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Sylvia Park Clubhouse
Homesteaders Lucy and Mose Cheney celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at the Sylvia Park Clubhouse (now the Mountain Mermaid).
The Rocco family at Rocco's restaurant
The Rocco family at Rocco's restaurant: Eva, Frank, Ryan Schweers (Frank's nephew), Marlene, Kristina Rocco Levy, Jed Levy, Eva Otoala (Marlene's sister) and the kids Lorenzo Levy, Emiliano Zapata and Chaise Levy.
Chester and Joena King with their children.
Chester and Joena King with their children. Daughter Zoe Otterback is at center.
Richard Erickson and Wendie Malick
Richard Erickson and his wife, actress Wendie Malick, joined the Tijuana Maverick Building Brigade.
The Andrews family
The Andrews family: Matthew, Chris, Damian, Serena, Rebecca, Alex, Eric.
This photo was taken at the wedding of Jimmy Wiley, great-grandson of original pioneers Francisco and Manuela Trujillo, and Serena Andrews, daughter of long-time Topanga…
This photo was taken at the wedding of Jimmy Wiley, great-grandson of original pioneers Francisco and Manuela Trujillo, and Serena Andrews, daughter of long-time Topanga…
The Wiley family
The Wiley family: David, Marguerite, Bob, Rose, Jimmy, Laura, Robert, and John.
This photo was taken at the wedding of Jimmy Wiley, great-grandson of original pioneers Francisco and Manuela Trujillo, and Serena Andrews, daughter of long-time…
This photo was taken at the wedding of Jimmy Wiley, great-grandson of original pioneers Francisco and Manuela Trujillo, and Serena Andrews, daughter of long-time…
Students at the Little Red Schoolhouse at Greenleaf Canyon
Students at the Little Red Schoolhouse at the mouth of Greenleaf Canyon and Topanga Road, also called Garapatos School. Back row: Mabel Greenleaf, Tom Cheney, Bessie Greenleaf, Ceola Greenleaf. Front row: two unknown, Harry Greenleaf, Leland Boebel,…
Topanga Elementary School 4th grade class
Topanga Elementary School. Mrs. Florence Bruinsslot's 4th grade class. By windows: Raymond Hoover, Toni Loudon, Maryann Gary, Dave Marshburn, Jim Osmundson, Garth Smith. Second row: James Fordham, David Roberts, Phyllis Feeney, Joan Stacey, Carol…
Topanga Elementary School dedication ceremony
Topanga Elementary School dedication ceremony, led by superintendent Dean Grass.
Topanga Elementary School
The 1958 New Year's Eve fire threatened Topanga Elementary School and destroyed Hugh and Virley Harlan's home (ruins lower right).
Topanga Elementary School, Sixth Grade Class, 1958-59
Topanga Elementary School, Sixth Grade Class Graduation, 1958-59
4TH ROW
6. Older sister of Dennis Mills
TEACHERS:
Mr. Herbert Hawkins (left), Mr. Fred Ruge (right)
4TH ROW
6. Older sister of Dennis Mills
TEACHERS:
Mr. Herbert Hawkins (left), Mr. Fred Ruge (right)
Topanga Elementary School Alumni, 1965
1965 Topanga Elementary School Alumni. Back row: Reynold Hicklin, Tom Marshburn, Brian Stork, Wesley Just. Center: Lynn Sawday Nance, John Brown, Kathleen Cepin Mahan, Mark Parrish, Marc Zeidler. Front: Caitlin Rice Just, Sandra Anderson-Tarcia,…
Topanga Elementary School students
Popular 1970s teacher Richard Russo often took slides of Topanga Elementary School students.
Garapatos School children at Arch Rock
Lucy Cheney (standing left) and a teacher with Garapatos School children at Arch Rock at Topanga Beach.
Garapatos School children, 1914
Miss Elva Plaistridge's class at Garapatos School. Back row: Norris Julian, Elva, Helen and William Santa Maria. Front row: Irwin Julian and buddy Adrian Santa Maria hold hands, Beatrice Burnett, Lila.
Garapatos School children, 1920s
Garapatos School children. Back row: Aimee PIttman, Agatha Venneman, Patricia Prentiss, Margaret Cheney, Charlotte Melcher, Katherine Kneen, Art Heckle. Center row: Caroline Hansen, Ruth Melcher, Betty Pawlowski. Front row: Tom Pittman, John…
Garapatos School children, 1920s
Garapatos School children, including Fred Venneman, later fire captain (middle right), Carmelito Garcia (bottom right), and John Prentiss (bottom left).
Topanga School
Spanish-style Topanga School was built in 1925. The classroom and stage later became the American Legion Hall.
Students studying the American Frontier
Fifth- and sixth-grade students studying the American Frontier were helped by teacher Margaret Ericson, a UCLA graduate who believed children learn by doing. She helped them make suits of burlap, wooden guns, and fur caps.
Topanga School teachers, 1940s
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.
Topanga Elementary School contest winners, 1950s
Topanga Elementary School motto contest winners receive medals from Fire Department: Capt. Jack Connors, Heather Wallace, Connie Manlein, Bruce Haines, and Chief Harvey Anderson.
Messenger editor Colin Penno
Messenger editor Colin Penno is honored by Topanga Elementary School students as a citizen from abroad (England).
School Booster Club leaders and teacher Bonnie Wallace
Topanga Elementary School Booster Club leaders chat with teacher Bonnie Wallace: Sharon Morrison, Lynne Haigh, Rody Salkeld, Bonnie Wallace, Judy Heign.
Topanga Elementary School, Track and Field Day
Topanga Elementary School, Track and Field Day, organized by Marathon world-record holder Jacqueline Hansen.
Arlene Plotkin and Michelene (Mike) Kelly
Arlene Plotkin and Michelene (Mike) Kelly were familiar faces in the office at Topanga Elementary School.
Topanga Elementary School, Track and Field Day
Topanga Elementary School, Track and Field Day, organized by Marathon world-record holder Jacqueline Hansen.
Jean Dillingham teaches a Booster Club science program
Resource Conversation District worker Jean Dillingham teaches a Booster Club science program. From left: Erin Whalley, unknown, Rachel Rein, Matthew Dorland, Heather Haigh, Hannah Young.
Susan Clark and her Pooh Bear Jamie
Susan Clark and her Pooh Bear Jamie at the Topanga Elementary School Halloween carnival.
Ann Stalcup with her student folk dancers
Teacher Ann Stalcup with her student folk dancers. Topanga Elementary School came through for Ann when her house burned down in the 1993 fire.
Tom and Jeanne Mitchell
Tom and Jeanne Mitchell on the set of the play "Return of the Yellow Submarine," designed by Stewart Moskowitz, at Topanga Elementary School.
Topanga Elementary School actors
Topanga Elementary School actors in "Back to the West." Top: Gina Merchant, Michele Stephenson, Sean Colburn. Bottom: Erin Valente, Danielle Boucher, Kimberly Wiebe, Katie Freund, Rose Lannutti
Sisters Candy Clark, Connie Clark, and unknown woman
Sisters Candy Clark, Connie Clark, and unknown woman spinning and weaving. After the Barton School closed, the Clark family continued to live on the property.
Barton School teacher Hildor Barton
Barton School teacher Hildor Barton was never happier than when planning and constructing buildings.
Barton School teacher Nancy Gluck
Barton School teacher Nancy Gluck came in 1940 and stay until the end. She was a dear friend of the Barton family.
Barton School teacher Howard Gutmann
Barton School teacher Howard Gutmann was a German Jew and had escaped war and persecution.
Ami Kirby, Kathy Hitchcock, and Hillevi Storer
Topanga Cooperative Preschool leaders: President Ami Kirby, Kathy Hitchcock, and first long-term teacher Hillevi Storer.
Community House playground
Community House playground built by parents of Topanga Cooperative Preschool.
Topanga Cooperative Preschool students
Topanga Cooperative Preschool students. Back: Unknown, Matthew Lepner. Front: Morgan Reed, Haydn Shelters, Ali Stack.
Guido Lamell leads the Topanga Philharmonic
Guido Lamell leads the Topanga Philharmonic in the annual benefit concert for the Topanga Cooperative Preschool.
Kedric Wolfe at Children's Corner Fair
Kedric Wolfe plays flute at the Children's Fair at Children's Corner Preschool. At top left, Bernt Capra holds daughter Michele.
Mailbox at Cheney Drive and Topanga Road
Mailbox at Cheney Drive and Topanga Road, a rustic barrel set on a post by Joe Santa Maria, was used by upper canyon residents.
Charles Greenleaf, daughter Mabel, and grandchildren
Charles Greenleaf, daughter Mabel, and grandchildren Charles and Janet.
Mail carriers Jack Wood and Joe Robison
Post Office mail carriers Jack Wood and Joe Robison in the S-Turns. Mail carriers also transported passengers.
James Craig, who owned the General Store
James Craig, who owned the General Store, became Topanga Post Office postmaster in 1913
A Cheney family outing
A Cheney family outing. George Cheney (right) used this 1910 Garford to carry passengers and mail to the Post Office.
Mail carrier Fred Leavitt
Mail carrier Fred Leavitt was a Republican, and his brother Les was a Democrat. Between them they kept the Topanga Post Office postmaster position for 25 years.
Mail carrier Les Leavitt
Mail carrier Les Leavitt was a Democrat, and his brother Fred was a Republican. Between them they kept the Topanga Post Office postmaster position for 25 years.
Dan Bovee, Ralph Kewitt, Les Leavitt
Dan Bovee, Ralph Kewitt, Topanga Post Office Postmaster Les Leavitt (selling stamps and defense bonds), unknown, unknown, unknown.
Postal workers at shopping center
Postal workers at the Topanga Post Office's rented quarters in the shopping center. Gordon Gleave, Ivy Mumby, Fremont Smith, Helen Zilmer, Alice Terry, Betty Niklas, Postmaster Hal Rolve, and mascot Tippy (the dog).
"The Boss" Ellen Mills
Ellen Mills knew so much about Topanga that Post Office Postmaster Oscar Reynoso nicknamed her "The Boss."
Fireman Tom Cheney sprays hose
Fireman Tom Cheney sprays hose of Topanga's first fire truck. Cecil Gehr (center) became Los Angeles Fire Department Chief in 1952.
Topanga firemen, 1943
Topanga firemen: Captain Harvey Anderson, Jimmie Hansen, E. W. Monkman, Fred Van Syrc, and Captain Des Barton.
Firemen after dousing a guesthouse fire
Station 69 Firemen after dousing a guesthouse fire. Nolan Feldman, Captain Chase, Steve Ford, Scott Greenelch, and Jay Fernandez.
Firemen fight a structure fire
Firemen fight a structure fire that spread into the brush. Captain Steven Floyd led the crew.
The "Topanga Canyon Survival Guide" committee
The "Topanga Canyon Survival Guide" committee: Alli Acker, David Dijkstra, John Hargraves, Gayla Hertzog, Assistant Chief Reginald Lee, Pat Mac Neil, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Dean Lehman, Lance Grindle, Robert Kamm, and Abigail Bok.
Janet Marlborough leads Jegg Zolper on horseback
Janet Marlborough leads Jegg Zolper on horseback through Topanga State Park.
Bert Wilson selling native plants
Bert Wilson selling native plants at the annual Resource Conservation District (RCD) event.
Topanga Creek cleanup
Topanga Creek cleanup. The Stream Team pulls a soggy mattress from the water: Riteh Shah, Kirsty Iredale, Nick Paparella, and Larry Garf.
Congressman Tony Beilenson
Congressman Tony Beilenson was interviewed while inspecting flood damage in Topanga. He authored the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area legislation.
California Senator Sheila Kuehl
California Senator Sheila Kuehl attends a community meeting at the Topanga Elementary School Library.
Supervisor Ed Edelman
Supervisor Ed Edelman, who led the effort to fund a park at Summit Valley, at its 1990s dedication.
Community House baseball field dedication
Community House baseball field dedication. Kevin Jussila, Susan Nissman, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, and former Dodger great Steve Yeager.
Susan Nissman at Topanga Philharmonic concert
Susan Nissman, Senior Field Deputy to Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, leads children onstage during a Topanga Philharmonic concert she coordinated.
The Topanga Watershed Committee
The Topanga Watershed Committee being honored for their Wrecked Car Removal Project at a dinner thrown by the LA Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Vance Hoyt on Red Rock Trail
Vance Hoyt on Red Rock Trail, near his home. He arrived in Topanga in 1910.
Lucy Cheney at the bottom of the S-Turns
Lucy Cheney at the bottom of the S-Turns. She was the first to take a wagon down the rough road to Topanga Beach.
Stage and mail driver Joe Robison
Stage and Post Office mail driver Joe Robison with passengers near the "robber's hut" stone house at Topanga Forks.
Topanga Highway in the S-Turns
Topanga Highway in the S-Turns. Cars took over after the road was rebuilt in 1915.
Bridge near the old Post Office
This 1920 bridge near the old Post Office was replaced when the road was realigned 10 years later.
Topanga Highway descends into San Fernando Valley
Topanga Highway descends into San Fernando Valley. The marker near the sign for Girard (later Woodland Hills) is the LA city boundary.
Fernwood Pacific Drive
Fernwood Pacific Drive was built to encourage 1920s development. Considered strategic, it was widened during World War II.
Topanga Canyon Boulevard destroyed by flood
1400 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard destroyed by flood. Pedestrians take the high road.
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