H. H. West and Keeper E. D. Hardy pose by the stile, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West and Keeper E. D. Hardy pose by the 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

An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West and Keeper E. D. Hardy posing by the stile in the wetlands at the Sunset Gun Club. H. H. West stands at left and faces towards the camera. He holds onto the barrel of a gun that stands on the ground. To the right of him at center, Keeper E. D. Hardy stands on the lower step of the stile. Strings of ducks hang draped from his shoulders as he looks to the camera. Wire fencing stretches to the right from the stile and out-of-frame. Behind them, marshlands extend into the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1276. Sunset Gun Club, December 16, 1916. 1. L to R: H.H.West. Keeper Ha rdy [sic] on stile with ducks. 1 film

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
Sunset Gun Club
Hardy, E. D.

Location

California--Seal Beach

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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