Edgar J. Jones Cabinet Card Portrait

Photograph

Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.15

Description

A black and white card photograph of Edgar J. Jones, Broomfield Postmaster, circa 1900. The card is 4.25" x 8.75." The image is a portrait shot of Jones with full beard, wearing a suit, vest, and stripe patterned tie and a watch chain in his lower-left vest pocket. Jones was Broomfield's Postmaster from 1901 to 1940, and ran the post office out of his commercial building, called Jones Hall. Inscription in ink on the front of the card states, "Edgar J. Jones Broomfield Postmaster, 11-10-1901 to 5/31/1940 39 & 1/2 yrs." Inscription on the back of the card states, "E.J. Jones," with a faded ink stamp for the photo studio: "Frazer. [damage]27 Larimer St., Denver, Colo."

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Matte Collodion

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1900 - 1900

Notes

Date: 1900 circa Medium: Cabinet Card Copy/Orig/Other: Original

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Photograph, Cabinet

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

Cabinet card photographs, Postmasters

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2013.1.1, 2013.1.10, 2013.1.11, 2013.1.12, 2013.1.13, 2013.1.14, 2013.1.16, 2013.1.17, 2013.1.18, 2013.1.19, 2013.1.2, 2013.1.20, 2013.1.21, 2013.1.22, 2013.1.23, 2013.1.24, 2013.1.25, 2013.1.26, 2013.1.27, 2013.1.28, 2013.1.29, 2013.1.3, 2013.1.4, 2013.1.5, 2013.1.6, 2013.1.7, 2013.1.8, 2013.1.9 Related photographs and papers were originally owned by the Crawford family and later donated to the Broomfield Depot Museum in 2013. All material is part of the same photographic and archival collection.

Provenance

Notes

This photograph was originally owned by Robert Crawford, and later donated to the Broomfield Depot Museum in 2013 with several other photographs and documents. Much of the material pertains to Robert's father, Miles Crawford, who was Broomfield's postmaster from 1944 to 1966, as well as to the general history of Broomfield from the late nineteenth century onward.