Details
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.

Pages

Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado: bird's eye view of 16th Street photograph, 1912
Call Number 141-9-47
Date 1912
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Stereographic view of 16th Street looking west with Daniels and Fisher tower in the distance and the May Company to the right. A streetcar is running on tracks down the street (Tangen photo #2417)

Browse

Crisman, Colorado
Crisman, Colorado: a boy and a cat on footbridge photograph, 1906
Call Number 141-5-15
Date 1906
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A stereographic view of a boy and a cat on a log footbridge in Crisman in the winter (Tangen photo #55)

Browse

Hussie filling station exterior photograph, 1927
Hussie filling station exterior photograph, 1927
Call Number 141-3-26
Date 1927
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A corner view of the exterior of the Hussie Service Station at 1505 Pearl Street at 15th Street, in 1927. A ferris wheel is visible behind the building (Tangen photo #10604)

Browse

Boulderadio Company
Boulderadio Company: exterior
Call Number 141-4-11
Date 1929
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A view of the Boulderadio Manufacturing Company's factory building at 28th and Spruce Streets, Boulder. Three men are standing by an open door. Steam locomotive Engine No. 640 is visible to the right, on the railroad track that runs along Pearl St. (Tangen photo #11543)

Browse

Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado: State Capitol photograph, 1912
Call Number 141-9-46
Date 1912
Contents 1 photograph (not scanned)
Description Stereographic view of Colorado's State Capitol building in Denver (Tangen photo #2416)

Browse

Nederland panorama photograph, 1912
Nederland panorama photograph, 1912
Call Number 141-9-40
Date 1912
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Stereographic view of Nederland and Barker Reservoir looking east (Tangen photo #2399)

Browse

Siloing corn at the Thomas ranch in Boulder County, Colorado photograph, 1920
Siloing corn at the Thomas ranch in Boulder County, Colorado photograph, 1920
Call Number 141-11-101
Date 1920
Contents 1 photograph.
Description View of farm workers and equipment in front of a silo (Tangen photo #4995)

Browse

Duck hunters
Duck hunters: Brooks photograph, 1907
Call Number 141-5-70
Date 1907
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A stereographic view of the back side of duck hunter ? Brooks, holding his rifle and a duck in 1907 (Tangen photo #399)

Browse

Green Mountain Cemetery
Green Mountain Cemetery
Call Number 141-11-22
Date 1916
Contents 1 photograph.
Description View of Green Mountain Cemetery showing grave stones (Tangen photo #2891)

Browse

Boulder police department group at Roxwood Park, 1929
Boulder police department group at Roxwood Park, 1929
Call Number 141-4-3
Date 1929
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Ten uniformed Boulder city police posed by their motorcycle and three automobiles at Roxwood Park in 1929. Chief of Police Rolla Prater stands sixth from the right. Identified as W.G. Lutz, F.B. Wing, C. Warren, A.F. Masters, R.C. Prater, J. Worthing, J.C. Pirtle, Ted Kirkmeyer, I.C. Gromer and Fred Yates. Ted Kirkmeyer is most likely Theodore, son of Joseph G. and Sabina Kirkmeyer, born about 1909 (Tangen photo #11521)

Browse

Boulder Music Company
Boulder Music Company: Christmas group photograph, 1928
Call Number 141-3-81
Date 1928
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A group portrait of a dinner party associated with the Boulder Music Store at 2034 12th St., at Christmas time (Tangen photo #11218)

Browse

Cow elk photograph, 1917
Cow elk photograph, 1917
Call Number 141-10-63
Date 1917
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Stereographic view of a small herd of elk in a snowy area (Tangen photo #2707)

Browse

Pages