West Adams County firefighters working at a car accident, Highway 287

Photograph

Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2003.8.16f

Description

Black and white photograph print of West Adams County firemen working on the scene of a car accident, circa 1975. The fireman on the right is kneeling down and holding a hose or pipe near an open car hood or trunk, with the fireman on the left hunched over and adjusting an open car door. Several onlookers and other personnel are visible behind the two firemen. The car accident occurred on Highway 287, just north of Miramonte Boulevard.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Silver Gelatin Print

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1972 - 1979

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

Accidents, Firefighters, Firemen, Wrecks

Search Terms

Broomfield Emergency Ambulance Service, West Adams Fire Department (North Metro Fire and Rescue Authority)

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2003.8.16a, 2003.8.16b, 2003.8.16c, 2003.8.16d, 2003.8.16e, 2003.8.16g, 2003.8.16h, 2003.8.16i, 2003.8.16j, 2003.8.16k, 2003.8.16l, 2003.8.16m, 2003.8.16n, 2003.8.16o Related material was donated together as part of the same collection, created and/or collected by the Broomfield Emergency Ambulance Service (BEAS).

Provenance

Notes

Photograph was donated to the Broomfield Depot Museum by Jeannine Shafer in 2003 as part of a larger collection of papers and photographs pertaining to the Broomfield Emergency Ambulance Service (BEAS). Jeannine was active with this volunteer service, as was her husband, James R. "Jim" Shafer, who was part of the BEAS.in the 1970s and 1980s.