Postmaster Miles Crawford Standing by Jones Hall

Photograph

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Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Postmaster Miles Crawford Standing by Jones Hall

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.17

Description

Black and white photograph print of postmaster Miles Crawford standing in front of Jones Hall at West 120th, 1945. The print is 3.5" x 3.5". The image shows Crawford with suit and tie holding a hat to his side standing in front of Jones Hall's storefront window. Text on the window states, "U.S. Post Office," with a set of wooden PO boxes visible in the window area. An overhanging balcony above the front door to the right has a sign on one of its posts, saying "Post Office Broomfield, Colo." Shadows in the foreground and reflections in the mirror show a railroad crossing sign from the tracks near the hall. Jones Hall served as Broomfield's post office from 1901 to 1952, with Crawford serving as Postmaster starting around 1940. Inscription on the reverse side, in ink, states: "Broomfield Post Office in this Building from 1901 to 1952. Picture taken in 1945 Showing Miles Crawford Postmaster. Miles Crawford 390 Kohl St. Broomfield, Colo."

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Silver Gelatin Print

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1945

Place

Location

Broomfield, CO

Notes

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, Store windows, Storefronts, Stores & shops

Search Terms

Jones' Hall, 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, 2013.1.16, 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.