Miles Crawford by Broomfield Post Office

Photograph

Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.16

Description

Black and white photograph print of Miles Crawford in front of the Broomfield Post Office at 7502 120th Street in Broomfield, circa 1955. The print is 3.5" x 4," with two holes at the top edge for posting. The image shows Crawford in white shirt, tie, and slacks standing by the front door of the office's brick building, viewed from an angle. A flagpole with a hoisted American flag is visible along the front left edge of the building by a window with the text, "U.S. Post Office/ Broomfield, Colo." The post office had moved to its new address from its old location at Jones Hall in 1952. Crawford was Postmaster from around 1940 to his retirement in 1965. In 2022, this building is now Jus Burritos.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Silver Gelatin Print

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1955 - 1955

Place

Location

Broomfield, CO

Notes

Date: 1955 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

Post offices, Postmasters

Search Terms

United States Postal Service

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Miles Crawford

Related Entries

Notes

2013.1.1, 2013.1.10, 2013.1.11, 2013.1.12, 2013.1.13, 2013.1.14, 2013.1.15, 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.