Front View of Broomfield Train Depot and Grain Silos

Name/Title

Front View of Broomfield Train Depot and Grain Silos

Entry/Object ID

ph.98

Description

Black and white photograph print of the Broomfield train depot at its original location near 120th and 287 by grain elevators, circa 1970. The print is 3.5" x 5" on Kodak photo paper with glossy finish. The image shows half of the front of the depot to the right, with the "Broomfield" roof sign clearly visible. A tall train signal tower is next to the dpeot in the center of the image. Railroad tracks alongside the depot are to the left, with three grain silos, power poles and lines, and a few trees on the other side of the tracks opposite the depot. The reverse side has a handwritten insciption at the top in blue pencil: "Broomfield depot"

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1970 - 1970

Place

Location

Broomfield, CO

Notes

Date: 1970 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

Railroad depots

Search Terms

Broomfield Depot

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

ph.96 Photographs both have similar inscriptions in blue pencil on their reverse sides (see description). The photographs likely had the same original owner, and were probably accessioned together. Accession information is not accounted for as of 07/13/2016; the photographs were found in Broomfield Depot Museum collections.

Provenance

Notes

Donor Rich Steel 10-82