Pony Express Day Photos, April 4, 1976, a Bi-Centennial Event
Entry/Object ID
P1997.1.53
Description
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, 1976
Made/Created
Artist
Joseph Gray
Date made
1976
Place
City
St. Joseph
State/Province
Missouri
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Album, Photograph
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Album
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Memorabilia
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony express, Wagon trains
Search Terms
Bi-Centennial, 1976, Pony Express Riders
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 4½" x 3¼"
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Jan 21, 2016
Provenance
Notes
Photos taken by Joseph Gray at Pony Express Day, April 4, 1976, a Bi-Centennial Event.