Site of Broomfield's First Train Depot Near Highway 287

Name/Title

Site of Broomfield's First Train Depot Near Highway 287

Entry/Object ID

ph.212

Description

Black and white photograph print of a site for the Broomfield train depot, circa 1975. The depot was not the Depot that was built around 1909, but an earlier one that serviced the Denver, Utah and Pacific Railroad off of Highway 287 near Brunner Farm (approximately 120th and Sheridan) circa 1880s. The print is 4.5" x 7," on Kodak photo paper, resin coated. The image shows an open field with tall and short grass, with a wooden fence, short grain silos, and houses in the distance. The upper left corner of the image is blacked out, likely from the photo development process. The reverse side has a handwritten inscription in ink: "Sight of Broomfield Depot Museum Looking South." The word "museum" was added with different ink, possibly by pigma pen, though this was not the site of the depot that would later become the Broomfield Depot Museum.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Silver Gelatin Print

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1975 - 1975

Place

Location

Broomfield, CO

Notes

Date: 1975 circa 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

Sites, Fields, Railroad depots

Search Terms

Denver, Utah and Pacific Railroad Company

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

ph.205, ph.210, ph.211, ph.213 Items ph.205 and ph.210-213 were likely taken and donated together. Information on original accession is not accounted for as of 07/12/2016.

Provenance

Notes

Donor Laura Spltler and Lou Walther 7-85