Subject: Fishing--California / Location: California--Newport Beach - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Photograph of H. H. West posing in Newport Beach with the fish he and Glen Velzy caught. He stands left-of-center and faces towards the right. He holds a fish in each of his hands and holds them out towards the right. Directly behind him, several fish hang from a stick that runs parallel to the ground. A beach and a pier can be seen in the background.
Date:: April, 1914
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph looking out towards the ocean while Glen Velzy poses with fish he and H. H. West caught in Newport Beach. Glen Velzy stands in the foreground at right; he faces and looks towards the left. A fishing pole is propped up behind him as he holds a wood plank that extends horizontally to the left. About a couple dozen fish dangle from the plank. A couple crates sit on the sand beneath the plank at left. The top crate reads, "HYDRO PURA," and "TWO WATER SOF[T]E[NER] THE BEST CLEANSER KNOWN HYDR[A] PURA BA[TH] TOILE[T] LAUND[RY] KITCHEN SCHALK CHEMICAL CO. LOS ANGELES, CAL." Waves crash on the shore at left and a pier extends across the background.
Date:: April, 1914
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of H. H. West posing on the beach in Newport Beach with his fishing rod and with fish he and Glen Velzy caught. H. H. West stands at center and gazes past the camera. He holds a wooden beam at left. The beam extends horizontally beyond the frame at left and from it dangle several fish. H. H. cradles his fishing rod in his other arm and props a foot upon a crate which reads, "HYDRO PUR." Sands bags sit piled behind him on the left. The beach sharply inclines behind him at right where a car is parked and partially obscured by H. H. Two houses sit in a row in the distance at left.
Date:: April, 1914
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of a fisherman posing on Newport Pier with the large sea bass he caught. He stands at center and looks to the camera. He holds the bass by its tail at left and holds a bamboo fishing pole at right. Equipment stacked on the pier sits directly behind him. Cuts of lumber and an elevated platform are to his right. Further in the distance, a water tower stands on the right. Cars are parked in front of beachside businesses in the background at left. Signs on the businesses read, "[CA]RDS & POO[L]," "ORANGE COUNTY WINE CO. FIRST FOR THIRST Maier BOTTLED BEER [???] [????] LIGHT AND DARK," "FIRST FOR THIRST Maier ON DRAUGHT," and "BAR." Telephone poles and lines occupy the background at left.
Date:: April, 1914
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: An out-of-focus photograph of H. H. West standing next to the fish he and Glen Velzy caught in Newport Beach. H. H. West stands left-of-center and gazes off towards the right. He props an arm up on a wooden post to the right and holds onto his fishing rod. From the post he leans upon, a wooden plank extends out towards the right. A dozen or so fish dangle from the plank. Behind H. H., waves crash on the shore at left and a pier extends across the horizon.
Date:: April, 1914
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of Glen Velzy standing on the beach in Newport Beach while holding a fish and posing with fish he and H. H. West caught. Glen stands right-of-center and looks to camera. At right he holds a fish by its tail and in the other he holds what appears to be a decoy(?). Behind and to the left of him, a couple of crates are stacked up and support a wooden plank that stretches horizontally out-of-frame at left. From the plank, about a dozen or so fish hang. Up from the beach, a car is parked at far left and a house stands at far right. Telephone poles and lines stretch across the background.
Date:: April, 1914
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of H. H. West standing on Newport Pier while holding a fish caught by another fisherman. H. H. West stands at center and looks to camera with a cigar hanging out of his mouth. In one hand he holds a large sea bass and in the other he holds a bamboo fishing pole. Directly behind him, equipment is stacked up on the pier at right and boats sit on the ground near the pier at left. Further back at left, cars are parked in front of businesses such as, "MERMAID CAFE," and "[CA]RDS & POO[L]." Telephone poles and lines occupy the background.
Date:: April, 1914
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: A blurry photograph of H. H. West standing on Newport Pier while holding a fish caught by another fisherman. H. H. West stands at center and looks to camera with a cigar hanging out of his mouth. In one hand he holds a large sea bass and in the other he holds a bamboo fishing pole. Directly behind him, equipment is stacked up on the pier at right and boats sit on the ground near the pier at left. Further back at left, cars are parked in front of beachside businesses. Telephone poles and lines occupy the background.
Date:: April, 1914
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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