Unidentified man wearing a hat examines the cotton crop at the Lazy 88 Ranch, Pahrump, Nevada. Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

Three cotton planters stand among the crops at the Lazy 88 Ranch. Inscription with photo, identifying the people, reads: "Cotton planters of Pahrump, Dale, Bert, and Ethel, Happy Memories, T. L. McCullough." Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

Irrigated cotton fields at the Lazy 88 Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. See Image 0131 0155 pho023528. Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

Cotton field with budding cotton at the Lazy 88 Ranch, Pahrump, NV. Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

Dorothy's and unidentified third person collect the cotton crop at the Lazy 88 Ranch. Dale stands atop a large machine to collect the plants. The Dorothy's car sits behind it. Inscription with photo reads: "3 bales to acre and no fertilizer. We bale our cotton to haul to Arvin gins." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84] Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

Dale stands next to his cotton-picking machinery. Inscription with photo reads: "Dale Dorothy installing 1953 improvements to his 1952 Rust Picker so as to have it in the fields at picking time which starts ten days from the first frost. Some Pahrump cotton growers use aeroplane artificial defoliating so as to start picking earlier." "Pahrump, Nevada. Credit Line Clark Extension Service." Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

Dale sits atop the cotton picker, while others utilize the cotton baler (behind him) on the Lazy 88 Ranch. Inscription with photo reads: "Cotton picker at work w/baler in background; Dale Dorothy on Rust Cotton picker on our ranch." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84] ; Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch