Name/Title
Pony Express National Airmail Week Celebration Photos, May 16, 1938Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.713Description
Pony Express National Airmail Week Celebration Photos, May 16, 1938.
b/w. Snapshots and larger size photos taken during this celebration in St. Joseph, Missouri, surrounding the Pony Express Stables. Participants dressed in 1860's-style attire. Some of the photos taken by Lewis C. Shady, photographer (These photos originally assigned #120/12917 100#. Originally in a frame, but were removed and given individual numbers).
95.1P.713 = Man, seated, in top hat & suit, leaning on cane. Woman standing behind in light-colored hat & dress with cape sleeves, dark gloves & bag purse. Taken in front of trellis. "Mr. & Mrs. Leo. E. Knaebel, May 16, 1938" written at bottom of photo. Snapshot, 3¾" x 2¾".
95.1P.714 = Woman and man standing at corner of 4th & Felix Streets. "Missouri Valley Trust Sign on building between them. She is wearing bonnet, 1860''s style dress with hoop skirt and is wrapped in long shawl. He is dressed in top hat and suit with long coattails, holding a cane & gloves. "Col. and Mme. B. Boder. May 16, 1938" 3" x 4½"
95.1P.715 = Same couple as in #714, standing in park setting. (Mr. & Mrs. Bartlett Boder) "May 16, 1938". Snapshot, 3¾" x 2¾".
95.1P.716 = Close-up of Mrs. Bartlett Boder in her 1860's attire. "Pony Express Celebration" stamped on back. 5" x 7"
95.1P.717 = Four men & one woman dressed in period attire posing in front of St. Joseph News-Press Building. Identified on photo as " Jack Utz, Walter Patt, Helen Hargis, Bartlett Boder, Abe Fichman. Pony Express Celebration stamped on photo in red. 5" x 7"
95.1P.718 = Man in top hat and two Native Americans in ceremonial dress. "Col. Bartlett Boder, Chief White Cloud (a grandson of Joseph Robidoux,), May 16, 1938" The other Native American is unidentified. Pony Express Celebration stamped on back of photo in red. 5" x 7"
95.1P.719 = Two ladies in period dress, two men in top hats, a man in "rider" attire on horse, two boys in Native American dress on horseback behind. Photo taken in front of Pony Express Stables. Identified on the bottom of photo: "Mrs. Boder, Mrs. Welch Mayor Welch, Theo Quinn." Pony Express Celebration stamped on photo in red. 5" x 7"
95.1P.720 = Two men, one dressed as fur trader, the other a 'gent" in broad-rimmed black hat, dark long waistcoat, stripe vest, and stripe pants tucked into his leather boots. They are standing in front of Missouri Valley Trust. Identified on photo as "Al. P. Schaaf, V.N. Carbry". 5" x 7"
95.1P.721 = Group photo, unposed of Native Americans in ceremonial dress, both men & women. Handwritten on back: "About thirty Indians of Iowa tribe are brought in for the day by a caravan of automobiles. They mingle freely and comfortably with the early arrivals in the large crowd of whites that gathers at Patee Park, Saint Joseph, Mo., May 16 to witness a day's revival of the Pony Express method of dispatching mail for the Pacific coast as was begun in reality Apr. 3, 1860, but discarded a few months afterward with the approach of the Civil War." F.C. Ward, 2728 Lafayette St, St. Joseph, MO". 5" x 7"
95.1P.722 = Group photo, three women and three men dressed in costumes of the period. Audience seated on risers behind them. Identified as: Mrs. R. E. Gardner, Joe McKenzie, Joseph Beaupuert, Miss Helene Alexander, Mrs. Isabell Hales (1st prize), V. N. Carbry. 8" x 10"
95.1P.723 & 724 = Three Native American men in ceremonial dress, two with full headdress. The man in the center is Chief White Cloud. l to r: Dan White Cloud, Chief White Cloud, unidentified man. "(Chief White Cloud is the) son of Mahaska & Mary Robidoux" "The elderly chief wearing the prized claw necklace watches the dance with two of the younger braves." 5" x 7" & 8" x 10"
95.1P.725 & 726 = Group photo of men & women, some dressed in the 1860's style clothing of the well to do, others in cowboy attire, some in Native American ceremonial dress. Men & "braves" on horseback behind." Taken in outside the doors of Pony Express Stables. Marked May 16, 1938 on photo. 2 copies. 8" x 10".Made/Created
Date made
1938Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony expressSearch Terms
Pony Express Stables, Pony Express Celebration, 1938, National Airmail Week, 1938, Native American, IowaDimensions
Height
8 inWidth
10 inDimension Notes
Various sizesRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Bartlett BoderPerson or Organization
MRS. BARTLETT BODERPerson or Organization
Leo KnaebelPerson or Organization
Chief White CloudPerson or Organization
Al P. SchaafPerson or Organization
V. N. CarbryPerson or Organization
Jack UtzPerson or Organization
Helen HargisPerson or Organization
Walter PattPerson or Organization
Abe FichmanPerson or Organization
Welch, PhilPerson or Organization
Theo QuinnPerson or Organization
Dan White CloudPerson or Organization
Helene AlexanderPerson or Organization
Isabell HalesPerson or Organization
Joseph BeaupuertPerson or Organization
Mrs. R. E. GardnerPerson or Organization
Jose McKenzie
