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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Beecher Laswell standing in a pond at Sunset Gun Club while posing with his rifle and a string of ducks. Beecher Laswell stands at center and faces slightly left as he looks to the camera. With one hand, he holds onto a string of several ducks that hangs from his shoulder and with the other he holds the butt of his rifle, which rests on his shoulder. A large bag hangs from the butt of the gun. He stands in a marshy pond that stretches across the background. In the distance at left, a shack rises from the marsh and stands in partial view. Text from negative sleeve: 1284. Sunset Gun Club, December 1920. 1. Beecher Laswell. Promoted the Imperial Cotton Mills. Its troubles led to his premature death. Fine man and was a stock broker. 1 film
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1284_001 ark:/21198/zz002hsvjz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Firearms Hunters--American--California--Seal Beach Dead animals--California Duck shooting--California Lakes & ponds--California--Seal Beach Ducks--California Laswell, Beecher, 1880-1933 Sunset Gun Club
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