Jay, David R., Pony Express Rider, News Photo as Older Man, c. 1900

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

David R. Jay, Pony Express Rider, c. 1900

Name/Title

Jay, David R., Pony Express Rider, News Photo as Older Man, c. 1900

Entry/Object ID

P1994.1.111

Description

Jay, David R., Pony Express Rider, News Photo as Older Man, c. 1900. Copy of photo of older man, with gray hair and handle-bar mustache. Head shot. He is wearing a suit jacket with two round pins in lapel. News story is about Boy Scouts placing wreath on his grave in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas. Atchison Globe, May 26, 1938 Jay hired on as Pony Express Rider out of Marysville, KS at age 13, and rode from Big Sandy and Fort Kearney. A = News Photo B = News story.

Made/Created

Artist

unknown

Date made

1900

Place

Location

UNKNOWN

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pony express

Search Terms

Pony Express Rider

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

News Clipping

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 3" x 4½"

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 9, 2016

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

David Robert Jay