Name/Title
Mrs. Roosevelt Unveils Gray's Pony Express Map, News Article, 1938Entry/Object ID
AM1972.14.1RRScope and Content
Mrs. Roosevelt Unveils Gray's Pony Express Map, News Article, 1938. St. Joseph News=Press.
"First Lady Declarres Real Value of Historic Painting Will Not Be Realized for Some Time to Come--Mural Was Conceived by New York Executive, Holder of Many Military Awards, and Painted by Nationally Famous Artist for Hotel Robidoux"
Details the visit of Eleanor Roosevelt to unveil the George Gray painting of "The Pony Express Map", a mural that was to hang in the hotel's Pony Express Bar-N.
In 2020, this map hangs on exhibit at the Pony Express National Memorial, 914 Penn Street.
On reverse side:
Federal Building Clock Tower News Photo, c. 1920s. "About Face" News photo showing clock face on a side rarely seen by the public.
Caption: "A side of one of the four faces of the federal building tower clock never seen by many who see the other side every day. The view is from the floor within the tower."Lexicon
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Pony Express Trail, Gray Pony Express Map, Eleanor Roosevelt in St. JosephRelationships
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Gray, George
