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

Valentine or Wilson Hardware Store spring window display photograph 1924
Valentine or Wilson Hardware Store spring window display photograph 1924
Call Number 141-1-97
Date 1924
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A view of a window display of rakes and hoes, etc., at the Wilson Hardware Company store managed by J.W. Valentine at 1144 Pearl St., Boulder, in 1924. This photo is similar to #8045, in BHS 141-1-95 (Tangen photo #8049)

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Harris-Douglas Company window display of Karpen furniture photograph, 1924
Harris-Douglas Company window display of Karpen furniture photograph, 1924
Call Number 141-1-98
Date 1924
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A display of Karpen furniture in the front window of the Harris-Douglas Furniture Company store at 1415 Pearl St., Boulder, in 1924. (Tangen photo #8054)

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McAllister Company manual training window display photograph, 1924
McAllister Company manual training window display photograph, 1924
Call Number 141-1-99
Date 1924
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A close-up view of tools made by the Manual Training Department of the Boulder Public Schools, displayed in a store window of McAllister Lumber & Supply Company, 1500 Pearl St., Boulder, in 1924 (Tangen photo #8060)

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Graham furniture store Crystal Ice Box window display photograph,f1924
Graham furniture store Crystal Ice Box window display photograph,f1924
Call Number 141-1-100
Date 1924
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A view of a display of Crystal Ice Boxes in the front window of the Graham Furniture Company store at 1139 Pearl St., Boulder (Tangen photo #8069)

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Valentine or Wilson hardware store fishing tackle window display photograph, 1924
Valentine or Wilson hardware store fishing tackle window display photograph, 1924
Call Number 141-1-101
Date 1924
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A view of a window display of fishing gear at the Wilson Hardware Company store managed by J.W. Valentine at 1144 Pearl St., Boulder, in 1924. (Tangen photo #8070)

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McAllister Company Diamond Edge saw window display photograph, 1924
McAllister Company Diamond Edge saw window display photograph, 1924
Call Number 141-1-102
Date 1924
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A view of a display of Diamond Edge saws in the front store window of McAllister Lumber & Supply Company, 1500 Pearl St., Boulder, in 1924 (Tangen photo #8071)

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Harris-Douglas Company Congoleum window display photograph, 1924
Harris-Douglas Company Congoleum window display photograph, 1924
Call Number 141-1-103
Date 1924
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A view of a display of "Gold Seal Congoleum Art-Rugs" linoleum in the front window of the Harris-Douglas Furniture Company store at 1415 Pearl St., Boulder, in 1924 (Tangen photo #8073)

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Central Park location photograph, 1920
Central Park location photograph, 1920
Call Number 141-1-104
Date 1920
Contents 1 photograph.
Description The city manager's 1920 view of the railroad and street intersection at 12th (Broadway) and Water (Canyon) streets in Boulder and the area just to the east now called Central Park (Tangen photo #4600)

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School of Missions girls groups
School of Missions girls groups
Call Number 141-1-105
Date 1922-1928
Contents 4 photographs.
Description Four outdoor group portraits of young women who were attending the school of missions at the Colorado Chautauqua, Boulder, in the summers of 1922, 1923, 1924, and 1928.

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Valentine hardware store camping gear window display photograph, 1924
Valentine hardware store camping gear window display photograph, 1924
Call Number 141-2-1
Date 1924
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A view of a window display of camping gear at the Wilson Hardware Company store managed by J.W. Valentine at 1144 Pearl St., Boulder, in 1924 (Tangen photo #9108)

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Biebl Auto Parts Store interior
Biebl Auto Parts Store interior
Call Number 141-2-2
Date 1924
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A view of Joseph Benedict Biebl and an unidentified man behind the counters inside Biebl's Auto Parts Store at 1916 14th St., Boulder, in 1924 (Tangen photo #9119)

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American Legion carnival with ferris wheel photograph, 1924
American Legion carnival with ferris wheel photograph, 1924
Call Number 141-2-3
Date 1924
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A view of a crowd of spectators standing behind a rope at the American Legion Carnival on the 2000 block of 13th St., Boulder, in 1924. (Tangen photo #9141)

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