Keeper E. D. Hardy, Frank Mellus and John A. Hunter pose with ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Item Overview

Title

Keeper E. D. Hardy, Frank Mellus and John A. Hunter pose with ducks, 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, from left to right, of Keeper E. D. Hardy, Frank Mellus and John A. Hunter posing with their guns and strings of ducks in the wetlands at the Sunset Gun Club. The group stands left-of-center and all look to the camera. E. D. Hardy (partial view) stands along the left edge of the image. A string of ducks hang from his shoulder that extends beyond the frame. A stile stands on the ground to the right and behind him. On the top step of the stile, Frank Mellus stands. Strings of ducks hang draped over his upper body while he holds onto the barrel of rifle. To the right of Frank and the stile, John A. Hunter poses. He too is draped in strings of ducks and holds onto the barrel of a gun. Wire fencing stretches to the right from the stile, behind John Hunter and out-of-frame at right. Behind the group, marshlands extend into the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1274. Sunset Gun Club, December 16, 1916. 1. 2. Two films of same fellows: L to R: Keeper Hardy. Frank Mellus - on stile. John A. Hunter. Last I heard of Hardy he was farming down by San Diego, California. He tried to put a poacher off the club grounds one day and the poacher shot him with a 22 caliber rifle or pistol through the belly. He recovered however. John A. Hunter died in a duck blind at a duck club up near Bakersfield.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Hunter, John Addison, 1858-1927
Sunset Gun Club
Hardy, E. D.
Mellus, Frank Hancock, 1880-1944

Location

California--Seal Beach

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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