H. H. West posing with a sea bass caught by another fisherman, Newport Beach, 1914

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West posing with a sea bass caught by another fisherman, Newport Beach, 1914

Photographer

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

Date Created

April, 1914

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of H. H. West standing on Newport Pier while holding a fish caught by another fisherman. H. H. West stands at center and looks to camera with a cigar hanging out of his mouth. In one hand he holds a large sea bass and in the other he holds a bamboo fishing pole. Directly behind him, equipment is stacked up on the pier at right and boats sit on the ground near the pier at left. Further back at left, cars are parked in front of businesses such as, "MERMAID CAFE," and "[CA]RDS & POO[L]." Telephone poles and lines occupy 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

Subjects

Fishing--California
Basses (Fish)--California
Piers & wharves--California--Newport Beach

Names

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

Location

California--Newport Beach

Resource type

still image