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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Frank Mellus wading in a pond and posing while holding his rifle and a string of ducks. Frank Mellus stands left-of-center in ankle deep water. He faces slightly left, but looks towards the camera. In one hand, he holds a string of a few ducks and with the other, he holds onto the butt of a rifle with its barrel resting on his shoulder. He stands in a pond which stretches behind him. In the distance, part of a shack stands along the right edge of the image and fence posts rise from the marsh. Text from negative sleeve: 1280. Sunset Gun Club December 1920. 1. Frank Mellus. 1 film
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1280_001 ark:/21198/zz002hsvdw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Firearms Hunters--American--California--Seal Beach Dead animals--California Duck shooting--California Lakes & ponds--California--Seal Beach Ducks--California Sunset Gun Club Mellus, Frank Hancock, 1880-1944
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