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"An Interview with Jim Fitzpatrick," 1/2
Jim Fitzpatrick holds his surfboard in a photo from "An Interview with Jim Fitzpatrick" by Bill Cleary.
"An Interview with Jim Fitzpatrick," 2/2
Jim Fitzpatrick surfs a fast wave in a photo from "An Interview with Jim Fitzpatrick" by Bill Cleary.
"Beer Can Larry" Wright wears a Rainer Ale costume
"Beer Can Larry" Wright, in drag, wears a wig and a Rainer Ale costume. He walks by Victoria Andersen and an unknown man at Topanga Beach.
"Boots Malone" film set at Topanga Post Office
A scene from "Boots Malone" was filmed at the Topanga Post Office and General Store in Pine Tree Circle.
"Boots Malone" is a 1952 American film noir drama film directed by William Dieterle. It stars William Holden as a down-on-his-luck sports…
"Boots Malone" is a 1952 American film noir drama film directed by William Dieterle. It stars William Holden as a down-on-his-luck sports…
"Commons" by Jim and Sue Sullivan
"Commons" by ceramicists Jim and Sue Sullivan is an intricate mosaic table.
"If you don't live here, don't surf here"
Graffiti on W. Topanga Beach Rd. says, "If you don't live here, don't surf here."
"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, which finally brought electricity to the Canyon.
"Muscle Beach Party" film behind the scenes, 1/2
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A behind-the-scenes photo shows a Rolls Royce driving down Topanga Beach Road, past a trailer, surfboards, and…
A behind-the-scenes photo shows a Rolls Royce driving down Topanga Beach Road, past a trailer, surfboards, and…
"Muscle Beach Party" film behind the scenes, 2/2
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A behind-the-scenes photo shows the surfboards that the Topanga Bombers allegedly stole from the set.
A behind-the-scenes photo shows the surfboards that the Topanga Bombers allegedly stole from the set.
"Muscle Beach Party" film poster
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
The film's poster says, "When 10,000 Biceps go around 5,000 Bikinis... you KNOW what's gonna happen!"
The film's poster says, "When 10,000 Biceps go around 5,000 Bikinis... you KNOW what's gonna happen!"
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 1/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A film still shows the surfers driving on Pacific Coast Highway.
A film still shows the surfers driving on Pacific Coast Highway.
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 10/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A film still shows Dick Dale & the Deltones playing surf-music guitar.
A film still shows Dick Dale & the Deltones playing surf-music guitar.
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 11/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A film still shows Woody Woodward's beach house and the surfboards that the Topanga Bombers allegedly stole from…
A film still shows Woody Woodward's beach house and the surfboards that the Topanga Bombers allegedly stole from…
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 12/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A film still shows actors Peter Lupus (in purple) and Don Rickles (in blue).
A film still shows actors Peter Lupus (in purple) and Don Rickles (in blue).
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 13/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A film still shows an aerial view of the Topanga Lagoon.
A film still shows an aerial view of the Topanga Lagoon.
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 14/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A film still shows actor Peter Lupus. Behind him is the bluff.
A film still shows actor Peter Lupus. Behind him is the bluff.
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 15/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A film still shows them dancing at Woody Woodward's house.
A film still shows them dancing at Woody Woodward's house.
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 2/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A film still shows Frankie and Annette turning onto W. Topanga Beach Rd.
A film still shows Frankie and Annette turning onto W. Topanga Beach Rd.
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 3/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A film still shows the surfers parking on W. Topanga Beach Rd. Miki Dora is sitting on a headlight, dressed in…
A film still shows the surfers parking on W. Topanga Beach Rd. Miki Dora is sitting on a headlight, dressed in…
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 4/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A film still shows Miki Dora, in black, about to jump over the railing of Woody Woodward's beach house.
A film still shows Miki Dora, in black, about to jump over the railing of Woody Woodward's beach house.
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 5/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
A film still shows a surfboard, a volleyball net, and beach houses.
A film still shows a surfboard, a volleyball net, and beach houses.
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 6/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 7/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 8/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
"Muscle Beach Party" film still, 9/15
In "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello discover that bodybuilders have taken over Topanga Beach.
"Save Topanga" protest sign
A protester trying to save Summit Valley from the Canyon Oaks development.
"Surfing Guide to Southern California," 1963
David H. Stern and Bill Cleary wrote the "Surfing Guide to Southern California" (The Fitzpatrick Company, 1963) at Topanga Beach.
"Thank you" signs for the 1993 Firefighters
In the aftermath of the 1993 fire, "thank you" signs popped up all over Topanga Canyon.
"The Boss" Ellen Mills
Ellen Mills knew so much about Topanga that Post Office Postmaster Oscar Reynoso nicknamed her "The Boss."
"Topanga Sue" Lilley stands in front of her beach house
Surfer "Topanga Sue" Lilley holds a surfboard in front of her Topanga Beach house by the lagoon.
"Woody the King: The Father of Modern Skateboarding," 1/2
Woody Woodward gives an interview at Topanga Beach in a series of photo from the article "Woody the King: A Candid Conversation with the Father of Modern Skateboarding" by Bill Cleary.
"Woody the King: The Father of Modern Skateboarding," 2/2
Woody Woodward and Michael Saenz skateboard on Woody's paddle-tennis court at Topanga Beach in a photo from the article "Woody the King: A Candid Conversation with the Father of Modern Skateboarding" by Bill Cleary.
Evening Outlook Race trophies won by Topanga Yacht Club
Fifteen sailors finished the first Evening Outlook Trophy Race, on Sunday, September 2, 1934. Seven were members of the Topanga Yacht Club (names in bold below). The winner was presented a bronze trophy by "beach beauty" Marilyn Connon. Others…
Topanga Journal, September 30, 1954 issue
Headline: "Malibu Citizens Committee Asks 10 Questions on Water District Annexation."
1980 Flood Topples House
House in the 700 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard is toppled from its foundation by the February 1980 flood.
6 cartoons lambasting the Water Committee
6 cartoons lambasting the foibles of the Water Committee, in the Topanga Businessmen's Association pamphlet.
A 1930 map marks Lower Topanga as a future park
A 1930 map ("Diagram of Beach Frontage") marks Lower Topanga as the site of a future park, and the Santa Monica / Venice coastline as a future harbor.
A 1947 Chevrolet car is covered up by arundo
A dusty 1947 Chevrolet car is covered up by arundo in The Snake Pit.
A beach house wrecked by a storm and big waves
Just west of the Topanga Beach Lagoon, a house is wrecked by a storm and big waves.
A boulder fell on Topanga Canyon Blvd.
A boulder fell on Topanga Canyon Blvd. after heavy rains on January 9, 2005. Pictures of this "rock star" appeared in the news around the world.
A boy and a man walk six dogs while watching surfers
A boy and a man walk six dogs at Topanga Beach. Skip Smith rides a wave.
A boy rides a horse by Shriner's Wayside Stand
A boy rides a horse by Shriner's Wayside Stand. He is being watched by Lucie Loggins, who bought the restaurant and renamed it Step Inn Cafe.
A bridge crosses the Topanga Lagoon
A bridge crosses the Topanga Lagoon, near Cooper's Camp and De Long Cafe. Plans were afoot to replace the bridge, which happened in 1933. This photo comes from a 1930 report submitted to the Citizens' Committee on Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches, by…
A bulkhead protects Eddie Wingard's house from big waves
A bulkhead protects Eddie Wingard's house from big waves at Topanga Beach.
A bulkhead protects houses at Topanga Beach
A bulkhead protects houses at Topanga Beach. The houses belong to...
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The Saenz family. The father Eddie Sr. kept adding bedrooms on top for his eight children.
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Bob Ernst, a policeman, lived upstairs. Alden "Dozzie" Dozberg, a volleyball…
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The Saenz family. The father Eddie Sr. kept adding bedrooms on top for his eight children.
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Bob Ernst, a policeman, lived upstairs. Alden "Dozzie" Dozberg, a volleyball…
A cable car was used to measure Topanga Creek
A cable car was used to gauge the water level of Topanga Creek at the bottom of the S-Turns.
A car and a horse at the Topanga Post Office
A car and a horse at the Topanga Post Office and General Store
A car is stuck in the mud after a flood on Topanga Lane
The Herrmann family's car is stuck in the mud after a flood on Topanga Lane.
A car parks at the bottom of the S-Turns
A man and woman park their car on the curb of the newly widened Topanga Canyon Road, at the bottom of the S-Turns.
A Cheney family outing
A Cheney family outing. George Cheney (right) used this 1910 Garford to carry passengers and mail to the Post Office.
A couple sits on a Triumph motorcycle on Topanga Beach Rd.
Skylar Hayden sits on his Triumph motorcycle, his wife Sirkka dismounts, and their small dog watches behind their house on W. Topanga Beach Rd.
A couple stands by the chimney of their house lost to fire
A man and woman stand by the chimney of the house at Brookside that they lost to the 1938 fire.
A dancer and drummer perform at the Reggae Picnic
A dancer and drummer perform at the Reggae Picnic at Theatricum Botanicum.
A diver searches for the Ameco, off Topanga Beach
A diver searches for the Ameco, off Topanga Beach.
The fishing boat "Ameco" capsized off Topanga Beach, and 16 people drowned on Memorial Day, May 30, 1930. This remains the worst boating accident in the Santa Monica Bay.
The fishing boat "Ameco" capsized off Topanga Beach, and 16 people drowned on Memorial Day, May 30, 1930. This remains the worst boating accident in the Santa Monica Bay.
A family gathers at a roadside restaurant
A family gathers at a roadside restaurant that offers barbecue, hot dogs, Imperial Ice Cream, Eastside Beer, cider, and cold drinks.
A fire burns to Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Firemen watch as a fire burns to Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Lower Topanga.
A fire burns two Topanga Beach houses
A fire burned two Topanga Beach houses, leaving a dirt lot on W. Topanga Beach Rd. that allowed entry to the public. The cause was a barbecue under one of the houses.
A flood engulfs a house in Lower Topanga
The Topanga Creek flood engulfs a house and van in Brookside in Lower Topanga.
A goat walks by a Topanga Lane house damaged by the flood
Ingrid Lindquist's goat walks by her Topanga Lane house that was damaged by the flood.
Ingrid: "I had two goats that survived the flood... just barely. I had put them in my horse trailer for the night because their pen was deep with mud. When my…
Ingrid: "I had two goats that survived the flood... just barely. I had put them in my horse trailer for the night because their pen was deep with mud. When my…
A hiking group walks down Topanga Canyon Blvd.
A hiking group walks down Topanga Canyon Blvd. to the Time Tunnel.
A horse carriage pauses in front of Arch Rock
A man stands beside a horse carriage, in front of Arch Rock
A horse wagon carries passengers across Topanga Creek
A horse wagon carries passengers across Topanga Creek, while two women walk along the bank. The caption says, "Going up 'Topango' Canyon -- crossing a little stream is Emma and Jim on front seat, Mrs. H. Esther next, Mother S. sitting in back --…
A house in The Snake Pit is damaged by the flood
A house in The Snake Pit is damaged by the flood. A surfboard lies in the mud.
A landslide closed Topanga Canyon Blvd., March 2024
A landslide closed Topanga Canyon Blvd. from March 9 to June 2, 2024, about three months.
A lost surfboard hits the rocks at Topanga Beach
A lost surfboard hits the rocks as three surfers take off on a wave at Topanga Beach.
A Makaha Skateboards ad features team riders
A Makaha Skateboards ad features team riders Joey Saenz, Danny Schaefer, Torger Johnson, and Woody Woodward.
Venice lifeguard Larry Stevenson (1930-2012) designed and manufactured the first commercial skateboards in 1961, under his brand Makaha,…
Venice lifeguard Larry Stevenson (1930-2012) designed and manufactured the first commercial skateboards in 1961, under his brand Makaha,…
A man in a suit and a woman in a dress stand beside a cave
A man in a suit and a woman in a long dress stand beside a large rock with a shallow cave on Topanga Canyon Road in Lower Topanga.
A man rides a tire swing over the creek at Topanga Lane
A man rides a tire swing over the creek at Topanga Lane after a flood.
A man watches a house wrecked by the flood
A man watches a house that the Topanga Creek flood had carried for half a mile in Lower Topanga Canyon.
A man with a guitar walks with a woman at Topanga Beach
A shirtless man carrying a guitar walks with a woman at Topanga Beach.
A matchbook from The Raft restaurant
A matchbook from The Raft seafood restaurant shows a logo with an anchor. The Raft was at 18661 Pacific Coast Highway, Topanga Beach, from 1963 until it burned in 1979. The owners were Jack Dorfman and Jim McDonald. Today it's The Reel Inn.
A new coast road is built through Cooper's Camp
A new coast road is built through Cooper's Camp, and over a Native American burial mound.
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