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...
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...
Harriet and John Swenson, parents of Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor), bought the house on Fontaine Road in Topanga in 1950 where the family lived for over 50 years, originally leasing it for a year because the owner John Aerick, who built the...
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...
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,...
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.
Emilia Rodriguez Aparicio (photo donor's grandmother) is standing outside and is wearing her hair pulled back and parted in the middle. She is wearing a light color dress or top and is looking at the camera. The photo was taken at a house possibly...
Family members of Rose Wiley (photo donor) and an unknown friend posing in their garden of the old house on Trujillo Ranch at 22555 Monte Vista Drive, Topanga, California, circa 1910. Pictured from the left: Polito (uncle), female friend...
Pictured in 1998, the house at 154-156 South Topanga Blvd. was originally developed by druggist Henry L. Wilson and his wife Louise Stinetorf, a successful novelist. Her novel, The White Witch Doctor, was made into a film starring Susan Hayward and...
Rivera, Evangelina; Rubalcava, Mary Lou; Duarte, Hortencia; Arroya, Consuelo; Children--California--East Los Angeles; Birthday parties--California--East Los Angeles;
A birthday party at the Rivera house (photo donor's mother) on San Carlos St. in the Belvedere area of East Los Angeles. There are 13 kids in the picture but some of their faces are not shown. The first four girls left to right are: Evangelina...
Harriet and John Swenson, parents of Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor), standing in the front yard of the family house at Fontaine Road in Topanga in June 1983.
Martinez, Frank; Martinez, Margaret; Martinez, Daniel; Martinez, Ernestina; Families--California--East Los Angeles; Dwellings--California--East Los Angeles;
Photo donor's son, Frank Martinez and daughter-in-law, Margaret Martinez who lived with Ernestina and her husband moving out of the house that Ernestina's grandfather built circa 1928. Ernestina is shown standing behind the car and to her left...
Family house next to Hammel Steet Elementary School (now known as Esteban Torres High School). Donor's grandfather built the home in circa 1928 (main building). Esteban Torres High School is now located where the house and Elementary School once...
Martinez, Ernestina; Girls--California--East Los Angeles; Dwellings--California--East Los Angeles;
Ernestina Martinez sitting with other girls in front of a house that was built on stilts. Ernestina is about 7 or 8 years old in this photo and she is sitting on the far left. Circa 1937.
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...
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...
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...
