Pony Express Museum Opening Flag Presentation, Photo, May 3, 1959

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

97.1P.597 Goetz, M. Karl, flag at PX Museum Opening, 1959

Name/Title

Pony Express Museum Opening Flag Presentation, Photo, May 3, 1959

Entry/Object ID

P1997.1P.597

Description

Pony Express Museum Opening Flag Presentation, Photo, May 3, 1959. b/w. Photo of U.S. flag being presented to M. Karl Goetz, right, by F.M. Wilson man. Harry Wright, SJM staff artist, is standing against the brick wall of the Pony Express Stables in background. Handwritten on back: "Pony Express Museum Opening, May 3, 1959. Photo by Bill This was used as news photo published in May 4, 1959 Gazette with following caption: "The Pony Express Museum, 9th and Penn streets, officially opened to the public yesterday afternoon... The lower picture shows M. Karl Goetz as he accepts a flag from F. M. Wilson. Looking on in the background is Harry Wright, who will be in charge of the Pony Express Museum. Mr. Goetz raised the flag, a gift of Congressman William R. Hull, on the stable flag pole as a signal of the museum opening. Mr. Wilson represented the congressman."

Made/Created

Artist

Bill Bennett

Date made

1959

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

Search Terms

Pony Express Museum Opening, 1959, Goetz Family

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Goetz, M. Karl

Person or Organization

Wright, Harry

Person or Organization

Wilson, F. M.

Provenance

Notes

Bill Bennett, was official News-Press photographer in the 1950s-1970s,