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Main entrance to buildings at Pony Express Museum, showing one woman on left hand side of photo, one man and two young boys near right side of photo.

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Date
June 1952

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Date
June 1952
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
3 1/4 x 4 1/2
ID
484
Collection
Photographs
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View west from near front entrance of Pony Express Museum. Shown on left is one wing of museum. On the right side of photo is the train.

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Date
1952

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Date
1952
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
3 1/4 x 4 1/2 b&w
ID
483
Collection
Photographs
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Indoor entrance to bar in Pony Express Museum. Over the entrance is a sign reading: Butte City Saloon and on other side of entrance are signs reading: Hollenbeck Hotel Bar. There are typical store-front carved figures standing on either side of door, which has double swinging doors.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
471
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon on left shown holding main part of extremely long rifle and an unidentified man holding barrell of same rifle. They are shown outside one of the buildings of the Pony Express Museum.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
463
Collection
Photographs
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Portion of Pony Express Museum devoted to buggies, coaches, wagons, etc. On right side in foreground is horse-drawn fire engine.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
456
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum-entryway to exhibit room. Sign reads W. Parker Lyon, from which a bell hangs. Another sign reads Wells Fargo & Co Express. Watch or clock shaped signs read Ingersoll Watches and Sherrard Jeweler. Hobby horses and small wooden chairs on either side of the entrance. Print of this photo is in the W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum Scrapbook, Box 31, in History Room, Shelf B3.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
456A
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon, owner of Pony Express Museum, astride a large rocking horse. This photo was taken just outside main entrance.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
474
Collection
Photographs
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Exterior of the main building of the Pony Express Museum. The photo is taken through a barbed wire fence and is washed out along the upper right corner. The front left part of a car is visible in the right corner.

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Date
unknown

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Date
unknown
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
3x5 b&w
ID
1429
Collection
Photographs
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Collection of eight store-front figures grouped around door into Pony Express Museum. Also shown on left: large watch advertising Ingersoll watches and on right one advertising Sherrar clocks.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
462
Collection
Photographs
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Young man with sweater and slacks (unidentified) and William Parker Lyon standing by sedan automobile piled high with what appears to be museum artifacts. On hood of car is a sign reading: We are moving. Auto license seems to bear date in 1930's, Apparently this was at time Pony Express Museum was moved to Arcadia in 1935.

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Date
c.1935

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Date
c.1935
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
469
Collection
Photographs
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View down one long corridor of Pony Express Museum. In foreground is bar with saddle on it. On left is shown storefront of Mrs. E. Trabucco showing ladies wear, with Wells Fargo office replica just beside it. There are exhibits on back wall as well as wall on right.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
467
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon, owner of Pony Express Museum, dressed in plaid shirt with black sleeve protectors common to the trade of the printer. He is standing beside an old printing press. Behind him can be seen the compartments which held the type.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
476
Collection
Photographs
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View of Indian Room at Pony Express Museum. In glass case in foreground are many arrow heads. In glass case on right side of photo are pieces of leather Indian dress. On wall above this case are spears. Also on display are baskets, bead work and some pottery.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
472
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon, owner of Pony Express Museum, shown standing between two old fire engines in outside exhibit at the museum. Fire engines are standing in front of two cars of Narrow Gauge R.R. Train has painted on it: Eureka, Nevada Narrow Gauge. Mr. Lyon's shirt has insignia bearing letters L.E.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Trains
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
468
Collection
Photographs
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Portion of Pony Express Museum devoted to arms of many types. On left in display on the wall are pistols and rifles, on the back wall are swords and sabres. Additional rifles are on wall on the right. There are small canons on the floor in foreground.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
459
Collection
Photographs
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Portion of Pony Express Museum given to miscellaneous collections. On left wall are what appear to be old photographs. There are many branding irons hanging from the ceiling. There is a large bell in foreground. There is an old doll carriage and a wooden rocker on the floor.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
460
Collection
Photographs
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Interior of Pony Express Museum, collections. View very similar to Item ID 455, but apparently at a different time. While row of trunks in center of long room are the same, displays on either side are different. On far wall in this photo is a sign reading Jamestown.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
464
Collection
Photographs
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Train on track with William Parker Lyon standing alongside, outside Pony Express Museum. Engine has Eureka, Nevada painted on it. There are two cars attached to engine, one appears to be a baggage car, the other a passenger car. Note: on left side of photo a portion of Santa Anita Racetrack Clubhouse is shown. Engine #7 of the Eureka Palisades Railroad, in use in 1875, was salvaged from Palisades, Nevada.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
457
Collection
Photographs
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View of bar and gambling facilities in one section of Pony Express Museum. Neither the bar nor the gaming equipment were in use, but were displays like all else. Photo shows roulette table in foreground, the bar on left side of photo, wheels of chance and two tables with chairs at back wall.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
475
Collection
Photographs
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Chamber pot portion of Pony Express Museum. More that 117 are pictured on shelves, many with signs designating design.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
458
Collection
Photographs
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