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TASC President Bob Bates
Bob Bates, president of the Topanga Association for a Scenic Community, being honored by the County for keeping out large-scale tract developments.
Santa Ynez Canyon aerial view
Santa Ynez Canyon and Palisades Highlands aerial view, with Topanga at the upper left.
Karl Ingram, Summit Valley Ranch caretaker
Karl Ingram, Summit Valley Ranch caretaker, started a cowboy breakfast punctuated by sermons on Sundays in 1974.
John Nordine and Bruce Sunkees
John Nordine and Bruce Sunkees install a box car bridge over Topanga Creek.
Founders of The Messenger newspaper
Founders of The Messenger newspaper. From left: Sid Francis, Pamela Auer, Flavia Potenza, Emily Karnes, Nico Van den Heuvel, Mary Colvig with baby, Bill Hess, Judee McBride, Merrick Davidson, Suzie Walczak. Karnes and Potenza kids play in front.…
Louis B. Marvin at his Tuna Canyon Compound
Louis B. Marvin at his Tuna Canyon Compound with two llamas.
Topanga Chamber of Commerce
In 1966, a conservative Topanga Chamber of Commerce tried to control hippies. From left: Albert Hoyt, President William C. Carter, Art Piner, Tim Graham, and John Seymour.
Gerry Haigh and Skip Oliphant
Gerry Haigh and Skip Oliphant met on a peace march in San Francisco. They married in 1967.
The Tough Topanga 10K
Traditionally the first event of Topanga Days on Memorial Day Weekend, The Tough Topanga 10K started in 1978
Topanga Days Grand Marshal Robin Williams
1981 Topanga Days Grand Marshal Robin Williams was a Topanga resident.
Rose Wiley at Strawberry Festival
Rose Wiley, a descendant of the pioneering Trujillo family, makes enchiladas at the Strawberry Festival.
Laura Wiley at Strawberry Festival
Laura Wiley, a descendant of the pioneering Trujillo family, makes enchiladas at the Strawberry Festival.
Glen Fleisher on stilts at Strawberry Festival
Glen Fleisher on stilts at Strawberry Festival, hamming it up with Chairman John Nordine.
Strawberry Festival Treasurer Everett Plumer
Strawberry Festival Treasurer Everett Plumer sells tickets.
Strawberry Festival Queen Judy Piner
Strawberry Festival Queen Judy Piner wears crown made by artists Cy and Vera Wood. Her court, from left: Pat Bradley, Judy Cepin, Ruthie Cepin, Linda Reindl.
Aerial view of the Topanga Center
Aerial view of the Topanga Center, location of the Pine Tree Circle and the Post Office.
The Geer family
Will and Herta Geer stand by a beatific Mother Bloor with children Kate and Ellen seated on floor left and center.
The Swenson kids and cousins
The Swenson kids and cousins play under the oaks of their Topanga home. From left: Gary Hill, Willie and Nancy Swenson, Steve Hill, David and Jon Swenson.
The Swenson family house on Fontaine Road
Harriet and John Swenson bought this house on Fontaine Road in 1950, only after persuading the owner that they were tough enough to stay.
Nancy Swenson on Robinson Road
Harriet and John Swenson's oldest child Nancy sits on the stoop of their Robinson Road rental, reputed hunting lodge for Teddy Roosevelt.
The Sloan family's trailer home
Bill and Pearl Sloan and their first three children called this 16-foot travel trailer home while they waited for a new one.
Bill and Pearl Sloan
Bill and Pearl Sloan stand in a hole they dug for their septic tank. "There were no geological surveys required, no septic system percolation tests."
The Mule Train at the Country Fair
The Mule Train at the Country Fair. From left: Chris Jones, JoAnn Goodman, and Tom Butler.
Community House work party
Woman's Club members serve a ranch-style lunch to a Community House work party.
Greg and Danny Morris
Greg and Danny Morris donate their playhouse to the Community House for a tool shed
Jerry Hanks, Ray Alley, and Frank Molloy
Jerry Hanks, Ray Alley, and Frank Molloy drill a well for the new Community House.
Topanga Drilling Co.
Frank Molloy and Ray Alley of Topanga Drilling bring their families while they tap into a water supply.
Breaking ground for the Community House
Fire Chief Harvey Anderson and Mary Sopher watch as Dorothy Boehme breaks ground for the new Community House.
Clarence Kuethe and Mary Sopher
Clarence Kuethe, owner of Fernwood Market, donates a steet to Woman's Club president Mary Sopher.
Sycamore Lodge
Sycamore Lodge, with bow windows, was built by H. R. Gage in the early 1900s, then bought by Harry Boehme in 1931. Located just north of the confluence of Garapatos and Topanga Creeks and shaded by sycamores, the 5-acre property contained four…
Oka Stewart
Oka Stewart sponsored free events at Wildwood, led the Lions club and donated building materials for the Community House.
Topanga Women's Auxiliary
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,…
American Legion Honor Roll
Honor Roll of men and women serving in armed forces is unveiled by the American Legion on Memorial Day 1944 at Pine Tree Circle
The Topanga Protection Committee
The Topanga Protection Committee organized in 1942 by Oscar-winning producer/director Frank Lloyd (seated center). Pictured are standing from left: Hildor Barton, two unknown, Des Barton, Kenneth Connors, Hugh Harlan, Ralph Kiewitt. Seated: W. V.…
Civilian Conservation Corps camp
The New Deal brought a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to Topanga.
Sadie and Cash Albright at home on Paradise Lane
Sadie Albright pours a drink for husband Cash at their Wild Horze Bar in the home he built on Paradise Lane.
The Penny family on Paradise Lane
Kathryn Penny and Melvin Penny, with children Joel Dean Penny and Milo Penny.
In front of the John Albright home on Paradise Lane.
In front of the John Albright home on Paradise Lane.
Bud Luse and friends at the garage by the old Post Office
At the garage by the old Post Office.
Kneeling: George Ortez, Charles Gammon.
Standing: Ken Douphner, Bud Luse, and Richard Flood.
Kneeling: George Ortez, Charles Gammon.
Standing: Ken Douphner, Bud Luse, and Richard Flood.
Topanga Beach Auto Court
Topanga Beach Auto Court, with James Talmadge's Deusenberg. James was the son of Buster Keaton and lived on Tuna Beach.
Topanga Beach houses along the old coast road
Topanga Beach houses along the old coast road, before they were swept away by high waves in a February 1926 storm.
Step Inn cafe and gas station at Topanga and PCH.
Step Inn cafe and Clayton Rust's gas station at Topanga and PCH.
Thais Rust in Brookside
Thais Rust as a teenager sitting on a '35 Ford Coupe in Brookside in Lower Topanga.
The Rust Family at Topanga Beach
The Rust Family.
Front: Ellen Rust Penland, Joanne Simmons, Thais Rust, Ray and Leon Simmons, Ella Rust, Avis Wendell, Fern Rust, Raburn Stedman Rust.
Middle: Clayton Rust, Roy Rust, Claude Simmons, Edythe Rust, Fleta Rust, unknown, Ina Rust,…
Front: Ellen Rust Penland, Joanne Simmons, Thais Rust, Ray and Leon Simmons, Ella Rust, Avis Wendell, Fern Rust, Raburn Stedman Rust.
Middle: Clayton Rust, Roy Rust, Claude Simmons, Edythe Rust, Fleta Rust, unknown, Ina Rust,…
Tent City, formerly Cooper's Camp
Tent City, formerly Cooper's Camp, with the construction site for the 1933 bridge across Topanga Lagoon.
Topanga Mineral Springs
Horseshoe Bend was renamed Topanga Mineral Springs and its waters were sold to customers in Los Angeles.
Horseshoe Bend Inn
Horseshoe Bend Inn opens in mid-1920s with dance pavilion spanning creek at rear and sun deck on roof.
Alva Gustavus at his Little Brown Church in the Wildwood
Retired Baptist Minister Alva Gustavus stands by his "Little Brown Church in the Wildwood" behind Horseshoe Bend Inn.
Southern California's Prettiest Drive
"Southern California's Prettiest Drive" is Francis Brunner's booklet advertising his Topanga-Las Flores Canyon Stage. The Topanga Historical Society published a reprint of this 32-page booklet.
Coins offering free lots in Sylvia Park
Coins were scattered in Los Angeles offering finders free lots and memberships in Sylvia Park Country Club.
Gray family: Russ, Mae, Bonnie, Carole, Don, and June
Russ Gray (with nose to the grindstone) and his wife Mae with Bonnie, Carole, Don, and June.
W. D. Hacker cabin in Fernwood Park
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.
Fred Solomon leads orphans in a race
Fred Solomon leads orphans in a race on property that became Topanga Center.
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Manuela Trujillo on Horseback
Black and white photograph of Manuela Trujillo riding a donkey c. 1915