Name/Title
Pony Express Statue, Sacramento, CA. Photos (5), c. 1980Entry/Object ID
P1996.1P.579Description
Pony Express Statue, Sacramento, CA. Photos (5), c. 1980. b/w, 1 in color. Photos of the Pony Express Rider Statue in old town Sacramento, CA. The bronze statue shows the rider at full gallop facing east. Sculptor Thomas Holland, dedicated in 1976.
96.1P.579 = Color snapshot by Stanley Novak, retired Museum staff member. Includes postcard from Novak from Sacramento.
96.1P.580 = 4" x 5" photo of small replica of Holland statue. b/w.
96.1P.581 = 8"x 10", Photo of the Holland Statue, may be enlargement of #580 above.
96.1P.582 = Photo of "Western Headquarters Pony Express" sign in Old Sacramento announcing the erection of the Statue. Man in suit standing below reading sign. Illustration of Pony Rider Statue. "Hera t 2:45 A.M. on April 4, 1860, Sam Hamilton departed with the first Eastbound mail. The courageous riders of the Pony Express and their gallant steeds reduced more than half of the time of communication between West and East, and saved California for the Union, on this spot, an Heroic Statue of Rider and Horse will be erected." By Sirlin Studio, Sacramento.
96.1P.583 = Photo of the Pony Express Rider Statue in Sacramento, raised freeway in background. Typed on back: "Pony Express Monument, 2nd & J Streets, Sacramento, California. (Photo courtesy of Judge Sherrill Halbert, Sacramento, Calif.)"Made/Created
Artist
Stanley Novak; Sirlin Studios, Sacramento, Judgge Sherrill Halbert, SacramentoDate made
1980Place
City
SacramentoState/Province
CaliforniaLexicon
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 Statue, Pony Express Statue, Sacramento, Old Sacramento, Sacramento, CaliforniaDimensions
Height
8 inWidth
10 inDimension Notes
#579 = 3½" x 4½", colorRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Thomas HollandPerson or Organization
Sherrill HalbertProvenance
Notes
#579 by Czech PX Rider, Stanley Novak
