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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Joe Pike sitting on top of a wooden crate in a tent at the camping party's campsite near New River. He sits in the near distance at left and looks towards the camera. A tent is pitched over him and he sits to the right of a support post holding up the center of the tent. In front of him and to the right, a gun rack stands. Guns are stacked on the gun rack and dead ducks tethered together hang from the front side of it. A dog lounges on the ground in front of the gun rack. Text from negative sleeve: 590. Imperial Valley, Calif. About 1908. We go duck hunting. Joe Pike, Kelly Reese, Dick Taylor and H.H.West. We took the S.P.R.R. to Imperial and had the baggageman[sic] at Imperial engage a rig to take us about 4 miles west to the New River. Made camp at edge of the New River. Joe Pike sitting in the tent looking at the guns and ducks. L to R: Joe Pike. Kelly Reese. 2 negatives
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0590_001 ark:/21198/zz002hqxcf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Firearms Dogs--California--San Diego County Dead animals--California Ducks--California Tents--California--San Diego County Pike, Joseph Lawrence, 1882-1943
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