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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

Description:: Photograph of an unknown boy crouching down by the side of Lincoln Park Lake in Lincoln Park and feeding a swan. A boy crouches down alongside the bank of Lincoln Park Lake in the foreground at left. His back is to the camera as he faces the lake to the right. He holds his hands over the water where a swan (presumably) feeds. The lower right corner is obscured by a large white streak that stretches towards the left. Beyond the streak of white, 3 ducks swim in the lake. The lake spans across the mid-ground and extends into the distance at right. On a nearby bank at center, a mission-style building stands. To the right of it, row boats sit docked in the water. Beyond the lake, the park stretches into the background at right.
Date:: February, 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: A similar photograph of the same boy tending to ducks is captioned, "If You're Going to Make a Success with Ducks You'll Have to Watch Their Menu!," Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 1935: I24
Date:: [circa November, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Appears with the article, "How to Feed Ducks," Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 1935: I24
Date:: [circa November, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Description:: A certificate issued to Drake Googoo by the Spiritual Psychic Science Church, Inc. appears with the title, “This Made Googoo Full-Fledged Minister,” Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 1936: A10
Date:: [circa April 10, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: This image appears with the article, “Dog Pays for Rights as Pastor: Ordained Duck Ousted by Church Archbishop,” Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 1936: A1
Date:: [circa April 10, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Duck and ducklings in the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Duck and three ducklings by the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Duck and three ducklings standing on a rock by the water in Westlake Park. Photo was part of a series featuring the birds of Westlake Park (later renamed MacArthur Park)
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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