Archaeological Dig Exhibits, Pony Express National Memorial, Photos (11), 1993

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

97.1P.838-39 Archaeological Dig Exhibit, PX Museum, 1993

Name/Title

Archaeological Dig Exhibits, Pony Express National Memorial, Photos (11), 1993

Entry/Object ID

P1997.1P.829

Description

Archaeological Dig Exhibits, Pony Express National Memorial, Photos (11), 1993. color. Snapshot taken during the construction and at completion of two exhibits related to the archaeological dig at the Pony Express Stables that took place over the 1989-1992 seasons. The main exhibit was the opening of a square in the floor of the museum to expose an original brick foundation and artifacts in the soil surrounding it. A glass exhibit case houses other artifacts found in the dig. 97.1P.829-833 = Mike Fisher, blue plaid shirt, and another unidentified man with shovels, standing down in the opened square, working to further expose the brick foundation. A third man is seen in #832. 97.1P.834 = Ed Barlow, red jacket, hands a pail to Mike Fisher, plaid shirt, in pit. 97.1P.835 = Finished exhibit of the square wall surrounding the open pit that allows visitors to peer down into the pit. 97.1P.836-837 = Glass exhibit case housing artifacts from the dig. 97.1P.838-839 = Two views of the finished exhibit of the square wall surrounding the open exhibit pit.

Made/Created

Artist

St. Joseph Museum Staff

Date made

1993

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Pony Express Museum, Pony Express Museum Archaeological Dig Exhibit

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

6 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Fisher, Mike

Person or Organization

Ed Barlow