H. H. West stands by the blind with his rifle and ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1917

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West stands by the blind with his rifle and ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1917

Photographer

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

Date Created

October 31, 1917

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of H. H. West standing near a blind on the shooting grounds of the Sunset Gun Club and holding onto a rifle and ducks. H. H. West stands at center, on an embankment that stretches across the foreground, and leans forward while facing slightly towards the right. He holds the barrel of a rifle in one hand and from the other, a couple ducks dangle towards the ground. Ducks lie on the ground in front of him, piled up next to the blind. The blind is surrounded by tall grasses and chicken wire in the lower right corner. Behind him, a large pond sprawls into the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1277. Sunset Gun Club, October 31, 1917. I took Glen Velzy down as a guest. 1. Glen Velzy, sitting on dike. 2. Glen Velzy in blind taking shot at a duck. 3. Glen Velzy picking up a dead duck out by the decoys. 4. Glen Velzy wading into the blind after picking up a duck he had shot. 5. H.H.West at the blind with ducks. 5 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Firearms
Hunters--American--California--Seal Beach
Dead animals--California
Ducks--California
Lakes & ponds--California--Seal Beach
Blinds (Shelters)--California--Seal Beach
Duck shooting--California

Names

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Sunset Gun Club

Location

California--Seal Beach

Resource type

still image