Keeper Jesse Shanklin carrying a box of ducks to the clubhouse, Gorman vicinity, circa 1910s

Item Overview

Title

Keeper Jesse Shanklin carrying a box of ducks to the clubhouse, Gorman vicinity, circa 1910s

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

[1910-1915]

Date

1910/1915

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

A blurry photograph of Keeper Jesse Shanklin carrying ducks in box from the boat to the Alamo Gun Club clubhouse. He walks towards the left with his back to the camera along a bank of Crane (Quail) Lake. He carries the ducks in an open wooden box high up on his back. The lake and low mountains rising from the opposite bank serve as the backdrop.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 391. Crane Lake, Calif., 1910 - 1915. Keeper Jesse Shanklin carrying a box of ducks from the boat to the club house. Poor negative. Roger Stearns adjusting his camera to take a picture. 2 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Shanklin, Jesse
Alamo Gun Club

Location

California--Gorman

Longitude

34.770534

Latitude

-118.755021

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Ducks
Dead animals--California
Lakes & ponds--California--Gorman
Duck shooting--California