Bicyclist and Others Overlooking Train Wreckage Near US 36 in Broomfield

Photograph

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Broomfield History Collections

Converted and cropped lightly on edges from original Master tiff copy to jpeg copy by Kevin Smith, 4/26/2016.

Converted and cropped lightly on edges from original Master tiff copy to jpeg copy by Kevin Smith, 4/26/2016.

Name/Title

Bicyclist and Others Overlooking Train Wreckage Near US 36 in Broomfield

Entry/Object ID

ph.233

Description

Color photograph print of a bicyclist and others overlooking train wreckage at the site of a train wreck near the US 36 bridge between 104th avenue and the Broomfield exit, 1985. The bicyclist is riding his bike, wearing just light blue shorts. A child can be seen with his face toward the camera in the lower left corner of the photograph. The wreckage consists of black billowing smoke and piled up, twisted, and burnt train cars. A telephone pole is visible to the left.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1985

Place

Location

Broomfield, CO

Notes

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

Trains, Wrecks, Accidents

Search Terms

Railroad accidents--Colorado

Provenance

Notes

Donor Crisp, Walt 8-85