Dr. H. Roger Grant Talks: Living in the Depot and Interurbans: The Electric Way

Publication

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Broomfield History Collections

front Cover of DVD Case: Origsize: 5" (L) x 5" (W); Origformat: Other
front Cover of DVD Case

Origsize: 5" (L) x 5" (W); Origformat: Other

Name/Title

Dr. H. Roger Grant Talks: Living in the Depot and Interurbans: The Electric Way

Entry/Object ID

2015.23.1

Description

DVD with recordings of two talks by Dr. Roger H. Grant filmed in the Broomfield Auditorium on June 25, 2015. The museum brought Dr. Grant, professor at Clemson University and President of the Lexington Club, to Broomfield to share his expertise on living-in depots and interurbans. In "Living in the Depot" Grant explains the significance of depots with living quarters, the architecture of the buildings, how railroads benefitted from having a station agent living on site, and what families experienced as they lived in what was considered an important public building. In "Interurbans: The Electric Way" Grant covered the advent of electric train passenger travel, where interurbans fit in historic context of railways, and their development across the United States. He explained the ridership of the interurbans, the relation of interurbans to tourism, and the factors that led to the decline of interurbans. One DVD in a plastic 5" (L) x 5" (W) case. White paper cover inserted into DVD case has black text. "Living in the Depot" talk is 42.20 minutes long. "The Elctric Way" talk is 42.20 minutes long.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Videodisc, Digital

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Disk, Optical

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Data Processing Media

Nomenclature Class

Data Processing T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Depots, Street railroads, Street railroad stations, Street railroad employees, Rail transportation, Railroad depots, Railroad employees, Railroad stations

Search Terms

Denver & Interurban Railroad, Broomfield Depot, Denver & Interurban Railroad--History., Railroads--History, Railroads--United States--History

Publication Details

Author

City and County of Broomfield

Publisher

City and County of Broomfield

Date Published

2015 - 2015

Publication Language

English

Notes

Date: 2015/06/25