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  • Collection: Lower Topanga

Houses and tents line Topanga Beach

Topanga beach houses built on the sand in "Pirate's Cove"

Cooper's Camp by the lagoon at Topanga Beach

A couple sits beside Topanga Creek

Topanga Canyon Road winds by a farm on Shady Lane

A cowboy rides a bucking steer in The Rodeo Grounds

A cowboy rides a bucking steer in the Rodeo Grounds, possibly at the Elks Rodeo on June 2-3, 1923.

A dog strays onto Elkhorn Camp's open-air dance hall

Elkhorn Camp offers chili at picnic tables

Elkhorn Camp serves sandwiches and ice cream

Alice "Allie" Schafer, 16, works at Elkhorn Camp

Elkhorn Camp's picnic tables host a family and dog

Topanga Canyon Road passes Elkhorn Camp

A family has a picnic at Topanga Beach

Mr. Gretchner hikes above Rodeo Grounds and Parker Mesa

Topanga postcard: "Have You Forgotten...?"

Topanga postcard: "Have You Forgotten That I Am Still at Topanga? Then Why Don't You Write?"

A family camps in the Rodeo Grounds and holds a chicken

A family camps in the Rodeo Grounds

A cross stood on the hill above Topanga Beach

Shell gas station at Topanga and PCH

Ad for Laura Way Mathiesen's Marmont Studio

Marmont Studio
Topanga Canyon, One-Half Mile From the Beach
LAURA WAY MATHIESEN
ORIGINAL PAINTINGS
Montana, Yellowstone Park, Colorado, California
For Tourists—Souvenirs that are “different.’
For Residents—Home decorations that recall…

Topanga Christmas Card, 1920s

Postcard shows a sunset over the sea, framed by California Holly (toyon berries) and California Poppies. The caption says, "Season's Greetings from Topanga, California."

Yacht Harbor proposed by LAAC

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

Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 1924 (1/2)

Traveling musicians carry baggage at Topanga Beach

Elkhorn Camp brochure shows picnic tables by creek

Topanga Lagoon bridge and Cooper's Camp

Children play on Topanga Beach

Cooper's Camp at Topanga Lagoon, tents and cabins

Topanga Beach houses, before the 1926 storm

Ambrose Cline and H. H. West, Jr. eat pie at Cooper's Camp

Ambrose Cline and H. H. West Jr. on a raft in Topanga lagoon

H. H. West, Jr. sits in a canvas canoe on Topanga Beach

Ambrose Cline and H. H. West Jr. at Topanga Beach

Ambrose Cline, H. H. West Jr., and surfers in Topanga lagoon

Woman in "Topango" rowboat feeds ducks in the lagoon

Elkhorn Camp advertises cider with a roadside sign

Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 1926

Aerial view of Topanga Beach, Cooper's Camp, and Rodeo Grounds

Entrance to Topanga Canyon and beach houses

Lillian Fields ran Elkhorn Camp and Cooper's Camp

Topanga Beach houses and bathhouse

Topanga Beach houses, looking west

Topanga Beach houses, looking east

Children swimming in Topanga Lagoon by Cooper's Camp

Greek fisherman John Foundoukos with a lobster on his leg

Topanga Service Station, gas station at intersection

Thais Rust, mother Ina Rust, and aunt Edythe Rust

Mary Kays, Bill Hoskins, and Ina Rust

The Plunge, a bathhouse swimming pool at Topanga Beach

Sydney Hoskins and Bill Hoskins (Thais Rust's cousins)

Women at Topanga Beach by tent

Topanga Service Station, gas station at intersection

Topanga Service Station, gas station at intersection

Topanga Service Station, "Zerolene" truck refuels gas station

Topanga Service Station, gas station, with Elkhorn Camp sign

Thais Rust, cousin Susan Rust, and neighbor Marilyn Burns

Thais Rust and Greek fisherman John Foundoukos

Clayton Rust at his Topanga Service Station, gas station

Children swim in Topanga Lagoon, by Cooper's Camp

Men inspect Topanga Beach houses by parked cars

Harold Lloyd woos Mildred Davis in "A Sailor-Made Man"

Actors Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis take a publicity photo at Las Tunas Beach for the silent film "A Sailor-Made Man" (1921).

Cooper's Camp tents on the Salt Grass Lawn by lagoon

Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 1924 (3/3)

Aerial photo of Topanga Beach and Las Tunas Beach.

Cooper's Camp tents and cabins by lagoon

Topanga Beach Tent City and Bungalows ad

Topanga Beach Tent City and Bungalows ad. 100 feet from the ocean. Bungalows accommodating four persons. Tent cabins accommodating two or three. Dance floor for guests. Mrs. Lillie Fields, proprietor.

Topanga Service Station gas station ad

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.

Houses and bridge over Topanga Lagoon

A biplane and car pass by Topango Service Station

Bridge over Topanga Lagoon, looking west

Cooper's Camp and Topanga Lagoon

Topanga Beach panorama, 1928

Topanga Beach panorama shows Potter's Store, Topanga Service Station, billboards for Union Gasoline and Lightning Gasoline, a bathhouse, the De Long Cafe, Cooper's Camp, and the bridge over the lagoon.

Old Malibu Road, Topanga Lagoon, and Cooper's Camp

Lower Topanga panorama, 1920s

Lower Topanga panorama shows Topanga Beach, a bathhouse, Shady Lane, Topanga Lane, and the Rodeo Grounds.

Cooper's Camp Dance Pavilion at Topanga Beach

Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 1924 (2/2)

A couple hugs on a hill above Las Tunas Beach

Topanga Beach fruit and vegetable stand and houses

John Larronde's Hawaiian surfboard, carved from wood

John Larronde's Hawaiian surfboard, carved from redwood, was one of the first to be used at Topanga Beach.

Topanga map, 1950

Department of County Forester and Fire Warden. Divisional Map No. 1 - Battalion 5.

Mailboxes for The Rodeo Grounds and Topanga Lane, 1/4

At Topanga Canyon Blvd., a shelf holds the mailboxes of residents of The Rodeo Grounds and Topanga Lane.

Michael Saenz and Darlene Shelton at the Saenz house

Michael Saenz and Darlene Shelton at the Saenz house on Topanga Beach.

Surfers charge big waves at high tide at Topanga Beach

Aerial view of Lower Topanga, 1997

Lower Topanga aerial photo shows Topanga Beach, the Snake Pit, the Rodeo Grounds, Brookside, and Sunset Mesa.

Aerial view and map of Lower Topanga, 1970

Lower Topanga aerial photo and map show Topanga Beach, the Snake Pit, the Rodeo Grounds, Brookside, the Topanga Beach Pump Station, and Sunset Mesa.

Elkhorn Camp advertises fresh apple cider and buttermilk

Topanga Lagoon and Cooper's Camp tents and cottages

Max Dupont's yacht at Topanga Beach

Max Dupont's yacht at Topanga Beach. A cinematographer, Dupont invented DuPont Vitacolor in 1930. He is known for "The Third Alarm" (1930), "The Speed Classic" (1928) and "The Three Must-Get-Theres" (1922).

Elinore Hughes was in a beauty pageant at the Elks Rodeo

Elinore Hughes was in a beauty pageant at the 1923 Elks Rodeo (Round-Up) at Topanga Beach.

Cowboy “Skeeter” Bill Robbins rides a bucking steer

Cowboy “Skeeter” Bill Robbins rides a bucking steer in the Rodeo Grounds to practice for the 1923 Elks Rodeo at Topanga Beach.

Cowgirl Dorothy Morrell smiles at her horse

Cowgirl Dorothy Morrell smiles at her horse in a publicity photo for the Elks Rodeo, held at Topanga Beach in 1923. A world champion, she entertained with broncho busting and trick riding.

Princess Lois Radziwill at the Las Tunas Isle Motel

Princess Lois Radziwill reports a $20,000 jewelry robbery to Malibu Detective Sergeant E. P. Ellson at the Las Tunas Isle Motel at 18904 PCH.

Geological map of Topanga Beach, circa 1950s

Geological map of Topanga Beach, circa 1960s

State Parks's Lower Topanga "Battle Plan" cartoon

A political cartoon shows State Parks's "Battle Plan" to evict the Lower Topanga community. Rangers in camouflage target the Malibu Feed Bin and say, "To subdue Malibu—first you 'take out' their landmarks!"

A teenager sits on the Topanga Beach lifeguard tower

A teenager sits on the wall of the Topanga Beach lifeguard tower at night.

The Milky Way's stars shine on rock art at Topanga Beach

Lori Salkow Cleary, Bonnie Vincent, Victoria Andersen

Lori Salkow Cleary models her scarf dresses, made from Mexican fabric, with Bonnie Vincent (on her horse Serena) and Victoria Andersen (in pink), in The Rodeo Grounds.

Dave Sanderson, Mayor of the Snake Pit

Dave Sanderson, self-proclaimed Mayor of the Snake Pit, at home, with a bougainvillea plant and two cats.

The Snake Pit's dirt road floods during a storm

Geological map of Topanga Beach shows fault lines, 1973

Preliminary geologic map of the unincorporated part of the Topanga quadrangle, Los Angeles Country, California.

Geological map of Topanga Beach shows fault lines, 1964

Preliminary geologic map of the unincorporated part of the Topanga quadrangle, Los Angeles Country, California.