Hungry for News & Mail Route Map Exhibit, Pony Express Museum, Photos, (5), 1993

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

97.1P.865 Hungry for News Wall Panel, PX Museum, 1993

Name/Title

Hungry for News & Mail Route Map Exhibit, Pony Express Museum, Photos, (5), 1993

Entry/Object ID

P1997.1P.861

Description

Hungry for News & Mail Route Map Exhibit, Pony Express Museum, Photos, (5), 1993. color. Snapshots of the exhibit "Hungry for News" telling of the interest that pioneers in the West had for news from the eastern States. Includes a map that shows the routes the mail took by sea and overland prior to the Pony Express, using lighted paths across a map of North & South Americans. 97.1P.861-863 = Wayne Taylor, volunteer, (husband of staff member Marilyn Taylor) crouched beside the mail route map inserting tiny lights. 97.1P.864 = Close-up of "Hungry for News" exhibit section that includes the interpretation panel, a gold pan, and pickaxe. 97.1P.865 = distance view of the Museum wall panel that houses the entire exhibit, including large mail route map and interpretive panel.

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 Hungry for News Exhibit

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

6 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wayne Taylor