Name/Title
Czech Pony Express Club Re-Ride in Czechoslovakia, Photos, 1985-1987Entry/Object ID
P1996.1P.1683Description
Czech Pony Express Club Re-Ride in Czechoslovakia, Photos, 1985-1986. 10 photos. b/w. In Czechoslovakia there is an interest club concerning the Pony Express. Club members hold an annual celebration and re-ride in Czechoslovakia mimicking such rides in the United States. These photos were taken in Mnisek pod Brdy, Czechoslovakia at such an event in 1986. Legends on back of photos in Czech language. Mníšek pod Brdy is a town south west of Prague in the Czech Republic, in Central Bohemian Region. The town is part of the Prague metropolitan area. Most photos from 1986 celebration and ride.
(old digital file name:CzechXPRiderVisit12 to CzechXPRiderVisit15
96.1P.1683A = Group Photo of about 30 Czech Pony Express Club Members, including six women and 1 boy, posed on a stage in front of banner of "II.PonyExpress v Ceskoslovensku". 9½" x 6".
96.1P.1683B = Close up view of leather saddle bag, stamped with illustration of Pony Rider at gallop and "Riders of Czechoslovak" in English. "Mnisek pod/Brdy" and "Suchdola ? Odon" printed on either side of illustration (towns at each end of their route). Someone is placing letters in bag. 4½" x 3".
96.1P.1683C = Stanley Vodenka, first rider, mounted on dark horse with white spots, posed in front of "Pony Express" banner. Photo taken at 3:45 AM in dark. 4" x 6"
96.1P.1683D= Rider on horse in distance racing toward two men, closeup of heads/hats in foreground. 4" x 6"
96.1P.1683E = Riders astride horses reach across to exchange baton. Mochila on horse to right. "Changing Riders" written on back. 7¼" x 4¾"
96.1P.1683F = Rider on spotted horse on brick-paved bridge with stream beyond. 7¼" x 4¾"
96.1P.1683G = Six men in western attire with ribbons dangling from rope ties around neck. "Pony Express Riders from the Morovian area of Czech" written on back. 4" x 6"
96.1P.1683H = Riders mounted on horseback lined up in stadium, both men & women, crowd behind. 6¾" x 5"
96.1P.1683I = Buggy pulled by two horses, with women in period clothing in back seat. Two riders on horseback following. Crowd in front of tepees behind. 4" x 6"
96.1P.1683J = Riders (14) on horseback performing some type of maneuver in stadium in Mnisek, Crowd in background, 1986. "Celebration at the conclusion of the Czech Pony Express" written on back. 5" x 7".Made/Created
Date made
1985 - 1987Notes
Date: 1987Lexicon
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copies attached to cardboard, may have been used in exhibit.Provenance
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Photographs taken in Czech Republic
