Charles Davis of Indianpolis hunts for quail in a field, Acton, about 1906

Item Overview

Title

Charles Davis of Indianpolis hunts for quail in a field, Acton, about 1906

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa October, 1906]

Date

1906-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

A distant photograph of Charles Davis of Indianapolis standing in a field with his back to camera while hunting for quail. He stands just left-of-center and is slightly turned towards the left with his gun at the ready. The field stretches in front and behind him. Trees line the horizon in the far distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Acton, Calif. About October 1906. Guy West, H.H.West and Charles Davis, who was Western Agent for G and J Tire Co. Indianapolis, Indiana, took S.P. train to Acton one night. Staid[sic] at the hotel all night. Got a rig next morning at livery stable and went out quail hunting. Charles Davis, with my automatic 12 gauge gun. Davis at edge of field looking for quail. Davis feet hurt. Takes off his shoes. Davis sees a bottle by the canteen and hunches along on his belly to get it. 4 negatives

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Davis, Charles

Location

California--Acton

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Meadows--California
Quail shooting--California
Hunters--American--California--Acton