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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 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. Text from negative sleeve: 706. Newport Beach, Calif. April 1914. See negative #631 - Laguna Beach. Glen Velzy and I had been fishing at Laguna, and on the way home stopped at Newport Beach and took some photos of our catch. 7 pictures of myself with our fish. 4 pictures of Glen Velzy with our fish. 2 pictures of myself on the Newport Pier with a big sea bass some fellow had caught. 2 pictures of the fellow who caught the big sea bass. Now unknown. 15 negatives.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0706_004 ark:/21198/zz002hrdp9
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Beaches--California--Newport Beach Fishing--California Automobiles--American--California--Newport Beach Fish--California Dwellings--California--Newport Beach West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
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