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Title

[Pony Express rider - Biplane]

Date

[192-?]

Description

1 photoprint ; 8 x 10 in.

Subject(s)

Air mail service (2), Biplanes (1), Horseback riding (13)

Photographic prints (633), Advertisements (64)

Summary

This mythical encounter between a Pony Express rider and a U. S. Mail airplane took place at a time and date unknown on a plain somewhere in or near Sacramento. A guess would be the mid 1920's when air mail became a regular service.

Owning
Institution

Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Room

Copyright

Filing
Location

PHOTOGRAPH FILE

Other
Formats

File #1942

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