Eldorado Springs Swimming Pool Postcard

Archive

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Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Eldorado Springs Swimming Pool Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2017.12.8

Scope and Content

Postcard of two women in swimwear at Eldorado Springs swimming pool, circa 1910. The postcard is 3.5" x 5.5". The front has an image of the two women featured prominently, one in red 1910s swimwear standing with her arms outstretched, the other in green, sitting down with her legs tucked in. The swimming pool with several bystanders is visible behind them. The reverse side has a message from "P.C. Friend" to J. Charles Frisbee offering the postcard as a souvenir. The card was printed by Williamson Haffner Co. Publishers.

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, Post cards, Resorts, Swimming pools, Swimsuits

Search Terms

Eldorado Springs

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1910 - 1910

Archive Size/Extent

One postcard with others 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, 2017.12.7 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 "crowspostcards" through ebay. Details of the original creator and owner of the postcard is unknown.