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Glen Velzy picking up a dead duck out by the decoys, Seal Beach vicinity, 1917

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Glen Velzy standing in a pond and picking up a duck he shot while visiting the Sunset Gun Club. Glen Velzy wades in the pond, left-of-center. He bends over, facing towards the camera, to pick up a duck out of the water. Beneath his other arm, he carries his rifle. The pond stretches into the distance behind him. A dozen or so duck decoys float behind Glen. An embankment lines the opposite end of the pond in the background.
Date:
October 31, 1917
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Glen Velzy picking up a dead duck out by the decoys, Seal Beach vicinity, 1917

Keeper Hardy, Theodore "Pete" Lohman, H. H. West and Frank Mellus pose during a shoot, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right of Keeper E. D. Hardy, Theodore "Pete" Lohman, H. H. West and Frank Mellus posing with ducks during a shoot at the Sunset Gun Club. The group is clustered together on an embankment, left-of-center. Keeper Hardy kneels at far left and looks to the camera. Next to him, Theodore Lohman stands and holds a gun over his shoulder as he looks towards the left. H. H. West stands to the right of Lohman and looks to the camera. In front of H. H. West, Frank Mellus kneels on the ground while handling the ducks. He faces towards the left and looks to the camera. Several ducks lie on the ground in front of the group. Behind them, a pond stretches into the distance.
Date:
November 25, 1916
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Keeper Hardy, Theodore "Pete" Lohman, H. H. West and Frank Mellus pose during a shoot, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

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

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.
Date:
October 31, 1917
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West stands by the blind with his rifle and ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1917

H. H. West, Dick Taylor and Ed Menshik pose behind a gun rack, San Diego County, about 1908

Description:
A blurry photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West, Dick Taylor and Ed Menshik standing behind the gun rack at their campsite and posing for a photograph near New River. The trio stands at center and faces towards the camera. Dick Taylor stands center behind both H. H. West and Ed Menshik; only his head is visible. H. H. West and Ed Menshik lean on the gun rack in front of them. The guns are stacked individually on pegs and a tethered bunch of dead ducks hangs from the right side of the gun rack. An alert dog sits on the ground in front of the gun rack. The group's tent is pitched at left.
Date:
[circa 1908]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West, Dick Taylor and Ed Menshik pose behind a gun rack, San Diego County, about 1908

Frank Mellus kneels near Keeper E. D. Hardy as he strings ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Description:
Photograph of Keeper Hardy (left) stringing ducks killed on a shoot while Frank Mellus (right) kneels beside him. Both men are in the foreground on an embankment. Keeper Hardy is in partial view along the left frame. He faces towards the right as he strings together a few ducks that lie on the ground to the right of him. Slightly behind and to the right of him, Frank Mellus kneels with his back towards the camera. The embankment recedes as it extends into the distance at an angle to the right. Ponds sit to either side of it. The opposite bank is visible in the distance.
Date:
November 25, 1916
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frank Mellus kneels near Keeper E. D. Hardy as he strings ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Joe Pike and Kelly Reese pose by a gun rack, San Diego County, about 1908

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Joe Pike and Kelly Reese leaning over a gun rack and posing for a picture in their campsite near New River. They both stand towards center and rest their arms atop a gun rack in front of them as they look towards camera. The gun rack stands in front of them and holds several guns stacked individually onto pegs. A tethered bunch of ducks hangs from the top right side of the gun rack. A dog lies on the ground in front of the gun rack. A tent (partial view) enters the frame at left.
Date:
[circa 1908]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Joe Pike and Kelly Reese pose by a gun rack, San Diego County, about 1908

Joe Pike sits in the tent, San Diego County, about 1908

Description:
Photograph of Joe Pike sitting on top of a wooden crate in a tent at the camping party's campsite near New River. He sits in the near distance at left and looks towards the camera. A tent is pitched over him and he sits to the right of a support post holding up the center of the tent. In front of him and to the right, a gun rack stands. Guns are stacked on the gun rack and dead ducks tethered together hang from the front side of it. A dog lounges on the ground in front of the gun rack.
Date:
[circa 1908]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Joe Pike sits in the tent, San Diego County, about 1908

Beecher Laswell poses with his rifle and a string of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

Description:
Photograph of Beecher Laswell standing in a pond at Sunset Gun Club while posing with his rifle and a string of ducks. Beecher Laswell stands at center and faces slightly left as he looks to the camera. With one hand, he holds onto a string of several ducks that hangs from his shoulder and with the other he holds the butt of his rifle, which rests on his shoulder. A large bag hangs from the butt of the gun. He stands in a marshy pond that stretches across the background. In the distance at left, a shack rises from the marsh and stands in partial view.
Date:
December, 1920
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Beecher Laswell poses with his rifle and a string of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

Theodore "Pete" Lohman poses with his rifle and a string of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

Description:
Photograph of Theodore "Pete" Lohman standing in front of a shack and posing with his rifle and a string of ducks after a shoot at the Sunset Gun Club. Theodore Lohman stands, left-of-center, facing towards the camera but looking left. A corn-cob pipe hangs from his mouth as he rests one hand to his hip. In his other arm, his rifle rests in the crook of his elbow. A string of several ducks hang from his shoulder. Behind him and to the right, a shack stands in partial view along the right half of the image. At left, the marsh extends into the distance behind Theodore.
Date:
December, 1920
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Theodore "Pete" Lohman poses with his rifle and a string of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

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

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.
Date:
December 16, 1916
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Keeper E. D. Hardy, Frank Mellus and John A. Hunter pose with ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916