Eldorado Springs, Picnic Grounds Postcard

Archive

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Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Eldorado Springs, Picnic Grounds Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2017.12.7

Scope and Content

Postcard of Eldorado Springs Picnic Grounds, circa 1910. The postcard is 3.5" x 5.5". The front has a color illustration of the entire Eldorado Springs resort from an aerial view, with several buildings, the swimming pool, and South Boulder Creek visible. The text "Picnic Grounds, Eldorado Springs, Colo." is printed in the upper left corner. The reverse side has a handwritten message to a May York of Madison, Kansas, giving good wishes while the writer was at school.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hot springs, Postcards, Resorts, Swimming pools

Search Terms

Eldorado Springs

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1910 - 1910

Archive Size/Extent

One postcard in a legal size file folder

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1910 circa Date(s): 1910 circa Copy/Orig/Other: Original

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2017.12.6, 2017.12.8 Postcards were obtained from differerent sources, but were printed around the same time and all collected together by the donor before donation to the Broomfield Depot Museum in 2017.

Provenance

Notes

Custodial History: Group of postcards donated to the Broomfield Depot Museum by Adam Evearitt in 2017. Evearitt obtained this postcard from user "Gramtourre43" in Elkhart, Indiana through ebay. The original creator and owner of the postcard is unknown.