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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of Glen Velzy standing in a pond and picking up a duck he shot while visiting the Sunset Gun Club. Glen Velzy wades in the pond, left-of-center. He bends over, facing towards the camera, to pick up a duck out of the water. Beneath his other arm, he carries his rifle. The pond stretches into the distance behind him. A dozen or so duck decoys float behind Glen. An embankment lines the opposite end of the pond in the background. 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_005 ark:/21198/zz002hsv8t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Hunters--American--California--Seal Beach Dead animals--California Duck shooting--California Decoys (Hunting) Ducks--California Lakes & ponds--California--Seal Beach Sunset Gun Club Velzy, Glen Roy, 1884-1951
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