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.
Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor) posing on the stoop of her family's Robinson Road rental with brother David standing in the crib behind in 1949. The rustic cabin was reputed to be the hunting lodge for Teddy Roosevelt.
Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor) sitting in front of the cabin rented by the Swenson family for a year on Robinson Road in 1949 when they first moved to Topanga before moving to the home on Fontaine Road in Topanga.
Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor) standing in front of the family house on Fontaine Road in 1950 with her parents and brothers. Pictured from the left in the front row: Nancy and her brother Jon; with her mother Harriet, father John, and brother...
Husband and wife--California--Topanga; Piano teachers--California--Topanga;
John and Harriet Swenson, parents of Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor), on family property on Fontaine Road in Topanga in 1951. John worked in aircraft business. Harriet studied piano and gave piano lessons to the local children.
Leaning outhouse off a cliff of the two-bedroom cabin that the family of Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor) lived for a year on Robinson Road in Topanga in 1949. The outhouse was on the edge of what is now the Topanga State Park.
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...
David Swenson (left), brother of Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor) with cousin Mark Herranen and family goat Dolly at the family home on Fontaine Road in Topanga in 1952.
Barn owl raised by Jon Swenson, brother of Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor). Picture was taken at family property on Fontaine Road in Topanga circa 1960.
Father and child--California--Topanga; Brothers and sisters--California--Topanga; Oak--California--Topanga;
Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor) sitting on a fallen oak tree with her father and three brothers on Fontaine Road in Topanga circa 1960. Pictured from the left: David, Willy, Nancy, John (father), and Jon. The family called the fallen oak tree...
Jon Swenson, brother of Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor), standing in the yard of the family house on Fontaine Road in Topanga on his third birthday in 1950.
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.
Family photo of Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor) taken at the family home on Fontaine Road in Topanga circa 1952. Pictured from left: David (brother), Harriet (mother), Nancy, John (father), Willy and Jon Swenson (brothers).
Children of Anderson, Haeggquist, Needham, Spiese, Rosenquist, Hoffman and Zack families at the birthday party of Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor) in 1952 at the front yard of the Swenson family house on Fontaine Road in Topanga. Sitting on the...
Martinez, Susan--California--East Los Angeles; Toddlers--California--East Los Angeles; Neighborhoods--California--East Los Angeles
Susan Martinez (sister of Tom Martinez) is crawling on the family's front yard grass on Middle Road. In the background are houses from across the street in City Terrace.
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...
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...
Vernon Lopez next to an image of himself in the "People of Catalina" exhibit at the Airport in the Sky on Santa Catalina Island, California in the mid-1990s.
