Name/Title
Folsom Pony Express Station, Wells Fargo Building, California, Photo, 1959Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.582Description
Folsom Pony Express Station, Wells Fargo Building, California, Photo, 1959. Photo of Wells Fargo Assay Office building in Folsom, CA. in 1959. A tall rectangular building with stone front, inscribed above door: "Wells, Fargo & Co. Assay Office, 1860". A man is looking at a plaque on the building. Adjacent is a shorter brick building store front that is for sale or lease. Sidewalk is made of stone pavers. b/w
Legend: "Folsom, California. From July, 1860, it was the western terminus of the Overland Pony Express. The Sacramento Valley Railroad from then carried the mail the remainder of the way to Sacramento, until Placerville was made the terminus from July, 1861 to the end, October, 1861. The above Wells-Fargo building was long ago marked with the Pony Express bronze marker. Calif. 1959"
old digital file name: CAFolsomSta3Made/Created
Date made
1959Place
City
FolsomState/Province
CaliforniaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony expressSearch Terms
Pony Express Station, Folsom Pony Express Station, Pony Express Western Terminus, Wells FargoProvenance
Notes
Photo taken by SJM staff photographer