Broomfield Heights Center Sign

Photograph

Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1979.1.16

Description

Photo of the Broomfield Heights Center sign that was the first commercial business area. Note on the back says "sign was installed May 8, 1958." (b/w) Label from 2021 Exhibit: Broomfield Heights Center Sign, c. 1958 For 36 years, this massive sign for the Broomfield Shopping Center welcomed drivers to Broomfield. The sign was installed on May 8, 1958. It lit up in bright neon. By the 1990s the shopping center showed its age and the commercial areas had grown to the northeast with the city. In 1994, the Broomfield Center was torn down and replaced by a Target. In 2012, the At Home store took over the Target building. 1979.1.16 Gift of Empire Savings Bank

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Place

Location

U.S.A./Colorado/Broomfield/Broomfield Heights

Notes

Medium: Photographic Paper Copy/Orig/Other: Copy

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Dirt, Houses, Light poles, Roads, Signs, Utility poles

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

1979.1.17.a, 1979.1.17.b, 1979.1.18.b, 1979.1.18a, 1979.1.19, 1979.1.20, 1979.1.21.a-b, 1979.1.22, 1979.1.23, 1979.1.24, 1979.1.25a, 1979.1.25b, 1979.1.25c, 1979.1.26, 1979.1.27, 1979.1.28, 1979.1.29, 1979.1.30, 1979.1.31, 1979.1.32, 1979.1.33, 1979.1.34, 1979.1.35, 1979.1.36, 1979.1.37.a, 1979.1.37b, 1979.1.38, 1979.1.4, 1979.1.5, 1979.1.6, 1979.1.7

Provenance

Notes

Chris Deits donated photos to the museum on January 25, 1979. 37 photos came in with the collection. 5 photos were given the number 79.1.4