Democratic meeting at Dorothy Dorothy residence at the Lazy 88 Ranch, Pahrump, Aug. 1950. Dorothy and Dale are standing in the back left corner. Inscription with photograph reads "Group Pin of 99's flyers should be with #27 and #28. Flew over to our ranch and we made the 'Pahrump' sign on the mountain of white washed rocks. Picture taken in my home." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84] Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch
Boat Ray Cutright used to carry passengers up and down Colorado River, 1931. Boat had burned day after Washington's Birthday, 1931. Note on back: "Boat named Boulder. Boat had two engines and two propellers in a tunnel. Had a canopy over top. Emory and Ayers had a feud. Ayers claimed Emory had set the boat afire. Emory used to shoot at Ayers with a 30-30 Winchester. Wint claims Ray Cutright never ran the boat. - James J. Hester, son-in-law of W. A. 'Wint' Davis, photog., 1992."
Group photo of women family and friends. Written on the back of the photograph, "back sitting left to right: Mrs. G. Homer Black, Miss Madge Henderson (niece of Jean Fayle), Mrs. G.A. Jean Fayle (baby?), unknown, unknown. Standing left to right: unknown, Mrs. Frank G. Florence Doherty (Goodsprings Gazette), unknown, unknown, Mrs. Lawrence J. Tusnet, Mrs. Roy W. Moore, unknown, unknown, Mrs. Harvey Hardy, Mrs. Jack Frederickson, Mrs. Janee Ashbough."
Tonopah school house and surrounding buildings in town. Houses identified: "First level of houses on hill behind schools: 1. Center, house with 3 Gables The Tasker Oddie House 2. Second house to right of Oddie House and largest structure on that level, the Hugh Brown house. House has a screened porch along whole front of house. Steps leading to porch are visible. Browns called it affectionately the ""Dobie Shack." 3. Eagle's nest on hill above Brown House and to right. 4. Large house with dormers lower half of photo was the Finn Boarding House in early Tonopah. 5. George Miller home next to Finn House. Miller the town barber. 6. Water tanks on hill to left."
Group of men and women sit around a small bar table with drinks. Table is at the foot of a staircase in the Tonopah Club. Transcription with photograph reads "Tonopah Club Lounge Stairway led to Kendall rooms on second floor." People identified from left to right: "4. George Boscovich, Town Hall Casino Owner. 7. --- Olson 9. Don Tomany, Tonopah Club Bartender. Rest of men are soldiers from Army Airfield." Site Name: Tonopah Club
Gamblers sit and stand near various games in the Tonopah Club. On the far side of the room is the bar, and in the center there are slot machines. The area closes to the photographer appears to be for table games. See Image 0141 0020 pho023964. Transcription with photograph: "1950s. Bartender, Tony Perchetti. Man near center post facing camera, ""Felix"" Leonard Traynor, one of the founders of Weepah (deceased). Far right man with face almost obscurred but facing camera, ""Freck"" Lydon, Sheriff. Near center post in white shirt, Bill Kendall. In dark shirt between left and center posts, ""Happy"" Hapgood, worked firehouse." Site Name: Tonopah Club
Max Baer, boxer on left, stands near the ropes of the ring while others attend to challenging boxer, "Big Ed" Murphy. Onlookers and possibly the referee stand near with a megaphone. Transcription with photograph: "Max Baer fighter in photo. Ed Murphy was Baer's contender. Murphy was a Tonopah man living in Silver Peak. Knocked out in first round." See Image 0141 0032 pho024066.
Tonopah School's second grade class sits on the steps with their teacher, Miss Sullivan. Children within the three rows identified: "In first row: Willie Ryan, Thelma Flemming, Gertrude Stimson, Florence Ryan, Albert Wenzel, Willie O'Flarity, Geraldine Fitzgerald. In second row: Ruth Dunsdon, Evelyn Carlson, Dorothy Anderson, Edna Clary, Kathleen Griffin, Lawrence Metz, Bonnie McDonald, Tillie Evans, Thomas Lynch. In third row: Lillie McKay, Millie Truebey, Jack Howell, Ina Penaeu, Rose Wood, Thelma Rasmussen, Leonard Lyons, Ernest Rupy."
Ten men and one woman sit and stand around a table in what appears to be someone's home. One man signs a document and another reads papers in front of him while the rest observe. Individuals identified: "Standing, left to right: 1. ___ Davidson, Goldfield 2. Ira Jacobson, Demo. Politican 3. __ Lambertucci 4. Dominic Lambertucci, 5. Unknown 6. Gov. Carvell (Carville?) Seated, left to right: 1. Bill Beko 2. Pete Breen, Sr. 3. Unknown 4. Unknown 5. Minette Crandel, Times-Bonanza Owner."
Men stand in commrodery in front of a building, either belonging to the Lions Club or 20-30 Club in Tonopah, Nevada. Both were nonprofit organizations donating funds to locals in the Tonopah area. Transcription with photograph: "The Lions Club Building is in the background. The 20-30 Club became the Lions Club in the 1940's." Individuals identified from left to right: "1. Joe Friel 2. Roy Wolf 3. Charles Cavanaugh 4. Gerald Roberts 5. Fred Steen 6. Jack Depmsey 7. Unknown 8. Red Nelson 9. Allan Douglass 10. Red O'Leary."