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Hidden Treasures clothing store
Hidden Treasures is an antique, vintage, and used clothing store. Darrell Hazen opened it at the site of the old Discovery Inn in 1993. It first opened across the street in Rainbow Village in 1989.
Ed Lange, owner of Elysium Fields
Ed Lange, owner of the nudist resort Elysium Fields, was voted Citizen of the Year in 1995.
Elysium Fields nudist camp
Elysium Fields, the nudist camp of the Elysium Institute, opened in 1968 on 7.2 acres of the former Dutton Ranch on Robinson Road. It closed in 2001.
Elysium Fields nudist camp ad
Elysium Fields, the nudist camp of the Elysium Institute, opened in 1968 on 7.2 acres of the former Dutton Ranch on Robinson Road. It closed in 2001.
Ed Lange (center) at Elysium Fields
Ed Lange (center) at Elysium Fields. The nudist camp of the Elysium Institute opened in 1968 on 7.2 acres of the former Dutton Ranch on Robinson Road. It closed in 2001.
Molly Hogan, owner of The Nature of Wildworks
Molly Hogan, owner of The Nature of Wildworks, a non-profit wildlife care center that opened in 1995. She is pictured with Phoenix, her mountain lion.
Betty Lee Morales
Betty Lee Morales established a national food supplement operation out of Eden Ranch, the former Barton School property in Old Topanga Canyon.
Walter "Buck" Buchanan
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.
Jack Rice and Randy Just lay bricks
Stone artisan Jack Rice and Randy Just lay bricks for a fireplace on Skyline Drive.
Jay Fernandez and Dick Sherman
Contractor Jay Fernandez and "Septic King" Dick Sherman cleared damaged roads and slides caused by heavy rains.
Coast and Canyon Realtors Halloween ad
Halloween ad for Coast and Canyon Realtors, a real estate company. Teresa Penner, Barbara Campbell, Karen Dannenbaum, Chryssa Lightheart, Sheri Hagemeister, Sarah Sutton. (Tracy Corbett behind the pumpkin.)
Bob DeWitt in his art gallery
Bob DeWitt in his art gallery. He was a realtor, artist, and club owner. He famously greeted his real estate clients barefoot.
Mary Colvig, Ian Brodie, Flavia Potenza
Messenger business manager Mary Colvig, publisher Ian Brodie, and original editor Flavia Potenza.
Merrick Davidson
Publisher Merrick Davidson was the inspiration behind the Messenger, established in 1976.
Topanga Journal, September 30, 1954 issue
Headline: "Malibu Citizens Committee Asks 10 Questions on Water District Annexation."
Kara Master has tarot cards read by Lola Babalon
Kara Master has tarot cards read by Lola Babalon, a Psychic Consultant and Herbalist.
Beekeeper Russell Whittemore
Beekeeper Russell Whittemore won blue ribbons for his sage honey at the Los Angeles County Fair.
Jim Timko and Randy Neece
Jim Timko and Randy Neece, owners of Canyon View Ranch, "A Country Club for Dogs," pose with their prize-winning dogs.
Nancy Walkey and daughter Cory Walkey
Nancy Walkey and daughter Cory Walkey at the Open House of Mill Creek Equestrian Center. The office was built early in the century and rebuilt by the Hiltbrandt family in 1935.
Standard gas station at Topanga Forks
George Ortiz's Standard gas station at Topanga Forks, aka Pine Tree Circle.
Wally High and Pat Burke
Wally High and Pat Burke at Pat's Topanga Grill in Coulson Center soon after it opened.
Valerie Spencer, owner of Abuelitas Mexican restaurant
Standing: Uncle Sal, Valerie Spencer, Michael Spencer, Adam Silbar, Debra Silbar. Seated: Valerie's abuelo, Valerie's abuelita Aurelia.
Frank Rocco, owner of Rocco's Italian restaurant
Frank Rocco, owner of Rocco's Italian restaurant, throws pizza dough.
Lance Roberts, owner of Froggy's restaurant
Lance Roberts opened Froggy's Topanga Fish Market, a market and restaurant, in the American Legion building.
The Discovery Inn restaurant
The Discovery Inn restaurant opened in 1961 at 156 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Marge and Richard "Rich" Dehr
Marge and Richard "Rich" Dehr opened The Discovery Inn restaurant at 156 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Ken's Pleasant Inn
Ken's Pleasant Inn. Whitey Marjenhoff, Ray McClure, owner Pleasant Buerge, unknown, owner Ken Buerge, Harry Long, Bob Ballentine, Chuck Russell, Jack Davis, Frank Romero. (Seated: Dewey Kemp.)
King's Charcoal Bar-B-Q restaurant
King's Charcoal Bar-B-Q restaurant on a rare snow day at Topanga Summit.
Craftsmen who built the Pine Tree Circle
Craftsmen who built the Pine Tree Circle mall. Owner Steve Carlson is on the right.
Sally Powell Giedd and daughter Lily
Sally Powell Giedd and daughter Lily at Sienna Skin Care in Rainbow Village.
Clarence Kuethe
Clarence Kuethe in his Fernwood Market office. He managed the store from 1949 until the 1970s.
Fernwood Market, 1949
Fernwood Market, 1949. Evelyn Russell, Paul Gripp, Joe Baker, Bill Smith, Mr. Crawford, Paula Crawford, Jim Lucas, and Mike Evans.
Dr. Holly Scoren, Adrian Gendot, Nathalie Cordes
Veterinarian Dr. Holly Scoren, assisted by Adrian Gendot and Nathalie Cordes, checks out a cat at her Topanga Center office.
Yim Moon at Topanga Creek Market
Yim Moon at Topanga Creek Market. When he took over from "Joe Creek" Gerson in 1986, it became known as Moon's Market.
Topanga Shopping Center, 1966
Topanga Shopping Center featured the Best Food Center and Topanga Cleaners.
Inn of the Seventh Ray septic pit installation
A bulldozer digs the "mother of all septic pits" at the Inn of the Seventh Ray.
Dan Mazur's Canyon Comix
21st century Topangans facing a draconian State plan to regulate septic systems yearned for a hero named "Septic Man," drawn by cartoonist Dan Mazur.
"Mose" Cheney inaugurates the first electrical pole
Columbus Callan "Mose" Cheney turns symbolic shovel of dirt while children sing, commemorating the installation of the first electrical pole at junction of Old Topanga and Topanga Roads in 1928.
Dean Perry, Judge John Merrick, Greg Venturi
Judge John Merrick, with Chamber officers Dean Perry (left) and Greg Venturi chaired a committee in the 1970s charged with developing solutions to the water crisis.
Art Marshburn and family
Art Marshburn, an Old Topanga Canyon leader involved in the water controversy, with his family in the 1950s.
From left back row: Robert, David, Arthur, Carol.
Front row: Jean, Tom.
From left back row: Robert, David, Arthur, Carol.
Front row: Jean, Tom.
Topanga Permanent Water Committee
The Topanga Permanent Water Committee was formed by the Chamber to push for a reliable water supply. Elected in 1956, from left: Sherman Haeggquist, Dan McGovern, Tom McDougall, Peter Stimac, and Virgil Just.
6 cartoons lambasting the Water Committee
6 cartoons lambasting the foibles of the Water Committee, in the Topanga Businessmen's Association pamphlet.
Lee Conger, Bill Sloan, and Jerry Harold
Lee Conger, Bill Sloan, and Jerry Harold lay water line in the 1940s near the junction of Old Topanga Canyon.
Edith and Phyllis Feeney
Edith Feeney and daughter Phyllis illustrate one means of coping with failing water supplies.
Outhouse on Robinson Road
Due primarily to lack of water, outhouses were common through the 1940s, such as this one listing to its side on Robinson Road.
Topanga firemen in front of Forestry Station
Topanga firemen in front of Forestry Station. SEATED: Jack Albright, Albert Carroll, Bill Santa Maria, Jack Connors, Bud Currier, Floyd Cunningham, Slim Pressler, Bob Butler. STANDING: Al Weinart, Cecil Gehr, Art Bishop, Freddy Stevenson, Jack…
The "I Slow Down Thru Town" group
The "I Slow Down Thru Town" group surveys Topanga Canyon Boulevard to suggest changes through town. Rosi Dagit (RCD), Debra Silbar, Deputy Pete Sanzone, Officer John Mueller, Zev Yaroslavsky aide Susan Nissman, Officer Roy Abramian, Margo Murman…
Topanga Canyon Boulevard destroyed by flood
1400 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard destroyed by flood. Pedestrians take the high road.
Fernwood Pacific Drive
Fernwood Pacific Drive was built to encourage 1920s development. Considered strategic, it was widened during World War II.
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.
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 in the S-Turns
Topanga Highway in the S-Turns. Cars took over after the road was rebuilt in 1915.
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.
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.
Vance Hoyt on Red Rock Trail
Vance Hoyt on Red Rock Trail, near his home. He arrived in Topanga in 1910.
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.
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.
Community House baseball field dedication
Community House baseball field dedication. Kevin Jussila, Susan Nissman, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, and former Dodger great Steve Yeager.
Supervisor Ed Edelman
Supervisor Ed Edelman, who led the effort to fund a park at Summit Valley, at its 1990s dedication.
California Senator Sheila Kuehl
California Senator Sheila Kuehl attends a community meeting at the Topanga Elementary School Library.
Congressman Tony Beilenson
Congressman Tony Beilenson was interviewed while inspecting flood damage in Topanga. He authored the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area legislation.
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.
Bert Wilson selling native plants
Bert Wilson selling native plants at the annual Resource Conservation District (RCD) event.
Janet Marlborough leads Jegg Zolper on horseback
Janet Marlborough leads Jegg Zolper on horseback through Topanga State Park.
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.
Firemen fight a structure fire
Firemen fight a structure fire that spread into the brush. Captain Steven Floyd led the crew.
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.
Topanga firemen, 1943
Topanga firemen: Captain Harvey Anderson, Jimmie Hansen, E. W. Monkman, Fred Van Syrc, and Captain Des Barton.
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.
"The Boss" Ellen Mills
Ellen Mills knew so much about Topanga that Post Office Postmaster Oscar Reynoso nicknamed her "The Boss."
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).
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