1909 Train Wreck in Broomfield

Name/Title

1909 Train Wreck in Broomfield

Entry/Object ID

ph.862

Description

Photo of a train wreck in Broomfield, identified as being in 1909. Photo shows a train car pushed into the air. Behind the train car is a barn advertising the Rocky Mountain News (this barn shows up in other photos from the early 1900s-1910s). Hand written under the photo the the front side is "R.R. wreck - Same place as one a few years ago". Postcard addressed to Harry Crawford in Long Beach, California. On backside is handwritten "Train wreck - Broomfield 1909 / Return address of Miles Crawford 390 Kohl St Broomfield CO". Correspondence note is unreadable. Looks like it was never sent becaus ether is no stamp or postmark. Train crash.

Photograph Details

Subject

Train Crashes/Wrecks

Subject Place

Location

Broomfield, CO

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1909 - 1909

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