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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Dr. Ferguson S. Hardin poses for a photograph while wearing piles of ducks shot on opening day. He stands at center and is covered head to toe in dozens of ducks that have been tethered together. A strap stretches across the crown of his head and ducks hang from either side. Behind him on the right, a car (partial view) is parked. The front of the car disappears behind Hardin and the back half of the car is out of frame. A person with crossed legs and a hand on their knee sits right of the steering wheel; the rest of this person is out of frame. A gun rests, barrel pointed up, against the car's running board. To the right of the gun, 2 bags sit atop the running board. Behind the car, there is a house on the right. At left, beyond Hardin, a portable house stands. Text from negative sleeve: 309. Cazadores Gun Club. October 1, 1909. Dr.Ferguson S. Hardin, who at the time was one of the Union Pacific Railroad's doctors in the P.E.building Los Angeles. He had all the ducks shot this opening day piled on him and his photo taken. Doc was President of the Cazadores Land and Water Co., when I was Secretary. Now deceased.-1942. The little house at the left is the portable house brought down by Fred Walton, for himself and wife. Later bot[sic] by Hardin and self and taken to Sunset Gun Club.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000309_001 ark:/21198/zz002hq4qh
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Automobiles--American--California Firearms Hunters--American--California--Orange County Dead animals--California Duck shooting--California Hunting & fishing clubs--California--Orange County Ducks Dwellings--California--Orange County Cazadores Gun Club Hardin, Ferguson S., 1873-1933
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