Name/Title
The Kite Route StickerEntry/Object ID
2016.16.1Scope and Content
A sticker for the Denver & Interurban Railroad's Kite Route, circa 1917. The sticker is approximately 2.25" x 4.5", in a parallelogram shape. The front has a heading "The Kite Route" in white, sylized lettering with a red/orange backdrop. Below the heading is an illustrated color image (printed) of a Boulder with a mountain backdrop. Several 1910s era buildings are visible at a distance, with trees in the foreground. The caption "To Boulder and the Glaciers" is printed at the bottom of the sticker. The sticker also has a white border all around its edges.
The sticker was most likely printed and used by the Denver & Interurban Railroad (D&I) to advertise the Kite Route. D&I was a subsidiary of the Colorado and Southern Railroad, and primarily included an electric passenger line that ran from Denver up through Broomfield, Boulder, and even Eldorado Springs. The D&I's main route was called the "Kite Route" because it resembled a diamond-shaped kite on a string when drawn on a map. The route was often used for tourism, as can be seen in the sticker's advertisement of "glaciers" that travelers could visit via the Kite Route.Collection
Permanent CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
StickerNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Stickers, Advertisements, Tourism, Railroad travel, Glaciers, MountainsSearch Terms
Denver & Interurban Railroad, Colorado and Southern RailwayArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1908 - 1926Archive Size/Extent
One legal size file folderArchive Notes
Date(s) Created: Circa 1917
Date(s): 1917 circa
Copy/Orig/Other: Original