Thursday, January 11, 2024

RARE LONE RANGER PHOTOS FROM NEWSPAPERS

Years ago I used a newspaper archive online to type "The Lone Ranger," "Tonto" and other variations to find articles, advertisements and news blurbs related to the radio and television program, The Lone Ranger. Over 40,000 hits and 27,000 photos later, I find myself now cropping the articles and photographs, cleaning them up and preparing them for inclusion of my second Lone Ranger volume, spanning the years of 1938 to 1942 (referenced in last week's post). 

Some of these are gems, others (like the last one) warrant questions for which we will never know the answers. Regardless, they are fascinating (especially for fans of The Lone Ranger) so I am including a number of them for your amusement. 

Enjoy!

(Click to enlarge, use arrow keys to scroll through them.)