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Description:: An underexposed photograph of a porpoise strung up by its tail and hanging beneath the wharf in Newport Beach. The porpoise hangs from its tail from a large post at right. A young man stands to the left of the animal and inserts a knife into its side. Several people stand clumped together at left and look on. They all face towards the porpoise at right.
Date:: 1899
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: View of a woman and man in swim suits seated on a boat (rowboat or kayak) with a man and woman standing beyond on the sand (beside an overturned boat?) on Balboa Peninsula with sail boats in Newport Bay beyond.
Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: About 100 seagulls and sandpipers wading in surf, 3 men with buckets loading or unloading small boats, with about 6 houses on road in background
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: About 150 seagulls, pelicans, and sandpipers, wading in surf, reflected in the water, with ocean at left, beach at right, mountains in background, 1 bird in flight in foreground
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: View of Carolyn Bartlett in a swim suit and cover-up dress on a boardwalk on the Balboa Peninsula.
Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Dottie Siemsen and Richard Siemsen posing while riding the ferry across Newport Bay. Both kids sit on a bench that stretches along the interior perimeter of the ferry. They look to the camera and rest their hands to their laps. Beneath their seats are life preserver storage compartments. In the distance, boats can be seen on the bay at right and houses stand on the shore at left.
Date:: January 19, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Dottie Siemsen, Al Siemsen and Wayne West standing on the shore and looking out over Newport Bay. The group stands at center and gazes out towards the bay at right. Dottie Siemsen stands nearest to camera and faces to the right. Al Siemsen stands behind and to the right of her; he too faces towards the right. Wayne West stands behind and to the right of Al; he faces towards the camera, but turns his head towards the right. Large rocks line the shoreline to the right of the group. The rocky shoreline extends from the lower right corner on arc back towards the left. Behind the group, a housing unit stands left-of-center. Two palm trees stand in front of it; a man and young boy stand beneath the palm at left. The bay stretches into the distance along the right side of the image. Boats sail on the water and the opposite shore stands in the far distance.
Date:: January 19, 1941
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:: 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. 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:: Photograph of 2 fishermen carrying a porpoise up the beach and towards the wharf in Newport Beach. They stand at center with their backs to camera. The dolphin lies on a pallet that is carried by the two men. The wharf is to their right and stretches on an angle from right down towards the left. The supporting structure of the wharf is visible beneath the wharf. Pulley systems stand on top of the wharf at left. The shadows of two people stretch across the sand and enter the photograph from the bottom edge at left.
Date:: 1899
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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