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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

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

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

Sunset Gun Club clubhouse, viewed from the back, Seal Beach vicinity, about 1915

Description:
Photograph of the Sunset Gun Club clubhouse, viewed from the back. The clubhouse stands in the near distance at center and is viewed at an angle from the back; it narrows as it extends towards the right. The house stands elevated from the ground. Four windows line the back side of the wood-paneled structure. Clotheslines stretch from the sides of the house, across the image and out of frame at right. There appears to be some damage to the negative. What appear to be white fingerprint-shaped marks dot the image in 3 places and what looks to be a bleached "E" shape sits between them.
Date:
[circa 1915]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Sunset Gun Club clubhouse, viewed from the back, Seal Beach vicinity, about 1915

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

Frank Mellus aims his gun towards the sky, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Description:
Photograph of Frank Mellus aiming his rifle into the air to shoot a duck (out-of-frame). Frank Mellus stands on an embankment, left-of-center. He faces towards the right and points his rifle into the air. The embankment extends behind him into the distance. Ponds lie on either side of it. The opposite bank is visible in the far distance.
Date:
November 25, 1916
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frank Mellus aims his gun towards the sky, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Keeper E. D. Hardy stands atop a stile and poses with strings of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Description:
Photograph of Keeper E. D. Hardy posing with strings of ducks while standing on a stile at the Sunset Gun Club grounds. E. D. Hardy stands left-of-center and looks directly to the camera. A few strings of several ducks hang draped from his shoulders as he stands on the lower step of a stile. Wire fencing extends to the left and the right of the stile. Another hunter stands obscured behind and to the right of Hardy; they hold a rifle by the barrel. Beyond the fencing, the marshland sprawls 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 stands atop a stile and poses with strings of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

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

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

Frank Mellus aims to shoot a duck overhead, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Description:
Photograph of Frank Mellus aiming his rifle into the air to shoot a duck (out-of-frame). Frank Mellus stands in the near distance on an embankment, left-of-center. His back is squared to the camera as points his rifle into the air towards the left. The embankment extends ahead of him into the distance. Ponds sit on either side of it. The opposite bank is visible in the far distance.
Date:
November 25, 1916
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frank Mellus aims to shoot a duck overhead, 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

Keeper E. D. Hardy poses with strings of ducks while standing atop a stile, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Description:
Photograph of Keeper E. D. Hardy posing with strings of ducks while standing on a stile at the Sunset Gun Club grounds. E. D. Hardy stands left-of-center and looks directly to the camera. A few strings of several ducks hang draped from his shoulders as he stands on the lower step of a stile. Wire fencing extends to the left and the right of the stile. Beyond the fencing, the marshland sprawls 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 poses with strings of ducks while standing atop a 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 aims his gun into the air, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Description:
Photograph of Frank Mellus aiming his rifle in the air to shoot at a duck (out-of-frame) overhead. Frank Mellus stands in the near distance at center on an embankment that cuts through the marsh. He faces slightly left as he raises the barrel of his gun into the air, obscuring his face. The embankment he stands upon stretches from the bottom edge of the image and recedes into the distance at right; it is surrounded by ponds on either side. The opposite bank stretches across the image in the far distance.
Date:
November 25, 1916
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frank Mellus aims his gun into the air, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Chet Edgell poses with ducks from a shoot, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

Description:
Photograph of Chet Edgell posing with ducks shot on a shoot during a visit to the Sunset Gun Club. Chet Edgell stands, left-of-center, and curls up an arm to hold onto a tether of several ducks. He faces towards the left, but looks to the camera. Behind him at right stands a fenced pen. A gate-frame is directly behind him and chicken wire extends from it towards the right. Further back on the grounds and at left, a shack stands in partial view.
Date:
December 30, 1916
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Chet Edgell poses with ducks from a shoot, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916

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

John Masters poses with his rifle and a string of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

Description:
Photograph of John Masters posing with his rifle and a string of ducks while visiting the Sunset Gun Club. John Masters stands at center and looks the camera. He holds a string of several ducks in front of him and holds his rifle tucked between his arm and his side. The shooting grounds sprawl out behind him and into the distance.
Date:
December, 1920
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
John Masters poses with his rifle and a string of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

Walter Morosco carries a string of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

Description:
Photograph of Walter Morosco walking toward a shack while carrying a string of ducks. Walter Morosco stands left-of-center as he approaches a shack standing at right. He glances back to the left while carrying a string of several ducks in one hand and a small duck in the other. The shack appears to be open on one side and stands in partial view along the right edge of the image. The gun club grounds stretch into the distance behind Walter at left.
Date:
December, 1920
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Walter Morosco carries a string of ducks, Seal Beach vicinity, 1920

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

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

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