End of an Era, Telegraph Demise of Pony Express, Pony Express Museum Exhibit Photos (8), 1960 & 1992

Photograph

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St. Joseph Museums

97.1P.9B End of an Era Exhibit, PX Museum, c. 1960: Copyright: 97.1P.9B End of an Era Exhibit, PX Museum, c. 1960
97.1P.9B End of an Era Exhibit, PX Museum, c. 1960

Copyright: 97.1P.9B End of an Era Exhibit, PX Museum, c. 1960

Name/Title

End of an Era, Telegraph Demise of Pony Express, Pony Express Museum Exhibit Photos (8), 1960 & 1992

Entry/Object ID

P1997.1P.9

Description

End of an Era, Telegraph Demise of Pony Express, Pony Express Museum Exhibit Photos (8), 1960 & 1992. b/w photos of this exhibit as it appeared in 1960, and color snapshots of the revision of this exhibit in 1992 as below. Also in file folder is an un-numbered b/w photo of the original 1960 exhibit. 97.1P.9 = Photo of Don Reynolds at dig at Echo Canyon Overland Telegraph site that produced some of the artifacts in this exhibit. Don is seated on ground surveying some artifacts uncovered. Typed on back: "Echo Canyon Dig. Overland Telegraph Insulator. 97.1P.10 = Close up of exhibit section showing glass insulators and wooden insulator peg. 97.1P.11 = Close up of wooden block with metal hook and piece of rounded metal cylinder 97.1P.12-16 = Five snapshots of the 1992 exhibit case that included a background illustration of a Pony Rider passing a telegraph line crew, with the above artifacts, a roll of telegraph wire, and photo cut-outs of Russell, Majors & Waddell.

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1960 - 1992

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Notes

Date: 1960

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

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pony express, Telegraph

Search Terms

Pony Express Museum Exhibit, Overland Telegraph

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Dimension Notes

1992 color snapshsots are 4" x 6"

Condition

Overall Condition

Good