Name/Title
Pony Express Rider Recruitment Ad, San Francisco Newspaper Photo, March, 1860Entry/Object ID
P1996.1P.590Description
Pony Express Rider Recruitment Ad, San Francisco Newspaper Photo, March, 1860. b/w. Photo of a modern day re-creation of an ad supposedly run in San Francisco papers, March, 1860. (It is disputed whether this exact ad, with its "Orphans preferred" phrase actually existed). Two versions included.
"WANTED"
Young, skinny, wiry fellows, not over eighteen. Must be expert riders willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages, $25 per week. Apply, Central Overland Express, Alta Bldg, Montgomery St."Made/Created
Place
City
San FranciscoState/Province
CaliforniaNotes
Date: 1860.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects