Glen Velzy posing with fish on the beach, Newport Beach, 1914

Item Overview

Title

Glen Velzy posing with fish on the beach, 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 looking out towards the ocean while Glen Velzy poses with fish he and H. H. West caught in Newport Beach. Glen Velzy stands in the foreground at right; he faces and looks towards the left. A fishing pole is propped up behind him as he holds a wood plank that extends horizontally to the left. About a couple dozen fish dangle from the plank. A couple crates sit on the sand beneath the plank at left. The top crate reads, "HYDRO PURA," and "TWO WATER SOF[T]E[NER] THE BEST CLEANSER KNOWN HYDR[A] PURA BA[TH] TOILE[T] LAUND[RY] KITCHEN SCHALK CHEMICAL CO. LOS ANGELES, CAL." Waves crash on the shore at left and a pier extends across 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

Velzy, Glen Roy, 1884-1951

Location

California--Newport Beach

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Beaches--California--Newport Beach
Fishing--California
Piers & wharves--California--Newport Beach
Fish--California