The Jan Scott Collection

Last edited: Saturday, August 01, 2009

The Jan Scott Collection

Photos from Bob Nolan's Career & Movies

Jan Scott is a dedicated collector of thousands of movie publicity and production stills centering on Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers. She thinks nothing of traveling great distances to inspect photo collections offered for sale and is still finding pictures to fill the holes in her collection. Jan generously offered to scan a selection for us and, as time permits, she will be adding more photos from her vast collection so check this page from time to time. You will recognize a number of these photos but there are some you will find nowhere else but on this page.

Stationery from the first Sons of the Pioneers fan club in Pittsburgh, PA.

My cousin placed an ad in her local paper with a column called the Shopper Scout for Roy Rogers or Sons of the Pioneers memorabilia. Of the 3 who responded, one was a man with 8x10's. I have a few great ones of the SOP including Gene Autry's The Big Show with him and the band. Anyway, the items included a stack of stationary and envelopes from the SOP and RR fan club. The fellow told me that his aunt who died about 1982 owned these items. He knows his aunt never married and was quite frail, but she went to all kinds of western events. Apparently near my hometown is a town of Quakertown which housed the Sleepy Hollow Ranch. I also got a bunch of photos from there. Later I found that the lady who owned these photos was named Dorothy Guth and she was one of the original members of the Sons of the Pioneers first fan club. She lived in Allentown, PA.

These were small photos to begin with. (Jan)

Bob Nolan

(Dorothy Guth's pictures)

Left: (standing) Karl Farr, Lloyd Perryman, Bob Nolan

(crouching) Pat Brady and Tim Spencer.

Right: Karl Farr, Pat Brady and Bob Nolan

(Dorothy Guth's pictures)

Left: (standing) Karl Farr, Lloyd Perryman, Bob Nolan

(crouching) Pat Brady and Tim Spencer.

Right: Pat Brady

(Dorothy Guth's pictures)

1948

Postcard to Dorothy Guth from Ray West and the Range Riders

WGAR , Cleveland, Ohio, 1946

(Dorothy Guth's pictures)

Postmarked December 23, 1946, Cleveland, OH

Autograph reads "Regards to Dorothy Guth, Roy West

(Dorothy Guth's pictures)

Left: Hugh Farr, Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer and Karl Farr

Crouching: Ken Carson and Shug Fisher

Right: Ken Curtis and unidentified fan

(Dorothy Guth's pictures)

Left: Ken Curtis with Emma Hackett

Right: Ken Curtis with unidentified fan

(Dorothy Guth's pictures)

Tim Spencer, Hugh Farr, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Karl Farr and Bob Nolan

(Dorothy Guth's pictures)

1946

The inscription reads, "Love and best wishes to Karl and May from your big brother Hugh. KFWB 12-27-34"

Karl E Farr, Karl's son, has an identical photo.

Hugh Farr, Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer and Len Slye.

c. 1935

Back: Vernon (Tim) Spencer

Centre: Hugh & Karl Farr, Bob Nolan

Bottom: Leonard Slye (Roy Rogers)

Farley's Gold Star Rangers c. 1934

Tim Spencer, Bob Nolan, Hugh Farr and Leonard Slye

with Gus Mack.

Farley's Gold Star Rangers c. 1935

Karl Farr, Hugh Farr, Tim Spencer, Leonard Slye and Bob Nolan with Gus Mack in front.

In front of the KFWB studio, 1935.

Leonard Slye, Tim Spencer, Hugh & Karl Farr and Bob Nolan.

1935

Back: Karl & Hugh Farr with Bob Nolan.

Front: Tim Spencer, Charles Starrett and Leonard Slye

Gallant Defender 1935

Back: Karl & Hugh Farr with Bob Nolan.

Front: Tim Spencer, Charles Starrett and Leonard Slye

Gallant Defender 1935

Hugh Farr, Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Leonard Slye, Karl Farr, Joan Perry and Charles Starrett

The Big Show 1936

Karl Farr, Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Hugh Farr and Leonard Slye

The Big Show 1936

Smiley Burnette, Gene Autry, Bob Nolan (behind Karl Farr), Tim Spencer, Hugh Farr and Leonard Slye.

(This photo originally belonged to one of the first members of the Sons of the Pioneers fan club in Pittsburgh, PA.)

The Old Corral 1936

Hugh Farr, Bob Nolan (standing), Tim Spencer, Leonard Slye and Karl Farr

Old Wyoming Trail 1937

Karl Farr, Lloyd Perryman, Hugh Farr, Leonard Slye, Bob Nolan, Donald Grayson and Ray Whitley

Old Wyoming Trail 1937

Charles Starrett, Edward LeSaint, Edward Peil, Leonard Sly and Bob Nolan

Seated: Steve Clark

Old Wyoming Trail 1937

Standing: Barbara Weeks and Dick Curtis

Outlaws of the Prairie 1937

Lloyd Perryman, Bob Nolan, Donald Grayson, Pat Brady and Hugh Farr

Outlaws of the Prairie 1937

Hugh Farr, Pat Brady, Bob Nolan, Lloyd Perryman and Donald Grayson

Cattle Raiders 1938

Bob Nolan, George Chesebro, ?, Hugh Farr, Charles Starrett and Lloyd Perryman

West of Cheyenne 1938

Back: Hugh Farr, Bob Nolan, Pat Brady, Karl Farr and Lloyd Perryman

South of Arizona 1938

(Singing "One More Hand on the Range".)

Pioneers: Bob Nolan, Karl Farr, Hugh Farr, Lloyd Perryman and Pat Brady

Continuing from the Pioneers: Iris Meredith, ?, Dick Curtis, and ?

South of Arizona 1938

Bob Nolan, Iris Meredith, Charles Starrett, Karl Farr, Pat Brady and Lloyd Perryman

The Colorado Trail 1938

Clockwise from Pat Brady: Charles Starrett, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, Bob Nolan and Lloyd Perryman

The Colorado Trail 1938

Hugh Farr, Hank Bell, Karl Farr, Edward LeSaint, Lloyd Perryman, Iris Meredith, Pat Brady and Bob Nolan

The Colorado Trail 1938

Front seated: Edward LeSaint and Iris Meredith

Charles Starrett facing Jack Clifford

The Colorado Trail 1938

Iris Meredith and Charles Starrett

West of the Santa Fe, 1938

Karl, Pat, Hugh, Lloyd and Bob

West of the Santa Fe 1938

Hank Bell, Iris Meredith, Charles Starrett and Bob Nolan

West of the Santa Fe 1938

Iris Meredith faces Dick Curtis with the mounted Sons of the Pioneers in the background.

West of the Santa Fe 1938

Back: Karl Farr, Hugh Farr, Pat Brady and Bob Nolan

Front: Hank Bell, Iris Meredith and unidentified actor

Rio Grande 1938

Hugh Farr, Lloyd Perryman, Bob Nolan, Pat Brady and Karl Farr

Community Sing, 1938

Lloyd Perryman, Tim Spencer, Bob Nolan, Pat Brady, Hugh and Karl Farr

Spoilers of the Range 1939

Back: Bob Nolan, Lloyd Perryman, Tim Spencer, Pat Brady, Hugh and Karl Farr

Front and centre: Iris Meredith and Charles Starrett

Spoilers of the Range 1939

Western Caravans 1939

Lloyd Perryman, Bob Nolan, Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith and the crowd

The Man from Sundown 1939

Pat Brady, Hugh Farr behind Karl, Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan, Lloyd Perryman and Tim Spencer.

The Man from Sundown 1939

Pat Brady, Hugh Farr behind Karl, Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan, Lloyd Perryman and Tim

The Man from Sundown 1939

Lloyd Perryman, Hugh Farr, Pat Brady, Director Sam Nelson, Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer and Karl Farr

The Man from Sundown 1939

Unidentified film

Hugh Farr, Bob Nolan, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady and Charles Starrett

Outpost of the Mounties 1939

The Stranger from Texas 1939

Front: Charles Starrett, Lorna Grey and Jack Rockwell

The Sons of the Pioneers running behind.

The Stranger from Texas 1939

Sons of the Pioneers (Bob at back), Lorna Grey, Charles Starrett and Karl Farr

Two-Fisted Rangers 1940

Back: Tim Spencer, Iris Meredith, Pat Brady, Bob Nolan

Front: Bill Cody Jr, Charles Starrett and Karl Farr

Two-Fisted Rangers 1940

On porch: Iris Meredith, Bill Cody, Jr. and the Sons of the Pioneers

Chicago, 1940

Clockwise from Pat Brady: Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer and Lloyd Perryman.

Bullets for Rustlers 1940

Pat Brady, Bob Nolan, Charles Starrett, Hugh Farr, Lloyd Perryman and Karl Farr

Bullets for Rustlers 1940

Hugh Farr, Dick Curtis, Jack Rockwell, Charles Starrett & Lorna Gray, Lloyd Perryman, Bob Nolan on white horse, Karl Farr, Tim Spencer and Pat Brady.

The Thundering Frontier 1940

Charles Starrett on Raider, ?, and Bob Nolan

The Sons of the Pioneers re-join Roy Rogers in late 1941

Clockwise from Roy Rogers in the centre: Hugh Farr, Tim Spencer, Karl Farr and Bob Nolan.

(This photo originally belonged to one of the first members of a Sons of the Pioneers fan club in Pittsburgh, PA.)

The basic cast in the Roy Rogers movies

Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Hugh and Karl Farr, Roy Rogers, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady in harness led by George "Gabby" Hayes.

(This photo originally belonged to one of the first members of a Sons of the Pioneers fan club in Pittsburgh, PA.)

Red River Valley 1941

Sunset Serenade 1942

(standing) Tim Spencer, Bob Nolan, Hugh Farr and Pat Brady

(seated) Karl Farr and Lloyd Perryman

Sunset Serenade 1942

(standing) Tim Spencer, Karl Farr and Pat Brady

(seated) Bob Nolan, Lloyd Perryman and Hugh Farr

Ridin Down the Canyon, 1942

Back: Buzzy Henry and Roy Rogers

Front: Gabby Hayes, Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman and Hugh Farr.

(This photo originally belonged to one of the first members of a Sons of the Pioneers fan club in Pittsburgh, PA.)

1943, before Pat left in June for the Army

Back: Karl Farr, Hugh Farr and Pat Brady

Front: Tim Spencer, Bob Nolan and Ken Carson

The Sons of the Pioneers after both Lloyd and Pat had joined the Army.

Back: Bob Nolan, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr and Deuce Spriggins.

Front: Tim Spencer, Roy Rogers and Ken Carson

(This photo originally belonged to one of the first members of a Sons of the Pioneers fan club in Pittsburgh, PA.)

King of the Cowboys 1943

Yellow Rose of Texas 1944 (Timber Trail)

Ken Carson, Bob Nolan, Hugh Farr, Tim Spencer, Shug Fisher and Karl Farr

Yellow Rose of Texas 1944

(standing) Hugh and Karl Farr

(seated) Ken Carson, Tim Spencer, Bob Nolan and Shug Fisher

(standing) Hugh and Karl Farr

(seated) Ken Carson, Tim Spencer, Bob Nolan and Shug Fisher

(This photo originally belonged to one of the first members of a Sons of the Pioneers fan club in Pittsburgh, PA.)

Back: Tim Spencer, Bob Nolan and Shug Fisher.

Front: Hugh Farr, Ken Carson and Karl Farr.

(This photo originally belonged to one of the first members of a Sons of the Pioneers fan club in Pittsburgh, PA.)

Lights of Old Santa Fe 1944 (Cowpoke Polka)

(standing) Karl Farr, Tim Spencer, Ken Carson, Shug Fisher and Roy Rogers

(seated) Hugh Farr, Bob Nolan and Gabby Hayes

"Utah" 1945 (Welcome Home, Miss Bryant)

Bob Nolan, Hugh Farr, Ken Carson (seated), Tim Spencer, Karl Farr and Shug Fisher

Ken Carson, Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Shug Fisher, Hugh and Karl Farr

c 1945

Big Bear Lake, 1945

Back: Karl, Shug and Hugh

Front: Bob, Tim and Ken Carson

Song of Arizona 1946 (Michael O'Leary O'Brien O'Toole)

(back) Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, Bob Nolan and Shug Fisher

(front) Ken Carson and Tim Spencer)

Home on the Range 1946

Back: Shug Fisher and Ken Carson

Front: Hugh Farr, Bob Nolan, Lorna Gray, Monte Hale and Karl Farr

Home on the Range 1946

Bob Nolan, Tom Chatterton, Monte Hale and Bobbie Blake

Home on the Range 1946

Rancher, ?, Hugh Farr, Adrian Booth, Shug Fisher, Ken Carson and Tim Spencer

Home on the Range 1946

Bob Nolan

Home on the Range 1946

Shug Fisher, Ken Carson, Bob Nolan, Hugh Farr, Tim Spencer and Karl Farr

Home on the Range 1946

Adrian Booth, Monte Hale, Shug Fisher and Bob Nolan

Singing Cowboy Camp Meetin' in "Rainbow Over Texas" 1946

Ken Carson, Hugh Farr, Shug Fisher, Tim Spencer, Bob Nolan and Karl Farr

Singing Alla en el rancho grande in "My Pal Trigger" 1946

Tim Spencer, Hugh Farr, Lloyd Perryman, Bob Nolan and Karl Farr

San Jose Civic Auditorium, c 1948

(Thanks to Sean Michael Lisle for positive identification of location.)