Cowboy musicians and guests at Rogers Ranch resort, Palm Springs, 1941

Title: Cowboy musicians and guests at Rogers Ranch resort, Palm Springs, 1941
Photographer: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Date Created: January 1, 1941
Date: 1941-01-01
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description: Three cowboy musicians, 5 guests and 2 horses seated on and standing around a platform at Rogers Ranch resort. The musicians play a guitar, ukulele and bass.
Image caption: Night shot at Rogers Ranch - left to right: Paris, Curley and Clayton Dills, musicians. Miss Virginia Henry, center seated, Greenwich, Conn., Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lipper [Milton W. Lipper II], Mrs. William Cargan [possibly wife of the actor], Roy Randolph [dance director, see image ark no. 21198/zz002d8fj6].
Clayton A. Dills won a seat in the California State Assembly in 1942 and, with his brother Ralph C. Dills, became the first team of brothers to ever serve in the state Assembly. Ralph also became a State Senator. Clayton and Ralph, and their brothers Paris and Curly, were also musicians who performed together.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 2761 - P422-430. Palm Springs. 1/1/41. Riding Ramon Road. Rogers Stables. Roy Randolph. Miss French.

Genre: acetate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Lipper, William, 1915-1960
Dills, Paris, 1905-1961
Dills, Clayton A., 1908-1980
Mathes, Meryl Elise Lampke Lipper, 1917-1979
Randolph, Roy, b. 1902 or 3
Dills, Curly, 1903-1987
Location: California--Palm Springs
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Tourists--California--Palm Springs
Musicians--American--California--Palm Springs
Dude ranches--California--Palm Springs
Cowboys--California--Palm Springs

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1300_6168
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002d8gwv
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.