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Pony Express Rider painting
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Pony Express Rider painting

Lloyd Branson, 1853 - 1925 · 1904

canvas; oil
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CC0 — Public Domain
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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.

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