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Glen Velzy shoots at ducks from the blind, Seal Beach vicinity, 1917

Description:
Photograph of Glen Velzy hiding in a blind and taking aim at a ducks(out-of-frame) with his rifle during a trip to the Sunset Gun Club. The blind is in the foreground, right-of-center, on an embankment that stretches into the distance. Glen Velzy is in the blind and is only visible from the arms up. He faces towards the right and raises his rifle towards the upper right corner as he takes aim. Low chicken wire on the ground encircles Glen and lines the blind. Water stands on either side of the embankment. The opposite bank stretches across the horizon in the far distance.
Date:
October 31, 1917
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Glen Velzy shoots at ducks from the blind, Seal Beach vicinity, 1917

Glen Velzy sitting on an embankment while duck shooting, Seal Beach vicinity, 1917

Description:
Photograph of Glen Velzy crouching down on an embankment while out on a duck shoot at the Sunset Gun Club grounds. Glen Velzy crouches down at center and faces toward the right. He holds a rifle to his side while a pipe hangs from his mouth. Chicken wire stands atop the ground at right. The embankment drops off behind Glen and a body of water stretches into the distance. The opposite bank extends across the horizon.
Date:
October 31, 1917
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Glen Velzy sitting on an embankment while duck shooting, Seal Beach vicinity, 1917

Glen Velzy wades through a pond and retrieves a duck he shot, Seal Beach vicinity, 1917

Description:
Photograph of Glen Velzy wading through a pond of the Sunset Gun Club and retrieving a duck he shot. Glen Velzy trudges through the water in the near distance, left-of-center. He walks towards the left and carries a duck one hand and his rifle in the other. A few ducks or decoys float in the water behind and to the right of him. An embankment of the far side of the pond stretches across the image in the distance.
Date:
October 31, 1917
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Glen Velzy wades through a pond and retrieves a duck he shot, Seal Beach vicinity, 1917

H. H. West and Keeper E. D. Hardy pose by the stile, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West and Keeper E. D. Hardy posing by the stile in the wetlands at the Sunset Gun Club. H. H. West stands at left and faces towards the camera. He holds onto the barrel of a gun that stands on the ground. 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
H. H. West and Keeper E. D. Hardy pose by the stile, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Old Sunset Gun Club screen house, overgrown with weeds, Seal Beach vicinity, 1942

Description:
Photograph of an old screened hut on the Sunset Gun Club grounds, overgrown with weeds and going to ruin. A large streak of white stretches from the lower right corner and up to the left, obscuring the bottom portion of the image. In the near distance at center, the screened hut, formerly used for cleaning ducks, stands. The small square hut is viewed at an angle. Wood slats surround the bottom of the structure and screening surrounds the upper third of it. To the left, tall grasses and weeds grow in clump that intrudes upon the hut. Wetlands are visible extending into the distance at right.
Date:
December 18, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Old Sunset Gun Club screen house, overgrown with weeds, Seal Beach vicinity, 1942

Old Sunset Gun Club house, looking northeast, Seal Beach vicinity, 1942

Description:
Photograph of the old Sunset Gun Club clubhouse near Seal Beach, as viewed from the southwest. Overgrown grasses span the foreground and mid-ground. A narrow dirt road passes across the image, bisecting the stretches of grass. In the near distance, a wire fence runs parallel to the dirt road. The dilapidated former clubhouse of the Sunset Gun Club stands at center, just beyond the fence. It is viewed at an angle. The roof and siding appear to be in disrepair. Another structure and water tower stand behind and to the left of it. Tall grasses and weeds surround the house and other buildings.
Date:
December 18, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Old Sunset Gun Club house, looking northeast, Seal Beach vicinity, 1942

Dr. F. S. Hardin and H. H. West's sleeping quarters at Sunset Gun Club, viewed from the side, Seal Beach vicinity, about 1915

Description:
Photograph of the hut owned by Dr. F. S. Hardin and H. H. West sitting on Sunset Gun Club property, as viewed from the side. The small hut stands at center and is viewed at an angle from the side with front of the hut facing right. A window is cut into the center of the side of the hut. The front door is near the corner of the hut and stands ajar. A couple steps lead up to the door. Boots sit on the ground next to the steps. A pergola stands to the right of the building and extends out of frame.
Date:
[circa 1915]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Dr. F. S. Hardin and H. H. West's sleeping quarters at Sunset Gun Club, viewed from the side, Seal Beach vicinity, about 1915

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

Dr. F. S. Hardin and H. H. West's sleeping quarters at Sunset Gun Club, viewed from the front, Seal Beach vicinity, about 1915

Description:
Photograph of the front of the hut owned by Dr. F. S. Hardin and H. H. West sitting on Sunset Gun Club property. The small hut stands left-of-center and is viewed at an angle from the front. There is a door on the left side of the front of the building; a couple steps lead up to it. Boots sit on the ground next to the steps. A window is cut into the left side of the building. A pergola stands in front of the building at right and extends out of frame.
Date:
[circa 1915]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Dr. F. S. Hardin and H. H. West's sleeping quarters at Sunset Gun Club, viewed from the front, Seal Beach vicinity, about 1915

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