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Trujillo family stands with teacher Miss Ericson
Dolores Trujillo, 53, with wife Cornelia, children Rosagua (Rose Wiley) and Dolores Jr, their teacher Miss Ericson, and their lamb Buckoo.
Topanga Canyon Blvd., Summit Valley, and storm clouds
An aerial view of Topanga Canyon and the Boulevard.
August Schmidt by Bee hives
Photograph of August Schmidt with his Bee Hives circa 1900.
Annotated:
~"Herrlüchen Gluckwiensch heim gebursley" (?)
"Many Happy Wishes for Your Birthday"
~"Pierart von"
Signed August Schmidt
"Old man Schmidt had bee hives +
…
Annotated:
~"Herrlüchen Gluckwiensch heim gebursley" (?)
"Many Happy Wishes for Your Birthday"
~"Pierart von"
Signed August Schmidt
"Old man Schmidt had bee hives +
…
Crowd in Front of Topanga Tavern in Old Topanga Canyon
Black and white photograph of a man on horse and people standing in front of Topanga Tavern c.1920
Topanga Beach residents gather at a Christmas party, 1/2
Topanga Beach residents take a group photo at a Christmas party at Carl and Margaret Barlow's house in Fernwood.
FRONT:
Paul Lovas
Connie Bantilan Smith
Doug Smith
MIDDLE:
Matt Lasky
Drew Ho
Margaret Barlow (Margaret Warren)
John…
FRONT:
Paul Lovas
Connie Bantilan Smith
Doug Smith
MIDDLE:
Matt Lasky
Drew Ho
Margaret Barlow (Margaret Warren)
John…
A bulldozer demolishes a Topanga Beach house
A bulldozer demolishes a Topanga Beach house during the eviction of the beach by State Parks.
Jeff Ort does gymnastics at Terry Ward's beach house
Jeff Ort does gymnastics, spinning around a bar on the deck of Terry Ward's Topanga Beach house. A friend watches.
Ken "Kenman" Helms gives the finger at Topanga Beach
Ken "Kenman" Helms, wearing trunks, gives the middle finger at Topanga Beach.
Aricia Stanton hugs Doug Smith at Topanga Beach
Aricia Stanton (Aricia Halley) hugs Doug Smith on W. Topanga Beach Rd. The dog Spot is at right.
Woody Woodward, Davey Hilton, and Lizanne Strode
Woody Woodward lies on the deck of a Topanga Beach house. Craig Halley sits behind him. Davey Hilton stands by Lizanne Strode (in white bikini) and his black dog. Two unknown women sit by the brown dogs Ione and Cootchie.
Mike Perry and Craig Halley sit on a fence
Surfers Mike Perry and Craig Halley sit on a fence in the backyard of a house on W. Topanga Beach Rd.
Two naked women walk on the nude beach, 2/2
Two naked women walk on the nude beach at Topanga Beach. One holds a stick.
Mike Howell, Austin McCann, and Skip Short walk on beach
Mike Howell (glasses), Austin McCann (hat), and Skip Short (flower trunks) hold beers and cigarettes while walking with two other friends on Topanga Beach.
Mike Shultz spikes a volleyball at Carl Barlow
Mike Shultz, wearing a Speedo swimsuit, spikes a volleyball at Carl Barlow on Topanga Beach.
Mickey Moriarty and Jon Vogel's house, 2/2
"This was such a fun place to live. We bought it from an old character named Joe back in 1969. When we bought it the house was condemned.... It had a lower rental unit that we rented out that paid all of our costs. We had lots of animals just like…
A man stands on the balcony of The Yellow House
A man stands on the balcony of The Yellow House. Other residents sit on the roof or deck of their Topanga Beach houses.
Margaret and Mike Shultz hug at the Topanga intersection
Married couple Margaret Shultz and Mike Shultz hug on the staircase leading from the Topanga and PCH intersection to their Topanga Beach house. They wear bathing suits and carry a towel.
Woody Woodward surfs a wave in offshore winds
Woody Woodward surfs a wave in offshore winds at Topanga Beach.
Karen Riggs appears in close-up at Topanga Beach
Karen Riggs appears in close-up in front of Topanga Beach houses.
Mickey Moriarty and Jon Vogel's house, 1/2
"This was such a fun place to live. We bought it from an old character named Joe back in 1969. When we bought it the house was condemned.... It had a lower rental unit that we rented out that paid all of our costs. We had lots of animals just like…
Aricia Stanton, Woody Stuart, Carole Winter, and Mike Perry
Aricia Stanton (Aricia Halley), Woody Stuart, Carole Winter, and Mike Perry sit in front of a Topanga Beach house.
Lisa Adams combs and cuts Woody Woodward's hair
Lisa Adams combs and cuts Woody Woodward's hair at Topanga Beach.
Margaret Warren sleeps in a dress on Topanga Beach
Margaret Warren sleeps in a dress on Topanga Beach after reading William Faulkner's novel "Absalom, Absalom!" Carl Barlow sits at right.
Carole Winter walks by Topanga Beach houses
Carole Winter walks by Topanga Beach houses with hair in her face. Behind her is the Gulf gas station.
Mike Perry and Paul Lovas walk on Topanga Beach
Mike Perry and Paul Lovas walk on Topanga Beach. Paul carries a surfboard.
Jeff Ort carries his surfboard and wetsuit
Jeff Ort carries his surfboard and wetsuit on W. Topanga Beach Rd.
A naked man plays guitar on the nude beach
A naked man plays guitar on the nude beach at Topanga Beach.
View of Topanga Beach and Big Rock Beach, 1974
View of Topanga Beach houses, Big Rock Beach, and the Malibu coastline shows a glassy ocean. The Chart House is at bottom right.
John Orlando reads the newspaper at Topanga Beach
Surfer John Orlando reads the newspaper on the deck of a Topanga Beach house.
A fence at the intersection keeps out trespassers
A fence at the intersection of Topanga Canyon Blvd. and PCH keeps trespassers out of Topanga Beach. The Malibu Feed Bin is at right.
Two men visit at Geary Steffen's Topanga Beach house
Two men visit on the balcony of Geary Steffen's Topanga Beach house.
A woman lounges on the deck of the Bernsteins' house
A woman lounges on the deck of the Bernsteins' house at Topanga Beach.
Mickey Moriarty wears a hat with a snakeskin band
Mickey Moriarty wears a hat with a snakeskin band at Topanga Beach.
Lisa Adams plays the flute for Claudia
Lisa Adams plays the flute for Woody Woodward's girlfriend Claudia [SURNAME?] on Topanga Beach.
Connie Bantilan Smith, Doug Smith, and Lloyd Ahern
Connie Bantilan Smith, Doug Smith, Lloyd Ahern, and an unknown man walk on Topanga Beach. Two of them carry beers. Behind them is a dog.
Carl Barlow and Ron Shepherd carry a volleyball
Carl Barlow and Ron Shepherd carry a volleyball on Topanga Beach.
Tim Harvey surfs a wave on his catamaran at Topanga Beach
Tim Harvey surfs a wave on one pontoon of his catamaran at Topanga Beach.
Deke Keasbey and friends sail a catamaran at Topanga Beach
Deke Keasbey and friends sail a Hobie Cat catamaran at Topanga Beach. Behind them is Castellammare Beach.
Paul Lovas sits on the deck of his Topanga Beach house
Surfer Paul Lovas sits on the deck of his Topanga Beach house. Paul is the author of "Topanga Beach Experience: 1960s-70s" (Brass Tacks Press, 2011).
Two naked women walk on the nude beach, 1/2
Two naked women walk on the nude beach at Topanga Beach. One carries a stick in her mouth.
People in bathing suits walk dogs by Topanga Beach houses
People in bathing suits walk dogs by Topanga Beach houses. Don Brisco, in blue trunks, walks beside a woman in a bikini. Behind them is Geary Steffen's house and a catamaran.
Lisa Adams holds a garment at a Topanga Beach house
Lisa Adams holds a red garment on the deck of a Topanga Beach house.
Teri Kivlin rides a horse at Topanga Beach in a bikini
Teri Kivlin rides a horse at Topanga Beach in a bikini. Stuart Taylor stands beside her.
Johnny Nation and Craig Halley visit at Topanga Beach
Surfers Johnny Nation and Craig Halley visit on the deck of a Topanga Beach house decorated with Christmas Lights
Surfer Paul Lovas stands in front of his Topanga Lane house
Surfer Paul Lovas stands behind a pickup truck at his Topanga Lane house in The Snake Pit. Paul is the author of "Topanga Beach Experience: 1960s-70s" (Brass Tacks Press, 2011).
Greg Jackson looks over the fence of a Topanga Beach house
Surfer Greg Jackson, shirtless, looks over the fence of a Topanga Beach house. His girlfriend Mary Richardson stands beside him.
Roxanne Vaughn, Debbie Paulson, and Mike Perry
Roxanne Vaughn, Debbie Paulson, and Mike Perry hang out on the deck of John Puklus's Topanga Beach house.
The Chart House Restaurant and Castellammare
The Chart House restaurant (18412 PCH) was on Topanga Beach. In the background are houses in the Castellammare neighborhood.
Two men park a catamaran by Topanga Beach houses
Two men park a catamaran by Topanga Beach houses. Another man walks by.
Inez rides her horse Fiona on Topanga Beach
Inez [SURNAME?], from The Rodeo Grounds, rides her horse Fiona on Topanga Beach. She is followed by a dog.
People play volleyball by Topanga beach houses
People play volleyball by Topanga beach houses and a green trailer.
Roxanne Vaughn walks by Topanga Beach houses
Roxanne Vaughn walks by Topanga Beach houses and driftwood. Behind her are catamarans and a volleyball net.
Actor David Janssen starred in the TV series "The Fugitive"
Actor David Janssen walks by Topanga Beach houses and driftwood. He is best known for starring in the television series "The Fugitive" (1963–1967).
Paul Lovas surfs a wave in offshore winds
Paul Lovas surfs a wave in offshore winds. Paul is the author of "Topanga Beach Experience: 1960s-70s" (Brass Tacks Press, 2011).
Carl Barlow reads Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"
Carl Barlow reads Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises" on Topanga Beach. Margaret Warren sleeps at bottom right.
Aricia Stanton, John Puklus, Greg Jackson, Mary Richardson
Aricia Stanton (Aricia Halley), John Puklus, Greg Jackson, and Mary Richardson sit in front of a Topanga Beach house.
Will Bateman painting, "Topanga Low Tide," 2019
Will Bateman painting, "Topanga Low Tide," shows Topanga Beach houses, catamaran masts, and breaking waves at sunset. The inspiration was a photo by Gary Graham.
Johnny Sterner holds his surfboard in Brookside
Johnny Sterner holds a surfboard he shaped from a century plant while standing by a century plant in Brookside.
Thuani, James Mathers, and Pablo Capra (Rodeo Grounds)
Thuani [SURNAME?] stands in The Rodeo Grounds with former residents James Mathers and Pablo Capra.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2011, 4/4
Aerial view of Topanga Beach shows The Money House, the Topanga Lagoon bridge, the Topanga Ranch Motel, the Reel Inn, Oasis Imports, the lifeguard tower, and PCH.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2011, 3/4
Aerial view of Topanga Beach shows Sunset Mesa, the Chart House, South Topanga Beach, and the abandoned gas station at the intersection of Topanga Canyon Blvd. and PCH.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2011, 2/4
Aerial view of Topanga Beach shows the Topanga Lagoon, the lifeguard tower, Sunset Mesa, and PCH.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2011, 1/4
Aerial view of the entrance to Topanga Canyon shows Topanga Beach, Oasis Imports, the Malibu Feed Bin, the abandoned gas station, Sunset Mesa, and the intersection of Topanga Canyon Blvd. and PCH.
Torger Johnson skates for Makaha / Logan Earth Ski, 3/3
Torger Johnson, 23, returned to skateboarding in the mid-1970s to ride for Makaha / Logan Earth Ski.
Man cinching his burro
Walter Armacost snapped a friend cinching his burron as they stopped in Topanga on their way to the Sierra Nevadas.
Rosenthal Wine Bar burns in the Palisades Fire
Rosenthal Wine Bar burns in the Palisades Fire at 18741 PCH.
Oasis Imports and the Malibu Feed Bin burn
Oasis Imports and the Malibu Feed Bin burn in the Palisades Fire at 3931 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd. (the intersection of Topanga Canyon Blvd. and PCH).
Cholada Thai Beach Cuisine and Wylie's Bait & Tackle burn
Cholada Thai Beach Cuisine (18763 PCH) and Wylie's Bait & Tackle (18757 PCH) burn in the Palisades Fire.
Wallace Berman, Shirley Morand, and Allen Ginsberg
Assemblage artist Wallace Berman enticed notables to Topanga, including poet Allen Ginsberg.
Torger Johnson skates for Makaha / Logan Earth Ski, 1/3
Torger Johnson, 23, returned to skateboarding in the mid-1970s to ride for Makaha / Logan Earth Ski.
Claudia Lasky stands on her white horse Petulia
Claudia Lasky stands on her white horse Petulia in a corral surrounded by arundo in the Rodeo Grounds that belonged to Chuck and Liz Sayer. At one time, the Sayers built a cross-country course in the creek, with the fallen trees making all the jumps.
Greek fishermen at Topanga Beach
Greek fishermen at Topanga Beach.
1. Captain Spere Aneme [Speero Anegone] and partner Mike Leonadas [Mike Leonis] take a boat to their lobster traps.
2. Captain Spere throws back a baby lobster.
3. Captain Spere measures a lobster to see if…
1. Captain Spere Aneme [Speero Anegone] and partner Mike Leonadas [Mike Leonis] take a boat to their lobster traps.
2. Captain Spere throws back a baby lobster.
3. Captain Spere measures a lobster to see if…
Fisherman Spere Aneme mends his net
Captain Spere Aneme [Speero Anegone] mends his net. He lived at Topanga Beach with fellow Greek fishermen John Foundoukos and Mike Leonadas [Mike Leonis]. They opened a fish market there around 1923.
Topanga Beach cover of the "Topanga New Times"
The cover of the "Topanga New Times" newspaper shows a woman carrying a surfboard between palm trees along a Copacabana boardwalk by the Topanga Lagoon.
"Topanga New Times" cover features Carolyn Day surfing
The "Topanga New Times" cover story, "Life Is Swell," about local surfers, features Carolyn Day surfing a wave at Topanga Beach.
Oasis Imports is burned by the Palisades Fire, 1/2
Stone statues of Buddha and Budai remain standing after Oasis Imports burns down in the Palisades Fire, at 3931 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd., at the intersection with PCH.
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