Name/Title
Pony Express Celebration, Sacramento, CA, July 19, 1960Entry/Object ID
P1996.1P.36Description
Pony Express Celebration, Sacramento, CA, July 19, 1960. Three b/w photo of people and events celebrated in Sacramento to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Pony Express. Photos courtesy of Ross Hermann, Hillsborough, Calif. dated July 19, 1960.
96.1P.36 = Postmaster General Arthur E. Semirefined, riding in open horse-drawn buggy in celebration parade.
96.1P.37 = Postmaster Summerville and Chief Thunderface (Mark Jones), who is in Native American dress with full headdress.
Handwritten on back: "Here is Postmaster General Summerfield negotiating with Mark Jones, the Elder, wearing a war bonnet of the Paiute Indian tribe. Mark Jones was 90 years old in this picture and died May 27, 1961. Buried in Nixon, Nevada. The negotiations were to arrange the safe passage of the Pony Express riders through the Paiute lands in Nevada!"
96.1P.38 = Pony Express (re-run) Rider galloping away from crowd on street in Sacramento. Handwritten on back: "Mr. Waddell T. Smith, grandson of one of the founders of the Pony Express re-enacting the start of the eastward run from Sacramento, Calif. to St. Joseph, Mo.Made/Created
Date made
1960Place
City
SacramentoState/Province
CaliforniaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Pony Express Re-run, Pony Express Celebration, 1960Relationships
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Smith, Waddell T.Person or Organization
Summerfield, ArthurPerson or Organization
Mark JonesProvenance
Notes
Photos courtesy of: Ross Hermann, Hillsborough, Calif., July 19, 1960 written across front