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Topanga Creek passes nasturtium flowers in Lower Topanga
Topanga Creek passes nasturtium flowers, a wrecked car, and a fallen brick stairway in Lower Topanga.
Sheree Wright and friend hug on Las Tunas Beach
Sheree Wright and a friend hug under the flags at Armand Riza's house at 18904 PCH (the former Las Tunas Isle Motel).
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Fouch watch Topanga Creek flood
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Fouch, of 2559 S. Topanga Cyn. Blvd., watch Topanga Creek as it races by their home during a flood.
Don Miller passes cats to Jimmy Hudson during a flood
Don Miller passes Siamese cats to Jimmy Hudson during a flood at 3933 Topanga Lane.
William Spence's home floods, 2/2
William Spence smokes a cigarette beside the piano in his flooded home (next door to Spence's Cabins on Topanga Lane). His wife Florence was the musician and could play any tune she heard. Their son Thomas painted the "Collie Dog & Lamb" above the…
Topanga Lane floods
Topanga Lane floods. The Topanga Beach Auto Court motel is safe on the hill. William Spence stands beside Spence's Cabins at right.
Spence's Cabins floods, 3923 Topanga Lane
William Spence shines a flashlight at the flooded office of Spence's Cabins motel, 3923 Topanga Lane.
William Spence's home floods, 1/2
William Spence opens the refrigerator in his flooded home (next door to Spence's Cabins on Topanga Lane).
Frank Hudson's home floods, 3933 Topanga Lane
Frank Hudson tries to salvage an outdoor chair at his flooded home (3933 Topanga Lane) as Jimmy Hudson and Don Miller (with hat) look on.
Aerial view of landslide, April 2024
A landslide closed Topanga Canyon Blvd. from March 9 to June 2, 2024, about three months.
J. Murf wears a KIIS radio T-shirt and drinks a Coors beer
J. Murf wears a KIIS radio T-shirt and drinks a Coors beer. He founded the Topanga Beach surf rock band Blue Juice.
La Mer restaurant matchbook
La Mer was a French restaurant located at 18756 Pacific Coast Highway at Topanga Beach.
The Raft restaurant T-shirt
The Raft's T-shirt shows a life preserver and an anchor. The Raft was a seafood restaurant 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.
Greebe and Moommy Topanga Beach Surf Club sweatshirt
Before the Topanga Bombers, there was the Greebe and Moommy Surf Club, created by David H. Stern in 1962.
Members included Wes Armand, Bill Cleary, John Clemens, Alden Doseburg, Bob Feigel, Jim Fitzpatrick Sr., Jim Fitzpatrick Jr., Mike Gaughan,…
Members included Wes Armand, Bill Cleary, John Clemens, Alden Doseburg, Bob Feigel, Jim Fitzpatrick Sr., Jim Fitzpatrick Jr., Mike Gaughan,…
Eddie Sr. and Helen Saenz with family and friends
Eddie Sr. and Helen Saenz are surrounded by family and friends, including sons Joey (the boy on the ground), Nicky (2nd from right, waving), Michael (being embraced by Eddie Sr.), and Eddie Jr. (with a girl on his lap).
Aurora Glassock and Jarnell Wingard sit on a couch
Aurora Glassock and Jarnell Wingard sit on a couch at the Wingard house on Topanga Beach
The Spaghetti Joint: Stephanie, Jarnell, Philly, Aurora, 1/2
Stephanie Lira, Jarnell Wingard, Philly Brooks, and Aurora Glassock share a table at The Spaghetti Joint restaurant, across from Topanga Beach.
Paulina and Sig Wingard with their children
Paulina and Sig Wingard lived on Topanga Beach with their children Jarnell and Eddie.
Boys raft Topanga Creek during the flood of 1975
Boys raft Topanga Creek during the flood of 1975: Edward Wingard, Michael Avatar, David Allard, and Jimmy Allard.
Spere Aneme catches a basking shark at Topanga Beach
Greek fisherman Spere Aneme opens the jaws of a basking shark at Topanga Beach. It was 19'10" long, and weighed 2,500 lbs.
A temporary traffic light at Tuna Canyon Rd. and PCH, 2024
A landslide closed Topanga Canyon Blvd. from March 9 to June 2, 2024, about three months. A temporary traffic light was installed at Tuna Canyon Rd. and PCH to manage the cars that had to detour.
Aerial view of landslide, March 2024
A landslide closed Topanga Canyon Blvd. from March 9 to June 2, 2024, about three months.
A landslide closed Topanga Canyon Blvd., March 2024
A landslide closed Topanga Canyon Blvd. from March 9 to June 2, 2024, about three months.
The Wood family's river rock cabin and a newer structure
The Wood family's river rock cabin is a stone house in Hondo Canyon.
Anne Lanaro kisses a raccoon
Anne Lanaro kisses a raccoon. This is one of two orphaned raccoons that the Lanaro family raised.
The Wood family's river rock cabin
The Wood family's river rock cabin is a stone house in Hondo Canyon.
Jim Ganzer's collectible trading card
Jim Ganzer is one of surfing’s original “Big Daddies.” With his penchant for art, Jim worked in the States with stars like Mickey Dora and Lance Carson designing logos, and added his art direction to the legendary surfing magazine “Surf Guide.” His…
Jan-Michael Vincent rides a horse at Topanga Beach
From the book Life Lived by Jim Ganzer (Indoek, 2024).
Jim Ganzer waxes his surfboard at Topanga Beach
From the book Life Lived by Jim Ganzer (Indoek, 2024).
Jan-Michael Vincent wears a military hat at Topanga Beach
From the book Life Lived by Jim Ganzer (Indoek, 2024).
Robbie Dick stands in his surfboard shaping room
Robbie Dick stands in his surfboard shaping roomat 3843 Topanga Canyon Blvd.From the book Life Lived by Jim Ganzer (Indoek, 2024).
Jan-Michael Vincent, Ronne Troup, and Jim Ganzer
Jan-Michael Vincent, Ronne Troup, and Jim Ganzer in Ganzer's Topanga Beach house.From the book Life Lived by Jim Ganzer (Indoek, 2024).
The dining room at Jim Ganzer's Topanga Beach house
From the book Life Lived by Jim Ganzer (Indoek, 2024).
Joe Pleshe lived across the creek near Brookside
From the book Life Lived by Jim Ganzer (Indoek, 2024).
Bonnie Vincent rides a horse by the Yellow House
Bonnie Vincent rides a horse with an unknown girl (not her daughter) by the Yellow House at Topanga Beach. Surfboards lean against the porch.From the book Life Lived by Jim Ganzer (Indoek, 2024).
Farm plays on a porch at Topanga Beach, 4/5
Farm plays on a porch at Topanga Beach. The band played the soundtrack for the surf film "The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun" (1970).From the book Life Lived by Jim Ganzer (Indoek, 2024).
Farm plays on a porch at Topanga Beach, 3/5
Farm plays on a porch at Topanga Beach. The band played the soundtrack for the surf film "The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun" (1970).From the book Life Lived by Jim Ganzer (Indoek, 2024).
Farm plays on a porch at Topanga Beach, 2/5
Farm plays on a porch at Topanga Beach. The band played the soundtrack for the surf film "The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun" (1970).From the book Life Lived by Jim Ganzer (Indoek, 2024).
Farm plays on a porch at Topanga Beach, 1/5
Farm plays on a porch at Topanga Beach. The band played the soundtrack for the surf film "The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun" (1970). From the book Life Lived by Jim Ganzer (Indoek, 2024).
Non-native arundo is sprayed with blue herbicide Roundup
A non-native arundo stalk is sprayed with the blue herbicide Roundup by State Parks in the lower Topanga Creek bed. The health impacts of the glyphosate-based Roundup, as well as its effects on the environment, have been at the center of substantial…
Non-natives plants are sprayed with blue herbicide Roundup
A non-native arundo patch is sprayed with the blue herbicide Roundup by State Parks in the lower Topanga Creek bed. The health impacts of the glyphosate-based Roundup, as well as its effects on the environment, have been at the center of substantial…
A non-native tree is sprayed with blue herbicide Roundup
A non-native arundo tree is sprayed with the blue herbicide Roundup by State Parks in the lower Topanga Creek bed. The health impacts of the glyphosate-based Roundup, as well as its effects on the environment, have been at the center of substantial…
Broken pilings from a 19th-century bridge near the lagoon
Broken pilings from a 19th-century bridge protrude from the Topanga Creek bed near the lagoon.
Oka Stewart gets a hand from son Bert after his clown act
Oka Stewart gets a hand from son Bert after performing the clown act he'd learned in his circus days. In costume, he'd pretend to fall off the high-diving board into the swimming pool at Camp Wildwood.
Oka Stewart, ham radio operator
Oka Stewart was a ham radio operator. During World War II, he relayed messages from service men and women all over the USA. He was also useful to firefighters during the many fires in Topanga. He had a portable unit in his car and could relay…
Oka Stewart's ham radio card, W6CAR
Oka Stewart was a ham radio operator. During World War II, he relayed messages from service men and women all over the USA. He was also useful to firefighters during the many fires in Topanga. He had a portable unit in his car and could relay…
Circus friends Oka Stewart, Bert Goodrich, Forrest Stroupee
Circus friends Oka Stewart, Bert Goodrich, and Forrest Stroupee were known as The Three Jacks.
Oka Stewart (top) performs with Goodrich Aerial Artists
Oka Stewart (top) performs a handstand on a tower with Goodrich Aerial Artists, a circus troupe. Hanging below him are Bert Goodrich, Forrest Stroupee, Peggy Hale, and Trixie Ruddell.
Oka Stewart (center) with his high school radio club
Oka Stewart (center) organized the Radio Club and served as its president at Tempe Union High School in Arizona.
A surfer rides a big wave (maybe Miki Dora)
This photo came from one of Miki Dora's personal albums, which were left in New Zealand when he made a hasty exit in the mid-1970s.
The Topanga Inn was a sandwich shop at the beach
The Topanga Inn was a sandwich shop at the intersection of Topanga Canyon Blvd. and PCH. In front, James Talmadge shakes hands with an unknown man beside a fancy car.
Rodeo Grounds house #11
Rodeo Grounds house #11 belonged to retired fire captain Davis Cottle, his wife Fanny, and their daughter Dolly.
Brothers Sam and Larry Franklin surf
Brothers Sam and Larry Franklin surf. Charles Pritchard kayaks in the background.
Potter's Topanga Trading Post has open doors
Potter's Topanga Trading Post was on the west side of Pacific Coast Highway and Topanga Canyon Blvd., where the Malibu Feed Bin is today.
A woman stands on the porch of a Topanga Beach house
A woman stands on the porch of a Topanga Beach house with an umbrella in the yard.
The arched sign of the Topanga Beach Auto Court
The arched sign of the Topanga Beach Auto Court (later, Topanga Ranch Motel) . The car is a 1936 Duesenberg Dual cowl phaeton which belonged to Buster Keaton's son, James Talmadge.
The Carrere family on the balcony of their beach house, 2/2
The Carrere family on the balcony of their beach house: Edward and Helen Carrere, Helen's brother's wife Helen Abrahamsen, unknown family friend, Helen's mother Alice Abrahamsen, Leon Carrere.
The Carrere family at Topanga Beach
The Carrere family at Topanga Beach. Leon stands beside parents Fernando and Helen, and uncle Edward is at right.
Jim Talmadge stands beside a "Topanga" surfboard at Malibu
Surfer Jim Talmadge at Malibu's Surfrider Beach stands beside a redwood surfboard that has the word "Topanga" written on it. Jim was the son of actor Buster Keaton. The board probably belonged to Dave Sykes.
Jim Talmadge's car is parked by Marinos' Seafood
This 1936 Duesenberg Dual Cowl Phaeton belonged to Buster Keaton's son, Jim Talmadge, who grew up on Las Tunas Beach. The buildings in background are Marinos' Seafood Restaurant and the home of Charles and Eleanor Potter on the hill.
Potter's Topanga Trading Post and LA Athletic Club office
Potter's Topanga Trading Post and the Los Angeles Athletic Club office later merged to become the Malibu Feed Bin.
Surfers Ed Fearon, Don James, and Jack Quigg
Surfers Ed Fearon, Don James, and Jack Quigg took this photo in front of their Topanga Beach house on the day that Pearl Harbor was attacked, December 7, 1941. They knew they were going to war.
Dave Sykes surfs at Topanga Beach
Dave Sykes surfs a balsa-redwood surfboard at Topanga Beach.
Surf pioneer Joe Quigg said:
"[Dave] Sykes was the best surfer I had seen at that time because he lived there [at Topanga Beach] and surfed all day, every day. He could just glide and…
Surf pioneer Joe Quigg said:
"[Dave] Sykes was the best surfer I had seen at that time because he lived there [at Topanga Beach] and surfed all day, every day. He could just glide and…
Dave Sykes poses with his redwood "Topanga" surfboard
Dave Sykes poses with his redwood "Topanga" surfboard at San Onofre Beach in San Diego County.
Surf pioneer Joe Quigg said:
"[Dave] Sykes was the best surfer I had seen at that time because he lived there [at Topanga Beach] and surfed all day,…
Surf pioneer Joe Quigg said:
"[Dave] Sykes was the best surfer I had seen at that time because he lived there [at Topanga Beach] and surfed all day,…
Arthur Kennedy, Kirk Douglas hitchhike to Topanga Beach
Actors Arthur Kennedy and Kirk Douglas hitchhike to Topanga Beach in the film "Champion" (1949).
Kirk Douglas and Ruth Roman flirt at The Step Inn Cafe
Actors Kirk Douglas and Ruth Roman flirt at The Step Inn Cafe in the film "Champion" (1949).
The Step Inn Cafe appears in the film "Champion" (1949)
The Step Inn Cafe appears in the film "Champion" (1949). Actors Arthur Kennedy and Kirk Douglas are seen walking to the entrance.
Aerial view of Topanga Lagoon and Auto Court motel, 1944
Aerial view shows Topanga Lagoon and Topanga Beach Auto Court motel.
Evan “Gramps” Harrison (glasses) and friend with surf mat
Evan “Gramps” Harrison (glasses) stands with a friend holding a surf mat. Surfboards lean on a beach house in the background.
Dorothy Lilley walks daughter Sue on the family car
Dorothy Lilley walks daughter Sue on the family car on W. Topanga Beach Rd.
Bill and Ruth Wylie's Bait and Tackle shop, 1946
Bill and Ruth Wylie's Bait and Tackle shop was located at 18757 PCH. They lived in the house in back. The employee in the photo is unidentified.
West Topanga Beach Rd., 18622 to 18722
West Topanga Beach Rd. was a private driveway serving the homes 18622 to 18722.
Actress Natalie Talmadge's house on Las Tunas Beach
A lit cigarette, left on the couch, set ablaze the Las Tunas Beach house of actress Natalie Talmadge (1896-1969) on September 25, 1943, at 2:30 a.m. Fire Captain Tom Cheney concluded this because the couch burned through the floor.
Natalie’s…
Natalie’s…
Aerial view of plane flying over Topanga Beach, 1943, 1/2
Aerial view shows an XB-19 bomber flying over Las Tunas Beach, Topanga Beach, Old Malibu Road, and Topanga Lane. At the time this postcard was mailed, 1943, the bomber was the third largest airplane in the world.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 1940
An aerial view shows the Topanga Beach Auto Court motel, Topanga Lane, and the Rodeo Grounds.
Frances Spence and Edna May Spence at Spence's Cabins
Frances Spence and Edna May Spence in the backyard behind Spence's Cabins
Potter's Topanga Trading Post, 1940s
A dog sits in front of Potter's Topanga Trading Post (later, the Malibu Feed Bin).
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