(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Albert Clifford Raney's mother and father, circa 1890. Photograph taken in Arkansas city, Kansas.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Albert Clifford Raney at 6-years of age, circa 1897.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Albert Clifford Raney as a young man, estimated circa 1910.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Albert Clifford Raney (at far left) working as a surveyor, 1909.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Albert Clifford and Ruby Pearl (Larsh) Raney, Sierra Madre, California, on the Mt. Wilson Trail, Spring, 1913.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Albert Clifford Raney taking a Sunday nap, Los Angeles, California, winter, 1914.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Albert Clifford and Ruby Pearl (Larsh) Raney while living in Denver, circa 1914.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Santa Fe Railroad icing dock and crew, Deming, New Mexico, July, 1915. Clara May (Raney) Akard stated that her father, A.C. Raney, got a job with the Santa Fe Railroad working in or on refrigeration cars, although his exact duties and position within the company remain unknown. Curiously, A.C. Raney does not appear in this photograph of the icing dock and crew, who are dressed in the typical overalls or other work clothing worn by railroad labor crews. It may be that A.C. Raney is the person taking the photograph, which would explain his absence. However, in other photographs of this same era, A.C. Raney is nattily dressed in a dark suit and tie, usually with a dark dress hat. Moreover, it is known that he was familiar with and often associated with high-ranking officials within the Santa Fe Railway Corporation, all of which tend to suggest that he was not the typical railroad crew manual laborer.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Railway Exchange building, Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, April 1916. Mr. Charles Edgar Hill and A.C. Raney frequented the Santa Fe Railroad offices located in this historic building in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Hill was a vice-president of the Santa Fe Railroad and had an office in the Kerckhoff Building, at the corner of Main and 6th Street in downtown Los Angeles. The Santa Fe Railroad Company had its main offices in the Kerckhoff Building in 1922.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Santa Fe Railroad icing crew loading ice into cars, Norris, Colorado, August, 1916. Here again, Clara May (Raney) Akard stated that her father, A.C. Raney, got a job with the Santa Fe Railroad working in or on refrigeration cars, although his exact duties and position within the company remain unknown. Curiously, A.C. Raney does not appear in this photograph of the icing dock and crew, who are dressed in the typical overalls or other work clothing worn by railroad labor crews. It may well be that A.C. Raney is the person taking the photograph, which would explain his absence. However, in other photographs of this same era, A.C. Raney is nattily dressed in a dark suit and tie, usually with a dark dress hat. Moreover, it is known that he was familiar with and often associated with high-ranking officials within the Santa Fe Railway Corporation, all of which tend to suggest that he was not the typical railroad crew manual laborer.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

A.C. Raney is in the front row at the far left. First Railroad Class in the world to take up the study of Plant Diseases in Relation to Transportation — University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, December 1916.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Albert Clifford Raney in the Raney ranch house back yard, dressed in work clothing, and playing with his family's pet dog, circa 1932.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Albert Clifford Raney standing alongside the family's pet dog, with his youngest daughter Marian on horseback, circa 1935-36.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Albert Clifford Raney working on the Raney ranch while wearing homemade bloomers (shorts), circa late 1930s.

(Photograph courtesy of Clara May (Raney) Akard.)

Albert Clifford Raney on horseback at the Raney ranch, circa 1940.