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[Photograph 2012.201.B1164.0158]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Kathryn Kelly, 55-year-old widow of gangster George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and her 71-year-old mother, Mrs. Ora Shannon, were orderreturned to federal prson Monday by the U.S. circuit court of appeals in Denver, Colorado."
Date: June 16, 1958
Creator: King, Cliff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Union Pacific (UP) 818 & 2295 on "Pony Express"

Description: A photograph postcard showing Union Pacific (UP) 818, 4-8-4, and 2295, 2-8-2, running extra with passenger train No. 37, "Pony Express", on C&S track near Westminster, CO, due to burned up bridge. Train was made up backwards to avoid urning at Cheyenne, 15 cars, 30 mph. UP paid C&S $1.50 per mile for every train on C&S tracks.
Date: June 16, 1940
Creator: Kindig, Richard H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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