Eldorado Springs, South Boulder Creek Swimming Pool Postcard

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Broomfield History Collections

Cropped lightly around edges and converted to jpeg from master tiff file by Kevin Smith, 02/28/2018

Cropped lightly around edges and converted to jpeg from master tiff file by Kevin Smith, 02/28/2018

Name/Title

Eldorado Springs, South Boulder Creek Swimming Pool Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2017.12.6

Scope and Content

Postcard of South Boulder Creek and Swimming Pool, circa 1910. The postcard is 3.5" x 5.5". The front shows an image of several people gathered to view the hot springs and pool, with a small bridge in the foreground and larger resort buildings beyond it. Other buildings and a mountain slope are present in the background, with South Boulder Creek flowing toward the viewer in the foreground. The reverse side is blank, with places for a postage stamp and messages, as well as a typed description of the swimming pool in the upper left corner.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hot springs, Postcards, Resorts, Swimming pools

Search Terms

Eldorado Springs

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1910 - 1910

Archive Size/Extent

One postcard in a legal size file folder with other postcards

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1910 circa Date(s): 1910 circa Copy/Orig/Other: Original

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2017.12.7, 2017.12.8 Postcards were obtained from differerent sources, but were printed around the same time and all collected together by the donor before donation to the Broomfield Depot Museum in 2017.

Provenance

Notes

Custodial History: Group of postcards donated to the Broomfield Depot Museum by Adam Evearitt in 2017. Evearitt obtained this postcard from Vintage_Antique_Finder through ebay. The original creator and owner of the postcard is unknown.