Roger Stearns stands in profile and poses with ducks outside the clubhouse, Gorman vicinity, circa 1910s

Item Overview

Title

Roger Stearns stands in profile and poses with ducks outside the clubhouse, Gorman vicinity, circa 1910s

Photographer

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

Date Created

[1910-1915]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Roger Stearns standing in profile in front of the side of the Alamo Gun Club clubhouse at Crane (Quail Lake). Several dead ducks tethered to a strap hang over his shoulder nearest to the camera. Another person (partially obscured) stands on the other side of the clubhouse at right. Bottles litter the ground to the right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 395. Crane Lake, Calif. 1910 - 1915. Side view of Roger Stearns with a bunch of ducks. Front view of Roger Stearns with a couple of sand hill cranes. Waller Chanslor stooping over in rear. Roger Stearns at rear of car with goose and ducks. 3 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Game bird hunting--California
Clubhouses--California--Gorman
Ducks
Dead animals--California
Hunting & fishing clubs--California--Gorman
Hunters--American--California--Gorman

Names

Alamo Gun Club
Stearns, Ernest Roger, 1884-1913

Location

California--Gorman

Resource type

still image