Edwin Tangen collection

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Title: Edwin Tangen collection
Date: 1906-1936
Call Number: BHS 141
Contents: 1,404 photographs.
Description: This collection contains panoramic views, stereographs and photos of everyday events in and around Boulder County, Colorado by local photographer Edwin Tangen, 1906-1936. Tangen also photographed events and scenes in Denver, Jefferson County, Weld County and Wyoming. Each photograph is dated and identified.
History: Born in Norway in 1873, Edwin Tangen came to the United States as a child and moved to Boulder from Chicago in 1900. He established a commercial photography studio at 1407 Pearl Street in Boulder, above Kahn's women's clothing store. He maintained his studio at that address during the next five decades. He produced portraits, stereographs, and commercial and press photography. From about 1920 until his death in 1951, he assisted the Boulder County Sheriff with identifications.
A bachelor who kept to himself, Tangen enjoyed the mountains and was an avid hiker. He was active with the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club, as was his photographer acquaintance Eben G. Fine. Tangen died on 16 Feb. 1951, having been a Boulder resident for 51 years.
Terms of Use: RIGHTS: The historic photographs and documents, with the Source BHS, belong to the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder and require attribution when used. These items are on permanent loan to the Carnegie Library for Local History. No duplicated materials may be deposited, or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.
Format: Photographs.
Author: Tangen, Ed 1873-1951
Johnson, Rudolph 1883-1971
Richart, George
Kadish, Maurice
Hubman, Charles
Tipps, Frank A.
Donor: Carlson, Don
Paddock, Laurence T. 1927-
Subjects: Tangen, Ed, 1873-1951
Acquisition Note: Donor: Don Carlson Boulder, CO. Gift [ca. 1950s] panoramic views (box 17)
Donor: Laurence T. Paddock Boulder, CO. Gift 1981 Alva A. Paddock estate negatives from which photoprints in boxes 1-16 were produced
Edwin Tangen Boulder, CO. Gift [ca. 1928-1934] stereonegatives of Nederland miners and stagecoaches, Sacred Heart Church interior, Barker Dam, Rocky Mountain Climbers Club, all taken in 1912; Lafayette power plant interior views, Boulder farmers tug of war in 1914, Billy Sunday parade, and other negatives described in Carnegie donor records
Donor: Rudolph Johnson Boulder, CO. Gift [1930s?] Mary A. Billings estate stereographic views of Boulder depot and excursion train after 1907 explosion
Donor: Frank Tipps Boulder, CO. Gift 1953 panoramic view of Boulder from top of Valmont Power Plant smokestack, ca. 1924
Donor: George Richart Boulder, CO. Gift 1953 views of Niwot and Boulder, including stereographs
Donor: Maurice Kadish Boulder, CO. Gift 1952 stereographic views described in Daily Camera
Donor: Mrs. Charles Hubman Boulder, CO. Gift Date unknown school children group photo, ca. 1919
Note: This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.
Contents: 8x10" photoprints in boxes 1-4 (385 envelopes); 5x7" stereographs in boxes 5-10 (507 envelopes); 5x7" photoprints in boxes 11-16 (512 envelopes); large panoramic views in box 17.
Item list of photographs is available at reference desk.

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: Harris-Douglas truck and driver

Call Number 141-1-13

Date 1920

Contents 1 photograph.

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: Fred A. Fair and newspapermen at Burns Will Lodge in Allenspark

Call Number 141-1-14

Date 1920

Contents 2 photographs (1 view)

Description Portrait of a group of men, women, a girl and a dog posed outside a log cabin, the Burns Wills lodge, in 1920. (Tangen photo #4526). According to the 1926 Polk Directory, "Mrs. Burns Wills" was the manager of "Wills Place". Advertising pamphlets in the Camera small envelope collection are printed: "Will's Hotel and Cottages" operated by "Mr. and Mrs. Burns Will".

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: Knudsen greenhouse

Call Number 141-1-15

Date 1920

Contents 1 photograph.

Description A view of five men standing at the street in front of the North Boulder Greenhouses, owned by Soren Knudsen. The florist's shop and greenhouses are visible in the picture, taken in 1920 (Tangen photo #4528)

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: Social dance at Temple Hall

Call Number 141-1-16

Date 1920

Contents 1 photograph.

Description A group portrait of adults filling the Temple Hall in Boulder for a social dance in 1920. A man wearing an officer's badge is kneeling in the front (Tangen photo #4530)

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: Harris-Douglas Universal range demonstration

Call Number 141-1-17

Date 1920

Contents 1 photograph.

Description A view of a crowd standing on the sidewalk in front of the Harris-Douglas Furniture Company store in the Ehrlich Building at 1417-1425 Pearl St., Boulder, as a man on a raised platform in the street demonstrates the new Universal cooking stove (Tangen photo #4531)

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: Methodist Church prep group

Call Number 141-1-18

Date 1920

Contents 1 photograph.

Description A 1920 indoor portrait of a large group of children and young people in various costumes. Some hold musical instruments (Tangen photo #4532)

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: Printers conference group

Call Number 141-1-19

Date 1920

Contents 1 photograph.

Description A group portrait of a number of men posed outside a building in 1920 (Tangen photo #4533)

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: South St. Vrain Canyon below narrows

Call Number 141-1-20

Date 1920

Contents 1 photograph.

Description A scenic view of the South St. Vrain Canyon. A light snow covers some of the mountainside. A car is visible on the road below (Tangen photo #4538)

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: Frank Ditzel store front

Call Number 141-1-21

Date 1920

Contents 1 photograph.

Description An outside view of the front of the F.L. Ditzel upholsterer's store, 1910 12th (Broadway) St., Boulder, Colo., and the Otto Berger real estate office next door. Otto Berger is standing by the entrance (Tangen photo #4553)

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: Ford Motor Company group

Call Number 141-1-22

Date 1920

Contents 1 photograph.

Description A view of eight men and two women standing on the sidewalk in front of the Donnelley Motor Company Ford dealership at 1027 Walnut St., Boulder, around Christmas time, 1920 (Tangen photo #4554)

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: Ford Motor building

Call Number 141-1-23

Date 1920

Contents 1 photograph.

Description A view of the front of the Donnelley Motor Company Ford dealership at 1027 Walnut St., Boulder, around Christmas time, 1920 (Tangen photo #4555)

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: Donnelley Garage: Rocky Mountain Building

Call Number 141-1-24

Date 1920

Contents 1 photograph.

Description A view of the Rocky Mountain Garage, 2030 11th St., Boulder, in 1920 (Tangen photo #4559)

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