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Title
Real photo postcards from Murray's Dude Ranch
Creator
Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Contributor
Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Date Created and/or Issued
approximately 1937
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
Steve Turner Collection of African-Americana
Rights Information
Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description
Real photo postcards, one is a portrait of ranch owners Nolie and Lela Murray, standing in front of handpainted signage reading "Murray's Dude Ranch Victorville, California", and has the tagline the "Only Negro Dude Ranch in the World" visible at the bottom. The other features boxer Joe Louis standing next to a young girl, while behind them are number of men standing around in what appears to be the ranch's ball diamond. Text at bottom reads "Murray's Dude Ranch Victorville - California."
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
Still image
Victorville, California :, Murray's Dude Ranch,
Type
image
Format
2 postcards : black and white, portraits ; 138 x 89 mm and 89 x 138 mm
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb1339604r
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dude ranchers
African Americans
Dude ranches
History
Photographs
Victorville (Calif.)
Murray's Dude Ranch (Calif.)
Louis, Joe, 1914-1981
Place
Victorville (Calif.)
Murray's Dude Ranch (Calif.)

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