Onlookers at the Site of a Train Wreck Near US 36 in Broomfield

Name/Title

Onlookers at the Site of a Train Wreck Near US 36 in Broomfield

Entry/Object ID

ph.230

Description

Color photograph print of onlookers at the site of a train wreck, near the US 36 bridge between 104th avenue and the Broomfield exit, 1985. A man in a brown shirt and yellow hat is seen facing the wreckage in the foreground. A woman in a white dress and tennis shoes is facing the camera. A police officer can be seen speaking with one onlooker closer to the wreckage. The wreckage itself is burning, with large billows of black smoke and burnt, piled up train cars. The US 36 bridge is just visible to the left in the image.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1985

Place

Location

Broomfield, CO

Notes

Copy/Orig/Other: Original

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

Trains, Wrecks, Accidents

Search Terms

Railroad accidents--Colorado

Provenance

Notes

Donor - Crisp, Walt 8-85