H. H. West poses with fish, Newport Beach, 1914

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West poses with fish, Newport Beach, 1914

Photographer

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

Date Created

April, 1914

Date

1914-04

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

A blurry and out-of-focus photograph of H. H. West posing for a photograph next to fish caught by him and his fishing party near Newport Beach pier. H. H. West stands at right and looks towards the camera while cradling an upright fishing rod. He props a foot on a crate, which reads, "HYDRO PUR." On his other side, a long beam extends from his hip horizontally to the left. About a score of fish hang vertically from this beam. Slightly elevated from the beach, a small dwelling stands in the background at left. Left-of-center, H. H. West's Buick is parked up the small hill behind him and telephone poles extend into the distance at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 631. Laguna Beach, 1914. April. Glen Velzy and I had planned to make a trip to Owens Valley for trout on the opening, which was April 1 that year. 1914. Came heavy rains and I phoned Mojave and found roads covered with water and as we had our cars packed and ready to go, we went down to Laguna Beach and put up at the hotel. Next morning we went down to the cliffs below town. Velzy fishing from the rocks catches a sculpin. Not so good. We help a fellow [handwritten:] Name DeNum(?) [end handwritten] roll his launch into the surf for the coming season, and to tune it up, takes us for a run down toward San Onofre in the kelp. We caught several hundred pounds of fish. On the way home we stopped and took my picture with some of the fish we were bringing home at the Newport Beach pier. My Buick in the rear. 6 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

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

Location

California--Newport Beach

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Beaches--California--Newport Beach
Automobiles--American--California--Newport Beach
Fish--California