Copyright: 97.1.115 St. Joseph 1850, Wright Painting
Name/Title
St. Joseph 1850 Painting Postcard.c. 1960
Entry/Object ID
AM1997.1.115
Scope and Content
St. Joseph 1850 Painting Postcard c. 1960. Color illustration of mural by Harry E. Wright . View of St. Joseph as a frontier town, looking north west. Prospect Hill in background.
Caption:
View of the frontier river town of St. Joseph, Mo., when it was the jumping off place for the West It was founded in 1826 as a fur trading post by Joseph Robidoux and called Blacksnake Hills. It was renamed St. Joseph in 1843. Mural in Pony Express Stables Museum by Harry E. Wright.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Postcard
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Writing Media
Nomenclature Class
Written Communication T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Art
Search Terms
St. Joseph History, St. Joseph, 1850, Pony Express Museum, St. Joseph Artists
