eighth Grade Graduates, 1946

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Topanga's Eighth Grade Graduation. With 19 members the Class of 1946 was one of the largest and most promising ever to be graduated from the Canyon school. Left to right—Standing: Mrs. Elva Sigrist, principal; Robert Winton, Larry Allen, Dale Cutter,…

Topanga Yacht Club race off Topanga Beach

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Topanga Yacht Club races promoted the cause of a Topanga Yacht Harbor at Topanga Beach. Emmett Harvey of Los Angeles won this race in his Vagabond. Second was Dr. Fred Ott of Inglewood in his Goat. Floyd Alexander was third in Sea Horse.

Topanga Yacht Club membership cards, 1933-1936

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Topanga Yacht Club membership cards, signed by Oka Stewart (member), Helene Raymond and Henry Gledhill Jr. (secretaries), and Vesey O’Davoren (commodore).

Topanga Women's Auxiliary

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Topanga Women's Auxiliary threw an old-fashioned community picnic in 1942, precursor to the fairs. Standing from left: Elva Sigrist, unknown, Hermoine Cox, unknown, Virley Harlan, Mrs. Theriault, Nelle Upham, unknown, Louise Adams, Helen Blencourt,…

Topanga Turnout destroyed by floods of 1998

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Topanga Turnout became a victim of the El Nino rains of 1998 when a landslide doomed the little shopping center.

Topanga Tavern on Old Topanga Canyon

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Topanga Tavern was built in 1909 on Old Topanga Canyon just south of the Narrows.

Topanga Symphony Conductor Jerome Kessler

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Topanga Symphony Conductor Jerome Kessler takes a bow from the Community House stage.

Topanga Summit

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Topanga Summit became a popular viewing spot after the road opened to cars in 1915.

Topanga Strawberry Festival News Release, 1977

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14th Annual Topanga Strawberry Festival News Release, June 29, 1977.

The Topanga Community Improvement Association (TCIA) was formed in 1959 with Cyril C. Wood as provisional president. They helped create the Resource Conservation District of the…

Topanga Shopping Center, 1966

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Topanga Shopping Center featured the Best Food Center and Topanga Cleaners.

Topanga Service Station gas station ad

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Topanga Service Station gas station advertisement. "Where Topanga Road Meets the New Coast Highway." Red Crown and Union Gasoline at City Prices. Clayton C. Rust Proprietor.

Topanga Sea Scouts

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In 1947, Topanga Sea Scouts were awarded the ship "Pelete" for winning the scout regatta. Co-skippers Chuck Russell, Fireman Robert Etz, and Fire Captain Desmond Barton stand uniformed in foreground.

Topanga School, 1926

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Teacher Esther White conducts a story hour at the new school.

Topanga School teachers, 1940s

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Topanga School teachers: Principal Elva Sigrist, Beulah Hendrix, Grace Wiley, Ivy Pearson, Florence Bruinsslot, May Peterson, Leon Hendrix, Rhoda Julian, Thelma Parker, Bertha Hangen, Jacqueline Wilson.