Pony Express Stables as Lee Roofing Co., 912 Penn, Photo, c. 1940

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

97.1P.401 Pony Express Stables as Lee Roofing, c. 1940

Name/Title

Pony Express Stables as Lee Roofing Co., 912 Penn, Photo, c. 1940

Entry/Object ID

P1997.1P.401

Description

Pony Express Stables as Lee Roofing Co., 912 Penn, c. 1940. b/w. Photo taken E.F. Cook . It shows the building as it appeared when Lee Roofing Co. operated out the building. "Lee Roofing Co., Asphalt Shakes, Phone 6-1285" juts out from building center top. "Spring Bronz Weather Strips" sign hangs over stable door, "Metal Welding" painted on the arch above stable door. "Nickel Plating" and "Sheet Rod & Tube Brass" signs remain from the time as Voltz Mfg. in 1920s. Trolley tracks in brick Penn street in front. East side of the building visible. Caption by Don Reynolds that may have appeared in Museum Graphic: "Several local business firms occupied the stables building after the St. Joseph Transfer Company occupied it and in 1946 the Chamber of Commerce purchased the property in an effort to hold it until a solution could be worked out. The building continued to decline until." (See 97.1P.402).

Made/Created

Studio

Cook Photo Co.

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 Stables, Pony Express Stables, c. 1940, Lee Roofing Co.

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Nov 19, 2020