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Pony Express Rider painting

Lloyd Branson, 1853 - 1925

This oil painting attributed to Lloyd Branson (1853-1925) depicts a Pony Express mail carrier on horseback. Pony Express riders can be identified by the special saddlebags--mochilas--that riders used and were designed to fit over a saddle. The bag could only hold letters, telegram messages, and slips of newspaper reports. There was no room for newspapers or larger packets.

Date

1904

Type

Art

Medium

canvas; oil

Department

NPM

Institution

National Postal Museum

Object number

npm_0.052985.346