Converted to jpeg from master tiff file by Kevin Smith, 6/15/2016
Name/Title
Front View of Broomfield Train Depot and Grain Silos
Entry/Object ID
ph.98
Description
Black and white photograph print of the Broomfield train depot at its original location near 120th and 287 by grain elevators, circa 1970. The print is 3.5" x 5" on Kodak photo paper with glossy finish. The image shows half of the front of the depot to the right, with the "Broomfield" roof sign clearly visible. A tall train signal tower is next to the dpeot in the center of the image. Railroad tracks alongside the depot are to the left, with three grain silos, power poles and lines, and a few trees on the other side of the tracks opposite the depot.
The reverse side has a handwritten insciption at the top in blue pencil: "Broomfield depot"
Collection
Permanent Collection
Made/Created
Date made
1970 - 1970
Place
Location
Broomfield, CO
Notes
Date: 1970 Circa
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
Railroad depots
Search Terms
Broomfield Depot
Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
ph.96
Photographs both have similar inscriptions in blue pencil on their reverse sides (see description). The photographs likely had the same original owner, and were probably accessioned together. Accession information is not accounted for as of 07/13/2016; the photographs were found in Broomfield Depot Museum collections.
