PO Boxes at Broomfield Post Office

Photograph

Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.27

Description

Color photograph print of the PO Boxes from the Broomfield Post Office, set up in an exhibit at the Broomfield Depot Museum, circa 1984. The print is 3.25" x 4.5". The image shows the PO boxes in the center, wooden, part of one cabinet unit resting on a metal desk. Several open books on stands, a phone, and various notes and papers can be seen on and around the boxes. A separate wooden mail container is attached to the PO boxes on the right. The plaque for the 1958 post office is seen resting on top of the boxes. This appears to be the southwest corner of the Depot Museum's waiting room.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1984 - 1984

Place

Location

Broomfield, CO

Notes

Date: 1984 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

Mailboxes, Post offices

Search Terms

United States Postal Service, Depot Museum History

Relationships

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, 2013.1.17, 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, 2013.1.28, 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.