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Title: Pony Express Statue
Date Created and/or Issued: 1980
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: Closeup view of the Pony Express monument in Old Sacramento that show the fine detail of the statue. Located at Second and J Streets and facing the Hastings Building, this fifteen foot tall bronze sculpture was done by Thomas Holland about 1960. The statue is based on photos he took of his own polo ponies with his 22 year old nephew Tobin Holland posed as the rider.
Type: image
Identifier: 1934a
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/2689
Subject: Monuments
Art
Horses and Horseback Riding
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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