Framed Photograph of Viola Crooks

Name/Title

Framed Photograph of Viola Crooks

Entry/Object ID

2025.5.53

Description

Item is a framed portrait of Viola Crooks, who was born on August 12, 1889 in Arvada, Colorado. Her family moved to Broomfield in 1893 when she was just four years old, and she lived there for ninety years until her death on August 1, 1985. In the portrait, Viola has short white hair and a black pair of glasses. She wears a blue collared shirt with a bejeweled brooch. The frame is made of a dark-colored wood. Crooks had kept diaries outlining her life in Broomfield, which provide invaluable insight into the development of community lifestyle.

Photograph Details

Subject

Viola Crooks

Subject Person or Organization

Viola Crooks

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1970

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Portrait

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Picture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects