Tex Mason H-BAR-O Rangers Radio Club 1930s and 50 similar items

Vintage, original black and white lithographic photo of Tex Mason from a 1930s radio program created for children. Measures approximately 7.25 x 9.25 including white border. Condition: This is an original lithograph, not a copy or reproduction. It is in excellent condition. Comments: Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders (also known as the H-Bar-O Rangers) is an old-time radio juvenile Western adventure program in the United States, one of the first juvenile radio programs. It was broadcast on CBS October 17, 1932 - December 11, 1936, and on Mutual June 21, 1949 - June 17, 1955. Bobby Benson was created by Herbert C. Rice, who had already originated "dozens of local drama series" as a director at a radio station in Buffalo, New York. In 1932, representatives of the Hecker H-O Company of Buffalo sought to develop a children's radio program for the company's cereal products. Rice associated the "H-O" name with a cattle brand and soon developed a concept about an orphan named Bobby Benson and his guardian, Sunny Jim (an icon used to represent H-O cereals). The program was called The H-Bar-O Rangers while it was sponsored by Hecker. After his parents' deaths, 12-year-old Bobby Benson inherited the B-Bar-B Ranch in Big Bend, Texas. That development paved the way for adventures as, week after week, outlaws and other bad people tried to cause problems for the ranch and its people.