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Title
Glen Velzy sitting on an embankment while duck shooting, Seal Beach vicinity, 1917
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
October 31, 1917
1917-10-31
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of Glen Velzy crouching down on an embankment while out on a duck shoot at the Sunset Gun Club grounds. Glen Velzy crouches down at center and faces toward the right. He holds a rifle to his side while a pipe hangs from his mouth. Chicken wire stands atop the ground at right. The embankment drops off behind Glen and a body of water stretches into the distance. The opposite bank extends across the horizon.
Text from negative sleeve: 1277. Sunset Gun Club, October 31, 1917. I took Glen Velzy down as a guest. 1. Glen Velzy, sitting on dike. 2. Glen Velzy in blind taking shot at a duck. 3. Glen Velzy picking up a dead duck out by the decoys. 4. Glen Velzy wading into the blind after picking up a duck he had shot. 5. H.H.West at the blind with ducks. 5 films
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1277_001
ark:/21198/zz002hsv4r
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Firearms
Hunters--American--California--Seal Beach
Duck shooting--California
Lakes & ponds--California--Seal Beach
Sunset Gun Club
Velzy, Glen Roy, 1884-1951
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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