Photograph of a group of 5 people gathered at the shore around a dinghy on the water's edge. The boat and the group are at center. A woman stands on the shore in front of the bow. A man stands at the water's edge and another man stands in the dinghy as both try to fiddle with the sail. A boy walks in the water, passing in front of the boat with his back to the camera. Another man lies in the boat. The shoreline extends up the right side of the image. Beachgoers and boats can be seen in the water in the background. Buildings line a shoreline in the distance.
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.
Photograph of H. H. West holding up 2 fish while standing in front of the other fish he and Glen Velzy caught in Newport Beach. H. H. West stands at center and looks directly to the camera. He holds up a large fish in each hand. Behind him and to his right, a wooden plank extends horizontally. Several fish dangle from the plank. The beach is in the background at left and a pier stretches across the horizon in the distance.
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.
A blurry and out-of-focus photograph of H. H. West posing for a photograph next to fish caught by him and his fishing party near Newport Beach pier. H. H. West stands at right and looks towards the camera while cradling an upright fishing rod. He props a foot on a crate, which reads, "HYDRO PUR." On his other side, a long beam extends from his hip horizontally to the left. About a score of fish hang vertically from this beam. Slightly elevated from the beach, a small dwelling stands in the background at left. Left-of-center, H. H. West's Buick is parked up the small hill behind him and telephone poles extend into the distance at right.
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.
Photograph of Glen Velzy appearing to count the fish that he and H. H. West caught in Newport Beach. Glen Velzy stands at right and looks down towards the fish to the left. He holds a fishing rod at right and holds his other arm out towards the fish. About a couple dozen fish hang from a wood plank supported by a notch in a wood post at left and by crates on the right behind Glen. Sand bags sit in a pile behind the fish at left. Up from the beach, a car is parked at center and a small cottage sits at left.