Newspaper Clipping - Electric Commuter Trains Thrived by Silvia Pettem

Name/Title

Newspaper Clipping - "Electric Commuter Trains Thrived" by Silvia Pettem

Entry/Object ID

2015.18.22

Scope and Content

Scanned image of a newspaper clip for the article "Electric Commuter Trains Thrived" by Silvia Pettem in the Daily Camera, December 9, 2007. The article discusses the Denver and Interurban Railway as it traveled between Denver and Boulder, as well as to other locations in Colorado, from 1908 to 1926. Railway operations, passenger impressions of the service, and the full history of the line from begginning to end are discussed in detail. The article also includes pictures of the writer, Silvia Pettem, and of an electric Denver and Interurban train on 12th Street in Boulder circa 1916.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Clipping, Newspaper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Clipping

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Trains, Railroad travel, Commuters

Search Terms

Denver & Interurban Railroad, Colorado and Southern Railway, Boulder County, Electric railroads--Colorado--History

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

2007 - 2007

Archive Size/Extent

Two jpeg files, 53 megabytes total.

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 2007 December 9 Date(s): 2007/12/09 Copy/Orig/Other: Scan (JPEG, PDF, etc)

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Pettem, Sylvia

Provenance

Notes

Custodial History: Scanned copy of this newspaper clipping was donated to the Broomfield Depot Museum by Janet Justice-Waddington in 2015, along with scanned copies of diaries and a collection of poems.