Pony Express Cavalcade, U.S. Post Office, Pony Express Centennial Poster, 1960
Entry/Object ID
AM1992.1.109
Scope and Content
Pony Express Cavalcade, U.S. Post Office, Pony Express Centennial Poster, 1960. Color, red/white/blue. "See the Pony Express Cavalcade" poster showing a United States Post Office Bus mail carrier with ghostly figures of Pony Express Riders in background.
In its part to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Pony Express, the U. S. Postal service outfitted a bus that went around the country from post office to post office. Promoting its fast mail delivery, On the side of the bus are painted:
"100 Years of Postal Progress, United States Post Office Department"
"Yesterday your mail traveled 2000 miles in 10 days,
Today your mail travels cross country in 4½ hours.
Tomorrow around the world in seconds."
The last line was a place to write in when and where the bus was to appear. Inside were exhibits.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Poster
Nomenclature Class
Advertising Media
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony express
Search Terms
Pony Express Centennial, Pony Express Cavalcade, U.S. Post Office, 1960
