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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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