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A Group Photo of Fifteen Tollbooth Workers and Men in SuitsEntry/Object ID
2021.9.18Description
The black and white photographs hows 15 men in tollbooth worker uniforms, and 5 men in black/dark suits. They are standing or crouching on the tollbooth road, with the tollbooth in the background. To the left the brick building is visible.
Photo is very similar to one at the Boulder Carnegie Library, which is dated the day of the ribbon cutting for the tollbooth and turnpike, January 19, 1952.
Label from 2021 Exhibit:
Toll Booth Workers at the Turnpike Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, January 19, 1952
On January 19, 1952, a celebration was held for the much-anticipated opening of the new “Boulder-Denver Turnpike,” also known as US Route 36. The Turnpike made a direct connection between Denver and Boulder, shaving-off 7.5 miles from the old route (by US Route 287 and Arapahoe Road). To pay for the construction, a tollbooth was installed at the interchange of Routes 36 and 287 in Broomfield. The rate was 15 cents. The Daily Camera newspaper ran the headline, “Traffic Unlimited on Dream Road.” By 1967, income from the tollbooth had paid the construction debt and the booth was demolished.
2021.9.18 Gift of Mariam Foley AllenCollection
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