Name/Title
Pony Express Stables, 912 Penn, Photos (2), June, 1958Entry/Object ID
P1997.1P.434Description
Pony Express Stables, 912 Penn, Photos (2), June, 1958 b/w. Two identical photos of the front facade of Pony Express Stables as see from Patee Park, behind the D.A.R. Pony Express Monument, its back shown here. Taken by Don Reynold is spring or summer with leaves on trees, after some restoration. The stable doors and office door are white, no sign posted above stable door. Patee Park sidewalk in foreground. Prior to the 1959 opening of the Pony Express Museum. This photo may have been used in a Museum Graphic article with the following caption:
Caption: In 1958, with approach of the centennial of the Pony Express, the Goetz firm and the St. Joseph Museum cooperated in a joint effort to open the building before the centennial year of 1960. The St. Joseph Museum installed historical exhibits and in May, 1959, the Pony Express Stables Museum was opened free to the public. In 1960, the Goetz Company deeded the stables to the St. Joseph Museum under whose direction it has been since,"
Typed on back: "Pony Express Stables, St. Joseph, Mo. Penn St. between 9th & 10th. Starting place of the Pony Express. 6-58"Made/Created
Date made
1958Place
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 ObjectsSearch Terms
Pony Express Stables, Pony Express Stables, c. 1950s