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Title: Keeper Hardy, Theodore "Pete" Lohman, H. H. West and Frank Mellus pose during a shoot, Seal Beach vicinity, 1916
Contributor: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued: November 25, 1916
2016-11-25
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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.
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_002
ark:/21198/zz002hsts3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Hunters--American--California--Seal Beach
Dead animals--California
Ducks--California
Lakes & ponds--California--Seal Beach
Duck shooting--California
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Sunset Gun Club
Hardy, E. D
Lohman, Theodore Gott, 1869-1944
Mellus, Frank Hancock, 1880-1944
Source: West (H. H.) Collection

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