Middle school teachers--California--Thousand Oaks (Ventura County);
Lynn Dickhoff (photo donor) posing behind pots of flowers on graduation day in June 1999 at Sequoia Middle School in Newbury Park where she taught American History and Spanish to eighth graders fro 32 years. 1999 was also the year of her retirement.
Land titles--California--Topanga; Homestead law--California--Topanga; Topanga (Calif.)--History--Sources;
Certificate from the General Land Office in Los Angeles, California, to Francisco Trujillo, grandfather of Rose Wiley (photo donor), to secure a land grant of 160 acres in Topanga on April 17, 1899.
School buildings--California--Topanga; Barns--California--Topanga;
Unknown children standing in front of the little red schoolhouse at the hairpin turn north of the school road in Topanga, circa 1920. Schoolhouse was converted from a barn built approximately in 1893. Dolores Trujillo, father of Rose Wiley (photo...
Dolores Trujillo, father of Rose Wiley (photo donor), on horseback on old Eden Drive in Topanga, circa 1928. Photo taken by his English friend Jane B. Reed.
Dolores Trujillo, father of Rose Wiley (photo donor), sitting on cabin porch in 1952 next to the original ranch sign that reads "Trujillo Ranch, 1886". The sign was made in 1935 and later incorporated into the Trujillo Ranch entry gate built by his...
Dolores Trujillo, father of Rose Wiley (photo donor), standing in front of the old ranch house in Topanga with his dog and English friend, Jane B. Reed, whose husband, Earl Reed, took the photo. The English couple was living in Calabasas,...
Postcard photo of an aerial view of Eden Ranch, Pine Tree Circles, from south Topanga looking North, Topanga, circa 1930. Photo from the historic Topanga photo postcards collection donated to the Topanga Historical Society by Allison Acker, a...
Family portrait taken at Trujillo Ranch homestead centennial party in 1986. Standing outside on Trujillo Ranch, first row (bottom) from the left: Rose Wiley (photo donor,) and husband Bob Wiley; with their four children and their spouses, and two...
Horseback riding--California--Santa Monica Canyon (Los Angeles County);
Francisco Trujillo, grandfather of Rose Wiley (photo donor), comfortably astride his horse in 1910 in front of trees at a public gathering in Santa Monica Canyon (exact location unknown). He died a few years later when a horse kicked him.
Francisco Trujillo (left), grandfather of Rose Wiley (photo donor), and a hired hand standing in front of the old house (lower than current location) on Trujillo Ranch in Topanga, circa 1912.
Maneula Trujillo, grandmother of Rose Wiley (photo donor), holding a kitten in front of the old ranch house in Topanga in 1917. Grape vines on the right.
59-year-old Manuela Trujillo, grandmother of Rose Wiley (photo donor), sitting on a donkey that was used for transportation, in front of the ranch house in 1917. Manuela acted as ranch manager when her husband Francisco Trujillo was away.
A neighborhood baling crew that included Jesus Santa Maria (aboard baler), Dolores Trujillo (first from right), father of Rose Wiley (photo donor), George Cheney (second from right), and others building hay on Santa Maria Ranch in Topanga circa...
Polito Trujillo (right), uncle of Rose Wiley (photo donor), and an unknown male friend dressing a deer hung upside down from a tree branch on the lower part of Trujillo Branch, circa 1900.
Rose Wiley (photo donor) standing on a stool next to her mother Cornelia Trujillo who came to California in 1913 from Mexico. Picture taken at a studio in Los Angeles, California, circa 1933.
Receipt of the funeral expenses for Francisco Trujillo, grandfather of Rose Wiley (photo donor), on May 26, 1916. The receipt was made to the Estate of Francisco Trujillo by Bresee Bros. & Todd Co. located on 1334 Third Street, Santa Monica,...
Brothers and sisters--California--Topanga; Ranch life--California--Topanga;
10-year-old Rose Wiley (photo donor) and 6-year-old brother Del Trujillo sitting on a woodpile at Trujillo Ranch in 1941. Wagon wheel with corn sheller in the background.
Rose Wiley (photo donor) posing at the Trujillo Ranch centennial party at the front yard of the house under arbor on October 6, 1986. Attendees included people from the Topanga Historical Society.
Brothers and sisters--California--Topanga; Families--California--Topanga;
Rose Wiley (photo donor), Cornelia Trujillo (donor's mother), and Del Trujillo (donor's brother) in sheepskin chaps standing on the Trujillo Ranch facing Pine Tree Circle in Spring 1942. Picture was taken by a school teacher.