Pony Express Rider, (painting).

Pony Express Rider, (painting).

Branson, Lloyd, 1853-1925, painter.

Pony Express Rider, (painting).

Western Mounted Mail Carrier, Pony Express, (painting).

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Approx. 63 x 93 in.

A pony express mail carrier on horseback. Pony express riders can be identified by the special saddlebags --mochillas --that were designed to fit over the rider's saddle. The saddlebag could hold only letters. There was no room for newspapers or larger packets.

History -- United States -- Pony Express

Smithsonian Institution, National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Washington, District of Columbia 20560

National Postal Museum, 2010.

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