Fourth graders Joseph Sloggy and Sean Denny went on a hike through the Topanga Creek in July 1998 helping biologists search for steelhead trout. They were appalled by the collection of wrecked cars and other junk that had accumulated in the steep...
Aparicio-Chamberlin, Vibiana; Teatro de los Niños (Theater group)--California--Los Angeles; Children’s theater--California--East Los Angeles; Community theater--California--East Los Angeles; Folklore--California--East Los Angeles; All Souls’...
A Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) event by Teatro de los Niños, the first Chicano theater group in the United States with children performers are perfoming in "Las Albondigas," a Mexican folk tale of the family. This show was held at Self-Help...
Children--California--East Los Angeles; Elementary schools--California--East Los Angeles;
Evergreen Avenue Elementary School class picture. Miss Conant's AM Kindergarten class. The photograph donor, Al Carlos, is in the first row, second from the left, 1956.
Children--California--East Los Angeles; Elementary schools--California--East Los Angeles;
Mrs. Windon's class at City Terrace Elementary School Grade B1, on the quarter system. The photograph donor, Al Carlos, is the 3rd from the left in the 2nd row, 1957.
People gathered on the Topanga Community House ball field looking at the helicopter called "Big Red" that was to haul away wrecked cars from the Topanga Creek in 1999. Children got to visit inside the helicopter before it went to work. Over 100...
Bays--California--Avalon; Cities and towns--California--Avalon; Tents-California--Avalon;
Avalon Bay and Avalon, nicknamed "Rag City" for its tents, circa 1893. Some visible buildings include the dance pavilion (large, round building at center), Holly Hill House (center, up on hill, with cupola, also called Lookout Cottage) and...
Avalon Schools, grade 1, Mrs. Thelma Splane's class, 1968-1969. (From top, left to right) 1: Paul Quatrochi, Mary Burke, Roger Hill, Audrey Nielsen, Klarke Mutton; 2: Eddie Gonzales, Rita Lopez, John Machado, Katrina Engel, Wayne Wade; 3: Keith...
Luna, Francis; Women--California--Los Angeles County; Nature--California--Los Angeles County; Boulders--California--Los Angeles County;
Francis Luna (photo donor's maternal aunt), also known as Chicki, is wearing a skirt, blouse and sandals and is sitting on a boulder on an outting to the Los Angeles River or San Gabriel Mountains, in the 1930s.
Bays--California--Avalon; Beaches--California--Avalon; Boats and boating--California--Avalon;
A view of Avalon Bay from the south end of Crescent Avenue. Hundreds of people line the beach and Green Pleasure Pier. Several boats and ships, including two steamers are in the harbor. In the distance are the Tuna Club (white building with tower,...
Isabel Luna Aparicio (photo donor's mother) vacationing with her family at "Tin Can Beach" (now Bolsa Chica State Beach), located in Huntington Beach, a city in Orange County, California. She is standing with both of her hands on her hips, looking...
Cities and towns--California--Avalon; Automobiles--California--Avalon; Streets--California--Avalon;
The west side of the 100 block of Metropole Avenue in Avalon, California, 1920s. Pictured are the Hotel Stamford, Catalina Hardware Company, and the Hermosa Hotel and Cottages.
Franco, Victor; Aparicio, Becky; Aparicio-Chamberlin, Vibiana; Franco, Irma; Sisters--California--East Los Angeles; Children--California--East Los Angeles; Easter--California--East Los Angeles; Clothing and dress--California--East Los Angeles;
Aparicio sisters, Becky and Vibiana, are with their neighbors sitting and posing for the picture on their front lawn. From left: Victor Franco (photo donor's neighbor), Becky Aparicio (photo donor's sister), Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin (photo...
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...
Avalon Schools, grades 1 and 2, Mrs. Sondra B. Wetzell's class, 1968-1969. (From top, left to right) 1: Theresa Hernandez, Paula Fried, April King, Burt Lyon, John Carroll, John Barton; 2: Lupe Castro, Kim Vickers, Cathy Ponce, Mary Page, Valerie...
A stagecoach with passengers is in the foreground. In the background are Avalon and Avalon Bay. Visible structures include the Holly Hill House (far left building on hill, with cupola, also called Lookout Cottage), Hotel Metropole (directly across...
