Pony Express Motel Cabins & Interior, Belt & 36 Hwy, Snapshot (3), 1950

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Pony Express Motel Cabin & Interior, Belt & 36 Hwy, 1950

Name/Title

Pony Express Motel Cabins & Interior, Belt & 36 Hwy, Snapshot (3), 1950

Entry/Object ID

P2003.14.10

Description

Pony Express Motel Cabins & Interior, Belt & 36 Hwy, Snapshot (3), 1950. b/w. Snapshot of the cabin exterior and two photos of interior. The donor's father resided here temporarily when he managed power plant installations in St. Joseph at the Edmond and Lake Road Stations in the 1950s. 03.14.10 = Small white cabin with porch, car parked in front. Handwritten on back: "Pony Express Motel Cabin #13 St. Joe 1950" b/w. 2½" x 3½" 03.14.11 = Interior of motel room, knotty pine paneling, bed, night stand with upholstered chair. Handwritten on back: "Pony Express Motel, 1st Place We Stade on arriving in St. Joe". b/w. 2½" x 3½" 03.14.12 = Desk chair in motel room with longhorn skull on chair back. Handwritten on back: "Pony Express Motel, St. Joe, Mo., Cabin #50, 8-9-50. Original digital scan located on History CD 20.

Made/Created

Artist

unknown

Date made

1950

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Motels

Search Terms

Belt Highway & 36 Highway, Pony Express Motel, Belt Highway

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 2½" x 3½"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 14, 2015

Provenance

Notes

Photo taken by donor's father, who superintended power plant installation projects in St. Joseph in the 1950s.