Details
Title

George W. Teal collection

Date

1825-1973

Call Number

BHS 145

Contents

8 boxes.

Description

This collection consists of photographs and documents pertaining to George W. Teal Sr. and his family. The Boulder Historical Society donated an additional box of 47 photographs to be added to this collection as Box 8. They include family portraits (many taken in Grand Junction, Colo.) and views of an unidentifed mill. This box is not yet cataloged.

History

The Teal family consisted of several of the most notable mining and civil engineers of Boulder County's history. The patriarch, George W. Teal Sr., born and reared in Manchester, England, arrived in Colorado in 1871, settling in the English "colony" of Georgetown with his family where he was superintendent of the Terrible mine. In 1881 he supervised the Caribou mine and in 1884 he was elected a Boulder County Commissioner. His sons, of which George W. Teal Jr. is the most noted, continued in his legacy.
Born in Manchester, England and educated at Cornwall and the School of Mining in Freiberg, Germany, George W. Teal Jr. played a major role in progressive mining by serving as partner, manager, surveyor, and consulting engineer for several mining companies within and without Colorado. In 1887 he was elected U.S. deputy mineral and land surveyor. From 1891-1898 he served as Boulder County surveyor and during his term, in 1894, married Francisca C. Price. In 1898 he was appointed "city engineer of the town of Boulder". And in 1928 he assumed the office of Boulder City Manager, an appointment he held until the time of his death. As one of Boulder's leading civil servants, George W. Teal Jr. is recognized for the eventual purchase of the City Hall site at 14th and Walnut, and the construction accessing Silver Lake's water supply.

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.

Subjects

Teal family

Note

This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.

Pages

Rio Blanco, Colo
Rio Blanco, Colo: Album page 3
Call Number 145-5-4c
Date 1908
Contents 3 photographs.
Description Photographs taken at Rio Blanco, Colorado in October 1908. They include a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Irons standing in front of a log structure, George W. Teal Jr. with a deer hanging from a tree, and James Cowie with what appears to be a white beard (joke).

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Pennsylvania Mine
Pennsylvania Mine: Album page 4
Call Number 145-5-4d
Date 1900
Contents 5 photographs.
Description Photographs taken at the Pennsylvania mine and mill at "Sunnyside, Puzzler Hill, 1900." Another photograph in the George W. Teal Collection (145-3-16) identifies a Pennsylvania mine near Dillon, Colo. in Summit County. It is unknown whether these photographs are of the same mine.

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Lakewood, Colo
Lakewood, Colo: Album page 5
Call Number 145-5-4e
Date 1900
Contents 9 photographs.
Description Photographs taken at Lakewood, Colorado of the mill, bunk houses, boarding house, Tanton cottage, and various other dwellings.

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Pennsylvania Mine
Pennsylvania Mine: Album page 6
Call Number 145-5-4f
Date 1900
Contents 5 photographs.
Description Photographs taken at the Pennsylvania mine and mill at "Sunnyside, Ward." Another photograph in the George W. Teal Collection identifies a Pennsylvania mine near Dillon, Colo. in Summit County (145-3-16), and another has "Sunnyside, Puzzler Hill (145-5-4d)." It is unknown whether these photographs are all of the same mine.

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Sugarloaf area mines & cabin
Sugarloaf area mines & cabin: Album page 7
Call Number 145-5-4g
Date 1900
Contents 7 photographs.
Description Photographs presumably all taken in the Sugarloaf area. Three are identified as the Cross Mine, one is a view of Sugarloaf Mountain, and three are of people posed on a deck in front of a log cabin.

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George W. Teal, wife, & daughter
George W. Teal, wife, & daughter: Album page 8
Call Number 145-5-4h
Date 1900
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Photographs taken circa 1900. One is of Francisca, Annabel, and George W. Teal Jr., with an unidentified man, sitting on a front porch. George is holding a doll. The other is a view of Boulder with train tracks in the foreground.

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Livingston mine & mill
Livingston mine & mill: Album page 9
Call Number 145-5-4i
Date [1900]
Contents 3 photographs.
Description Photographs of the Livingston mill and mine and the George E. Lake cabin in Sugarloaf.

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Spruce Street and log cabin
Spruce Street and log cabin: Album page 10
Call Number 145-5-4j
Date 1900
Contents 7 photographs.
Description Views of buildings on Spruce Street and men in front of a log cabin.

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Conger Mine & Lakewood, Colo
Conger Mine & Lakewood, Colo: Album page 11
Call Number 145-5-4k
Date undated
Contents 7 photographs.
Description Photographs taken at Lakewood, the Conger Mine tram cars, Tucker Ranch, and views of a creek (probably in the area) during and after flooding.

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Mountain views
Mountain views: Album page 12
Call Number 145-5-4l
Date undated
Contents 7 photographs.
Description Photographs of Arapaho Peak; Sunset mining camp; mountain views; track of the Denver, Salt Lake and Pacific railroad in the mountains; and a view of two log cabins (possibly also at Sunset).

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Mexico
Mexico: Album page 13
Call Number 145-5-4m
Date undated
Contents 17 photographs.
Description Photographs taken in and around Guaymas, Mexico. They include images of children, various unidentified buildings, a church altar, and the city prison.

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Tram cars
Tram cars: Album page 14
Call Number 145-5-4n
Date undated
Contents 3 photographs.
Description Photographs that have been tentatively identified as the Conger Mine tram cars in the snow. Photographs of the tram cars that were identified as such by a member of the Teal family can be found in 145-5-4k and 145-5-4o (Pages 11 and 15).

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