Over the past few years, more than 10,000 documents, inter-office memos, letters, contracts and photographs have been scanned. The culmination of four decades of research between multiple parties and a number of sources including family relatives of those involved with the radio program, everything has been digitized and backed up (with off-site backups).
Over the past few months we have been digitally restoring all of the photographs. Some of these are truly remarkable and will eventually be seen in volumes two through four of the on-going Lone Ranger books.
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| Screen capture of the restoration project. |
Some of these remarkable photographs are reprinted below for your amusement. Every photograph has a story behind it.
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| Young Pauline was cured of Polio and The Lone Ranger was responsible for motivating the girl into taking her first steps since being cured. Here, she is presented with a framed photograph of that monumental day. |
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| The Betty Crocker cake being cut with a sword by The Lone Ranger after the radio ceremony in Wyoming, summer of 1948. |
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| This Betty Crocker cake was presented to The Lone Ranger in the summer of 1948 during the famous Wyoming celebration. |
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| Brace Beemer, in the costume of The Lone Ranger, in Washington D.C. in 1950, proving he was an expert marksman in person. He succeeded with a perfect score of 150 out of 150. |
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| Roy Rogers and The Lone Ranger (Brace Beemer) sharing the arena at Madison Square Garden in the fall of 1950. |
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| George W. Trendle on the far left. The young boy admiring the horse named Silver is the grandson of F.D.R. This photo was taken on the grounds of the White House. |
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| Lobby display promoting The Lone Ranger's appearance at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. |
