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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

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

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

Keeper E. D. Hardy, Frank Mellus and John A. Hunter pose with strings of 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 stands at left. A string of ducks hang from one of his shoulders. Behind him at center, Frank Mellus stands on the top step of a stile; elevated above both Hardy and Hunter. 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 stands on the ground and 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 strings of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Frank Mellus and Keeper E. D. Hardy pose by the stile, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Frank Mellus and Keeper E. D. Hardy posing by the stile in the wetlands at the Sunset Gun Club. Frank Mellus stands at left and faces towards the camera. He holds a covered object in his hands. 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.
Date:
December 16, 1916
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frank Mellus and Keeper E. D. Hardy pose by the stile, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Frank Mellus, Beecher Laswell, John Masters and Walter Morosco pose with ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Frank Mellus, Beecher Laswell, John Masters and Walter Morosco posing while showing off the ducks they shot during a visit to the Sunset Gun Club. Frank Mellus stands furthest back at left. He holds a string of several ducks in front of him as he looks to the right towards his fellow sportsmen. The other three men stand in a row the stretches from the right and back towards center. Walter Morosco stands nearest to camera and rightmost. He looks to the camera and holds up a string of several ducks. John Masters stands behind and to the left of Walter. He too looks to camera and holds up a string of several ducks. Beecher Laswell stands behind and to the left of John. He looks to the camera while holding both a string of ducks and the barrel of a rifle. Behind the group, a couple of shacks stand at center. The grounds of the gun club stretch into the distance at left.
Date:
December, 1920
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frank Mellus, Beecher Laswell, John Masters and Walter Morosco pose with ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

Frank Mellus poses with his rifle and a string of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

Description:
Photograph of Frank Mellus wading in a pond and posing while holding his rifle and a string of ducks. Frank Mellus stands left-of-center in ankle deep water. He faces slightly left, but looks towards the camera. In one hand, he holds a string of a few ducks and with the other, he holds onto the butt of a rifle with its barrel resting on his shoulder. He stands in a pond which stretches behind him. In the distance, part of a shack stands along the right edge of the image and fence posts rise from the marsh.
Date:
December, 1920
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frank Mellus poses with his rifle and a string of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

Walter Morosco and Frank Mellus cleaning ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Walter Morosco and Frank Mellus cleaning ducks after a shoot at the Sunset Gun Club. Walter Morosco stands at left behind a pile of ducks. He faces right, but looks back to the left as he reaches an arm out-of-frame. To his right, Frank Mellus stands in the door frame of a shack. He faces to the left and looks down to the left as he holds a duck to clean it. In front of and to the right of him, a rifle rests vertically against the front of the shack. The marshland is visible behind them, stretching into the distance.
Date:
December, 1920
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Walter Morosco and Frank Mellus cleaning ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920