Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1992.039.0029Description
B/W photograph originally under glass in brown wood frame. The photograph is glued to a mat board. The caption reads "Benecia (sic) was a vital link in the pony express system. The depot is shown in the photograph. On seeing an automobile drive up and pull away, after first disbelief, riders and mounts would doubtless have felt insecure in their positions, and this would have been heightened on seeing an airplane pass overhead.(note:the vapor trail) It was the advent of the telegraph however, (1861) that brought an end to the pony express."Collection
Benicia Historical Museum CollectionMade/Created
Artist
Dublin, William Brooks M.D.