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Photograph of Dale Dorothy in radio room, Pahrump (Nev.), circa 1951

Date

1950 to 1952

Description

Dale Dorothy holds a dog on his lap and speaks into the microphone of his "ham" radio. Behind him sits the W7CTK station equipment. He used the equipment to speak to lost air pilots over the deserts of Pahrump and guide them to their destinations. Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

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Photograph of Dale Dorothy with radio equipment, Pahrump (Nev.), circa 1951

Date

1950 to 1952

Description

Close up of Dale Dorothy sitting with his radio equipment. He used the equipment to speak to lost air pilots over the deserts of Pahrump and guide them to their destinations. Inscription with photo reads: "Hamming it up, Dec. 3 (Dale Dorothy)" Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

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Photograph of Verna and Dale on radio, Pahrump (Nev.), 1961

Date

1961

Description

Dale Dorothy showing mother, Verna Ludwig, how to communicate with her son Jerald (Jim) Ludwig, stationed in Antartica aboard the U.S.S. Vance for "Operation Deep Freeze."

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Photograph of Dale Dorothy using radio equipment, Pahrump (Nev.), circa 1951

Date

1950 to 1952

Description

Dale sits with his glasses on, turning knobs on the radio equipment. Inscription with photo reads: "The Dale Dorothy 'Ham' outfit. The only communication out of Pahrump at that time. Dale directed airplanes lost over Pahrump. His "rig" worked stations all over the world. He is [sic] shown a mother how to talk to her son in the South Pacific. Was she thrilled! 1951" (see photo 0131 0140 pho023514) Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

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Photograph of Stan and Dale in cotton fields, Pahrump (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Two men stand in the Lazy 88 cotton fields, Pahrump, Nevada. Stan Irvin (from the Sahara Hotel) stands on the left with a shovel. Dale Dorothy stands on the right, wearing a hat, and points off in the distance. Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

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Photograph of man and cotton, Pahrump (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

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

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Photograph of cotton planters on ranch, Pahrump (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

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

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Photograph of Dale Dorothy and Rust Picker, Pahrump (Nev.), 1953

Date

1953

Description

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

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Photograph of "Dirty Curly," 1920s

Date

1920 to 1929

Description

Dirty Curly lying on a chair.

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Photograph of Boyd and Prell at the Mint Casino, Las Vegas (Nev.), July 11, 1961

Date

1961-07-11

Description

Sam Boyd and Milton Prell at the Mint Casino, celebrating the casino's fourth "birthday" in 1961. Inscription with photograph by Dorothy Dorothy reads: "Cut colossal; MINT CASINO; Sam Boyd Sr. and old timer (?) when Sam was associated with the Mint." [identified 11-1-84] Street Address: 100 Fremont Street

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