Name/Title
Pony Express Day Photos, April 4, 1976, a Bi-Centennial EventEntry/Object ID
P1997.1.53Description
Pony Express Day Photos, April 4, 1976, a Bi-Centennial Event. Photo album pages (10) of color snapshots of the bi-centennial celebration in St. Joseph, Missouri, which included a parade and events at the Pony Express Stables. A Bi-Centennial Wagon Train left St. Joseph. This was the 116th anniversary of the start of the Pony Express.
The Pony Express Stables Museum and the Boy Scouts decorated the graves of Pony Express Riders.
Historical Plaque Markers were unveiled at ceremony at City Hall.
Includes a news clipping "Stage Coach Retracing Overland Trail to Sacramento, Cal." St. Joseph News-Press, May 5, 1976Made/Created
Date made
1976Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Album, PhotographNomenclature Primary Object Term
AlbumNomenclature Sub-Class
MemorabiliaNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony express, Wagon trainsSearch Terms
Bi-Centennial, 1976, Pony Express RidersDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 4½" x 3¼"Provenance
Notes
Photos taken by Joseph Gray at Pony Express Day, April 4, 1976, a Bi-Centennial Event.