Pony Express Rider Statue Dedication Photos (6), July, 1940

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

96.1P.523 PX Statue at Dedication, 1940

Name/Title

Pony Express Rider Statue Dedication Photos (6), July, 1940

Entry/Object ID

P1996.1P.523

Description

Pony Express Rider Statute Dedication Photos (6), July, 1940. b/w. Six scenes of activities surrounding the unveiling of the Pony Express Rider Statue in Civic Center, at 10th & Frederick Avenue. Sculptor, Hermon A. MacNeil 96.1P.523 = Crowd behind the unveiled statue, with statue in photo center, City Hall in background. Typed on back: "Pony Express Memorial Dedication, Civic Center, 10th & Frederick Ave. Don R. 1940" 96.1P.524 = Four sailors helping little girl pull the shroud unveiling the Pony Rider. Photo taken looking northeast, crowd behind and City Hall in background. Little girl is Jessimine Wallace. 96.1P.525 = Lew Shady photo for NewsPress. Similar photo to #524 above with sailors just beginning the process of removing the shroud and little girls at base, crowd behind and City Hall in background. Handwritten on back: "Lew Shady photo, unable to find original for exhibit in 1980" 96.1P.526 = Five sailors and little girl posed beside the unveiled Pony Express Rider monument, crowd behind. Typed on back: "Pony Express Memorial Dedication, Civic Centre, 10th & Frederick Avenue. Don. R. 1940." 96.1P.527 = Photo of lined of dignitaries seated on porch of City Hall. Men wearing suits and hats. 96.1P.528 = Photo of line of men in suits standing behind balastrade at City Hall, Microphone in front. KFEQ logo on microphone.

Made/Created

Artist

Lewis C. Shady & Don Reynolds

Date made

1940

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 Statue, Civic Center, Pony Express Statue Dedication, 1940

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wallace, Jessimine

Provenance

Notes

b/w photos by SJM Staff Photographer Don Reynolds. #525 by NewsPress Photographer Lew Shady