One Denver & Interurban Railroad round-trip ticket and stub for a ride from Modern to Broomfield. Both sides of the ticket and stub are light blue. There is black text on the front spelling out the use of the ticket and there is a darker blue stamp on the back giving the date, August 5, 1917. The ticket and stub are detached from one another. The ticket is numbered a, the stub b.
The Modern stop (4.1 miles from Denver's Union Station) was between Utah Junction (3.5 miles) and Federal Boulevard (5.0 miles).
Collection
Permanent Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Ticket, Transportation
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Ticket
Nomenclature Class
Exchange Media
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Railroads, Tickets, Transportation
Search Terms
Denver & Interurban Railroad
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1917 - 1917
Archive Size/Extent
One ticket and its stub - 2015.6.2a is 2 1/2" x 3". 2015.6.2b is 1 1/2" x 2". Both are housed in a letter size file folder, within a larger legal size folder with items 2015.6.1-7.
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1917 August 5
Date(s): 1917/08/05
Copy/Orig/Other: Original
Custodial History: Item(s) were donated in 2015 to the Broomfield Depot Museum by railroad memorabilia collector Sidney White. Sidney purchased many items from a variety of sources, including antique stores, antique dealers, and retired railroad employees.