Honey House

Name/Title

Honey House

Entry/Object ID

1999.12.2

Description

Black and white photograph print of a honey packing house on the Crawford family farm, circa 1920. The print is 3.5" x 5.75", silver gelatin print. The image shows the house with a front door and four windows, wooden post in the foreground. Bee crates, a barn, and farm equipment can be seen in the background to the sides of the house. The packing house, or "honey house" as it was later known, was later moved from the Crawford property at 7380 West 120th Avenue to Zang Spur Park by the Broomfield Depot Museum. Inscription in blue pencil on the reverse side states, "Honey House 1216."

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Silver Gelatin Print

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1920 - 1920

Place

Location

Broomfield, CO

Notes

Date: 1920 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

Apiaries, Farms, Honey, Houses

Search Terms

Crawford Honey Apiaries

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

1999.12.14, 1999.12.15, 1999.12.16, 1999.12.3, 1999.12.4, 1999.12.5, 1999.12.6, 1999.12.7, 1999.12.8, 1999.12.9 Related material was all created and/or collected by the Crawford family, and ultimately donated together as part of the same collection.

Provenance

Notes

This photograph was donated along with other photographs by Robert and Marlene Crawford to the Broomfield Depot Museum in 1999. The photographs were originally created by the Crawford family, and document the family's life and honey business from circa 1900 onward.