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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 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. Text from negative sleeve: 1272. Sunset Gun Club, November 25, 1916. 1. L to R: Standing, Theodore Lohman ("Pete" Lohman.) H.H.West. Squatting, L to R: Keeper Hardy & Frank Mellus. 2. Frank Mellus sees a duck coming. Grabs his gun. Keeper Hardy is stringing Frank's ducks. 3. 4. 5. Frank Mellus jumps up and shoots twice at a duck over head. Reloads, and I get him shooting at another. THESE PICTURES WERE NOT POSED. 5 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1272_001 ark:/21198/zz002hstrk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Firearms Hunters--American--California--Seal Beach Duck shooting--California Lakes & ponds--California--Seal Beach Sunset Gun Club Mellus, Frank Hancock, 1880-1944
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