Denver & Interurban Railroad Conductor's Trip Record Book
Entry/Object ID
2015.6.8
Scope and Content
This is a record book used by conductors to record the trips they took. Each page is formated to record a day's worth of trips, fares paid/collected, passenger counts etc. The second and third pages has been filled out by a conductor but the rest of the pages have been left blank. The covers are brick red with black text and are of heavy cardboard. The text reads, "The Denver & Interurban Railroad" and "Conductor's Trip Record," with blank lines for date ranges in the 1920s.
Collection
Permanent Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book, Record
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Administrative Records
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Trips, Schedules, Record keeping, Conductors, Railroad, Railroads, Booklets
Search Terms
Denver & Interurban Railroad
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1925 - 1925
Archive Size/Extent
One booklet, 3 1/2" 8 1/2" in a letter size file folder. Stored in a larger, legal size file folder with items 2015.6.9-14.
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1925 December 18
Date(s): 1925/12/18
Copy/Orig/Other: Original
Admin or Biographical History: Used by conductors to keep track of trips, fares paid/collected, passenger counts etc. each page for a single day
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.