
#1: Composite image of early photo of Dale Nicholson and still frame from Pryor Center video interview; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#2: Dale Nicholson's maternal great-great-grandfather, Captain James Madison Mitchell
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#3: Dale Nicholson's maternal great-grandfather, James Morgan Mitchell
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#4: Dale Nicholson's maternal great-grandparents, Lucy Siveley Coopwood and B. J. Coopwood, married 1860
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#5: Dale Nicholson's paternal great-grandfather, B. J. Coopwood
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#6: Dale Nicholson's grandparents, William Mayberry Nicholson and Cornelia Coopwood Nicholson, with their children, Shorty and Elvin
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#7: Dale Nicholson's maternal grandfather, Almond Haygood Mitchell
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#8: Dale Nicholson's maternal grandparents, Sarah Belle Leona Coon Mitchell and Almond Haygood Mitchell
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#9: Dale Nicholson's mother, Rachel Mitchell (Nicholson), as a young girl, and her brother, Almond Haygood Mitchell, with their mother and step-father, Sarah Belle Leona Coon MItchell Clary and Bill Clary
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#10: Dale Nicholson's mother, Rachel Mitchell (Nicholson), and her brother, Almond Haygood Mitchell
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#11: Dale Nicholson's grandparents, William Mayberry Nicholson and Cornelia Coopwood Nicholson
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#12: Dale Nicholson with his parents, William Cecil Nicholson and Rachel Mitchell Nicholson; Warren, Arkansas, ca. 1943
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#13: Dale Nicholson as host of the children's show Captain Nick and His Puppet Pals at KTVE-TV; El Dorado, Arkansas, 1960
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#14: Dale and Patsy Nicholson on their wedding day, 1960
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#15: Dale and Patsy Nicholson with their son, Lawrence Dale "Nick" Nicholson Jr., 1961
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#16: Dale Nicholson with his son, Lawrence Dale "Nick" Nicholson Jr., ca. 1961
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#17: Dale Nicholson with his son, Lawrence Dale "Nick" Nicholson Jr., 1964
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#18: Dale Nicholson (left) with his niece and nephew
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#19: Dale Nicholson, KATV publicity photo, ca. 1960s
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#20: KATV publicity poster with (from left) B. J. Sams, Jim Pitcock, Judy Pryor, Dale Nicholson, Bud Campbell, and (back row) Gary Weir as Bozo the Clown
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#21: Dale Nicholson's daughter, Kelli (center), at Christmas
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#22: Dale Nicholson (far right) and his wife, Patsy, holding their daughter, Kelli (far left), with other family members at Christmas
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#23: Dale Nicholson (center) playing cards at a KATV picnic
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#24: Dale Nicholson playing the trombone
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#25: Dale and Patsy Nicholson
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#26: Dale Nicholson with his son, Nick Nicholson
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#27: Dale Nicholson with his granddaughters, Cameryn and Meredith Miller
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#28: Dale Nicholson with (from left) his granddaughter, Meredith Miller; daughter, Kelli Miller; son-in-law, Charles Miller; and granddaughter, Cameryn Miller Burch
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#29: Dale Nicholson, president and general manager of KATV
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#30: Dale Nicholson (right) with his children, Nick Nicholson and Kelli Nicholson Miller
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#31: Dale Nicolson with reporter, Anne Pressly, on the KATV news set
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#32: Dale Nicholson in front of KATV's new broadcast tower; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2009
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#33: Dale Nicholson beside the dedication plaque for the KATV transmitter building; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2009
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#34: Dale Nicholson (center) with KATV sales manager, Mark Rose (left), and KATV news director, Randy Dixon, at the Mid-America EMMY Awards ceremony; St. Louis, Missouri, 2010
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#35: Dale Nicholson (right) with former colleagues: (from left) Randy Dixon, Ray Tucker, and Bob Steel; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2013
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#36: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Dale Nicholson; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#37: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Dale Nicholson; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#38: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Dale Nicholson; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#39: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview Dale Nicholson; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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