Broomfield Depot on Flatbed Truck Pulling onto a Road

Photograph

Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2015.1.12

Description

This is a scan of the Broomfield Depot on the back of a flatbed truck pulling on to a paved road. There are two people in the right foreground watching the depot moving, their backs are to the camera. Another man is standing on the road in the background, directing the driver of the truck, further into the background the road seems to be blocked by a car. In the left foreground a single light of a railroad crossing sign can be seen. When asked to explain this image donor Karen McGuire described; "Coming off site, about to get on 120th going east, just past railroad tracks."

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Feb 18, 1976

Notes

Copy/Orig/Other: Scan (JPEG, PDF, etc)

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

Moving of buildings, bridges, etc., Moving of structures, Railroad depots, Railroad stations

Search Terms

Broomfield Depot

Relationships

Related Events

Event

Broomfield Depot Move from Original Location to Park, 1976

Related Entries

Notes

2015.1.10, 2015.1.11, 2015.1.13, 2015.1.14, 2015.1.15, 2015.1.16, 2015.1.4, 2015.1.5, 2015.1.6, 2015.1.7, 2015.1.8, 2015.1.9 These related photographs were all taken on February 18, 1976 the day the Broomfield depot was moved from it's original location.

Provenance

Notes

01/22/2015 Karen McGuire's family took these photographs during the depot's move to its second location at Lac Amora Park (2201 W. 10th Avenue). She allowed the Broomfield Depot Museum to scan the original photographs. The prints remain in her possession.