![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Sheep%20ranch%2c%20circa%20late%201800s.jpg)
Sheep grazing on a ranch owned by the Weddington family at 4141 Whitsett
Avenue, circa late 1800s. Later, it was a wheat farm, a casaba melon farm,
and eventually a golf course. Undated, but a bit of copyright in the lower
left corner reads "18" so probably late 1890's.
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/An%20old%20time%20camp%20outfit%2c%20circa%201900.jpg)
An old time camp outfit near Ventura Boulevard and Valley Circle Boulevard, circa 1900
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Calabasas%20Field%20of%20Pumpkins%20c.%201910.jpg)
Calabasas Field of Pumpkins postcard circa 1910
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Van%20Nuys%20Boulevard%2c%201913.jpg)
Van Nuys Boulevard, 1913
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/SFV_1920_looking_north_from_topanga_canyon.jpg)
San Fernando Valley looking north from Topanga Canyon 1920
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/girard_1922_looking_east_down_ventura_blvd.jpg)
Girard looking east at the intersection of Ventura Boulevard and Topanga Canyon 1922
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Ticket%20for%20a%20sight%20seeing%20trip%20to%20Girard%20%28Now%20Woodland%20Hills%29.jpg)
Ticket for a sight seeing trip to Girard (Now Woodland Hills)
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Topanga%20Canyon%20Boulevard%20and%20the%20San%20Fernando%20Valley%2c%20circa%201921.jpg)
Topanga Canyon Boulevard circa 1921
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Brant%20Ranch%20in%20Girard%201924.jpg)
Brant Ranch in Girard 1924
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Adohr%201935-37.jpg)
Adohr 1935-37
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/M.%20Costa%20gas%20station%20at%2023513%20Ventura%20Boulevard%2c%20circa%201920-1935.jpg)
M. Costa gas station at 23513 Ventura Boulevard, circa 1920-1935
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Encino%20Post%20Office%20dedication%20day%2c%20circa%201935-1942.jpg)
Encino Post Office dedication day, circa 1935-1942
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Reseda%20letter%201936.jpg)
1936 letter
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Adohr%20Farms%2c%20aerial%20view%2c%20circa%201940%27s.jpg)
Adohr Farms, Woodland Hills, CA aerial view, circa 1940's
In 1941, the community of Girard was renamed Woodland Hills
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Application%20for%20church%20construction%20loan%2c%201948.jpg)
Application for church construction loan 1948
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Rotary%20Phone.jpg)
Starting 1949 's Do you remember this gadget?
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Canoga%20Park%2c%20California%2c%20circa%201949.jpg)
Canoga Park, California, circa 1949
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Ventura%20Boulevard%2c%20circa%201950s.jpg)
Ventura Boulevard facing west from Hidden Hills, circa 1950s. The flat hill in
the center is called "the Mesa." To the west of the Mesa was the Agoure Ranch.
Ventura Boulevard was originally part of El Camino Real, the roadway that
linked the Spanish settlements and missions along the Pacific coast from
Baja California to San Francisco in the 18th and 19th centuries. It now
continues as Calabasas Road (running parallel to the 101 Freeway). A stage
line, run by Flint, Bixby and Butterfield, operated during the 19th century
along it.
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Canoga%20Park%20High%20School%20after%20a%20rainstorm%2c%201950.jpg)
Canoga Park High School after a rainstorm, 1950
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Brochure%20Ray%20Hommes%201951.jpg)
Home Brochure 1951
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Bill%20DeYoung%20Chevron%20gas%20station%2c%201953.jpg)
Bill DeYoung Chevron gas station, 1953
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Empty%20store%20front%20at%2021519%20Sherman%20Way%20in%20Canoga%20Park.jpg)
Empty store front at 21519 Sherman Way in Canoga Park
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/A.%20E.%20Hanson%2c%20Developer%20and%20Pat%20Murphy%2c%20salesman%20Hidden%20Hills%2c%20circa%201950s.jpg)
A. E. Hanson, Developer and Pat Murphy, salesman Hidden Hills circa 1950s
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Ventura%20Boulevard%20in%20the%201950s.jpg)
Ventura Boulevard in the 1950s
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Harvey%27s%20Restaurant%20menu%2c%20circa%201955.jpg)
Harvey's Restaurant menu circa 1955
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Reseda%20Sherman%20Way%201955.jpg)
Reseda Sherman Way 1955
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Pierce%20College%20Basketball%20team%2c%201958.jpg)
Pierce College Basketball team, 1958
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Tampa%20Victory%201960.jpg)
Tampa Victory 1960
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Hidden%20Hills.jpg)
Hidden Hills
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Encino%201961.jpg)
Encino 1961
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/DeSoto%20Avenue%2c%201961.jpg)
DeSoto Avenue 1961
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/ventura_blvd_looking_east_past_topanga_1962.jpg)
Ventura Boulevard looking east past Topanga 1962
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Reseda%20Sherman%20Way%201963.jpg)
Reseda Sherman Way 1963
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Shoup%20Avenue%2c%201965.jpg)
Shoup Avenue, 1965
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Shoup%20bet%20Vic%20and%20Oxnard%201965.jpg)
Shoup between Victory and Oxnard 1965
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Opening%20of%20Ventura%20Freeway%201967.jpg)
Opening of Ventura Freeway 1967
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Pierce%20College%20Goats.jpg)
Pierce College Goats
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Pierce%20College.jpg)
Pierce College
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Rally%20against%20school%20busing%20in%20Los%20Angeles.jpg)
Rally against school busing in Los Angeles at Reseda High School May 20, 1980
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Sears%20black%20white%20television.jpg)
Sears ended the sales of black and white televisions 1990
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Earthquake%20damage%2c%20Studio%20City%2c%20Calif.%20January%201994.jpg)
Earthquake damage, Studio City, Calif. January 1994
![](https://faculty.piercecollege.edu/kudlers/Reseda%20Sherman%20Way%202009.jpg)
Reseda Sherman Way 2009
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