Pony Express Centennial Parade News Photo, 1923

Name/Title

Pony Express Centennial Parade News Photo, 1923

Entry/Object ID

AM1972.14.1WW

Scope and Content

Pony Express Centennial Parade News Photo, 1923. Although undated, this is likely a news photo in St. Joseph News-Press from the parade. A huge celebration of St. Joseph's 80th anniversary and the Pony Express was held in St. Joseph that year. Photo shows a young man in western attire standing next to a woman in period clothes driving a small covered wagon pulled by mules, mounted riders behind her. Caption: The Courthouse or Bust! "Mrs. Byron C. Wagner left this perch for one on a front fender of a motor car in Saturday's Pony Express parade shortly after this picture was taken, but Bill Bricker, standing beside the covered wagon, made the trip through the downtown section without incident from the original Pony Express stables."

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Search Terms

Pony Express Celebration, 1923, Parade

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

News Clipping

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Nov 30, 2020

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bill Bricker

Person or Organization

Wagner, Byron C., Mrs.