H. H. West holding two fish and posing with his catch, Newport Beach, 1914

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West holding two fish and posing with his catch, 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

Photograph of H. H. West posing in Newport Beach with the fish he and Glen Velzy caught. He stands left-of-center and faces towards the right. He holds a fish in each of his hands and holds them out towards the right. Directly behind him, several fish hang from a stick that runs parallel to the ground. A beach and a pier can be seen in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 706. Newport Beach, Calif. April 1914. See negative #631 - Laguna Beach. Glen Velzy and I had been fishing at Laguna, and on the way home stopped at Newport Beach and took some photos of our catch. 7 pictures of myself with our fish. 4 pictures of Glen Velzy with our fish. 2 pictures of myself on the Newport Pier with a big sea bass some fellow had caught. 2 pictures of the fellow who caught the big sea bass. Now unknown. 15 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
Fishing--California
Piers & wharves--California--Newport Beach
Fish--California