Keeper E. D. Hardy poses with strings of ducks while standing atop a stile, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Item Overview

Title

Keeper E. D. Hardy poses with strings of ducks while standing atop a stile, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Photographer

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

Date Created

December 16, 1916

Date

1916-12-16

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Keeper E. D. Hardy posing with strings of ducks while standing on a stile at the Sunset Gun Club grounds. E. D. Hardy stands left-of-center and looks directly to the camera. A few strings of several ducks hang draped from his shoulders as he stands on the lower step of a stile. Wire fencing extends to the left and the right of the stile. Beyond the fencing, the marshland sprawls into the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1273. Sunset Gun Club, December 16, 1916. 1. 2. Two pictures of Keeper Hardy on the stile between the house grounds and the ponds, with strings of ducks he is bringing in to the house from the ponds. 2 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Sunset Gun Club
Hardy, E. D.

Location

California--Seal Beach

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Hunters--American--California--Seal Beach
Dead animals--California
Ducks--California
Duck shooting--California