Keeper Jesse Shanklin cleaning ducks after a shoot, Gorman vicinity, circa 1910s

Item Overview

Title

Keeper Jesse Shanklin cleaning ducks after a shoot, 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

Jesse Shanklin, keeper of the Alamo Gun Club, stands in front of the clubhouse porch and cleans ducks. He looks to camera and holds a duck. To his right, ducks lie lined up in a row on a bench. On the porch behind him, duck decoys lie in a pile on the porch floor and some sit atop the porch rail. A bed is visible on the right side of the porch.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 392. Crane Lake, Calif. 1910 - 1915. Billy Macnider with a bunch of ducks and geese. Keeper Jesse Shanklin cleaning the ducks after a shoot. 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

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Animal grooming
Clubhouses--California--Gorman
Ducks
Dead animals--California
Hunting & fishing clubs--California--Gorman
Duck shooting--California
Decoys (Hunting)