Award winners--California--Topanga; Couples--California--Topanga;
Lynn Dickhoff (photo donor) won 2010 Citizen of the Year Award given annually by the Topanga Chamber of Commerce. Taken by photographer Katie Dalsemers, Lynn posing with husband Bruce Dickhoff at the awards party held at Froggy's Topanga Fish...
Lynn Dickhoff (photo donor) won 2010 Citizen of the Year Award given annually by the Topanga Chamber of Commerce. Taken by photographer Katie Dalsemers, Lynn posing with State Senator Fran Pavley at the awards party held at Froggy's Topanga Fish...
Lynn Haines (Dickhoff). photo donor, on her first day of kindergarten on the front steps of the schoolhouse (now Froggy's Topanga Fish Market) in Topanga in 1947.
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.
Lynn Haines (Dickhoff), photo donor (center), standing under a tree on Haines family property in Topanga in 1953 with her brother Bruce and sister Carol on either side and family dog Pat in the front.
Main house of Kneen's Kamp in Topanga built by Thomas W. (Bill) Kneen (also known as TW Kneen), maternal grandfather of Lynn Dickhoff (photo donor) on November 11 between 1916 and 1918. Picture was taken circa 1920.
Avalon Schools, grade 12, 1968-1969. From back: Class of 1969 - Mr. Alex Dutzi, Jr., sponsor. Back row, left to right: Mr. Alex Dutzi, Jr., Heidi Vander Velde, Leslie Clarke, Valerie Warner, John Romo, Steve Montague, Steve Crow, Kent Crawford,...
Cabins stud hillside at Kneen's Kamp with Katherine Kneen standing in the picture taken circa 1920. In 1915, Thomas W. Kneen, maternal grandfather of Lynn Dickhoff (photo donor), purchased property on the high way north of Topanga Woods on the...
The signature Taj Mahal stone arch entrance Thomas W. (Bill) Kneen, grandfather of Lynn Dickhoff (photo donor), built for Mr. Hanlon in 1928 on Entrada Road. Picutre taken circa 1990.
May Kneen and daughter Katherine, mother of Lynn Dickhoff (photo donor), standing by the main house of Kneen's Kamp built by husband Thomas W. (Bill) Kneen taken circa 1930. The house was badly damaged in 1994 earthquake, and was razed and rebuilt...
Katherine Kneen married Lee haines and started another generation of Topangans. Pictured in 1949, left to right: Katherine holding Carol, Bruce, and Lee holding Lynn Haines (Dickhoff), photo donor.
The house at 772 North Topanga Canyon Blvd. was built by TW Kneen, father of Lynn Dickhoff (photo donor), during World War I. It was occupied by Kneen and then Haines family, and was badly damaged in the 1999 earthquake. The house was later sold...
Portrait of Thomas W. (Bill) Kneen and May Haney Kneen, maternal grandparents of Lynn Dickhoff (photo donor), who came to California from England in 1900. Picture was taken at a professional studio in Santa Monica in 1909.
Katherine Kneen and Lee Haines on their wedding day with Katherine's parents T.W. Kneen (first from right) and May Kneen (second from right), grandparents of Lynn Dickhoff (photo donor). The reception was held at the Kneen's house in Topanga on...
Christian Science church buildings--California--Topanga; Christian Science--California--Topanga;
Cars parked along Topanga Highway for Christian Science church services. Christian Science was the first denomination to build a church in Topanga. In the early 1920s Christian Science practitioner Mable Lewis rented a cottage at Kneen's Kamp and...
Graduation photo of Mr. Shut and Mr. Vargo's class in June 1955. It was the first class to graduate from the new Topanga Elementary School at 22075 Topanga School Road.
Spanish style Topanga school was built in 1925 with classroom, stage and indoor restrooms, later became the American Legion Hall (now Froggy's Topanga Fish Market). Picture taken circa 1926. The elementary school moved to the current location at...