Details
Title

A. A. Paddock collection: Boulder County towns photographs

Date

1870-1970

Call Number

BHS 213

Contents

ca. 685 photographs, in 5 boxes.

Description

This collection is a photographic record of Boulder County communities on the plains and in the mountains, covering a century from the 1870s through the 1970s.

Summary

Box 1. Altona-Gold Hill -- Box 2. Jamestown-Marshall -- Box 3. Nederland-Springdale -- Box 4. Sugar Loaf-Ward -- Box 5. Oversize.

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/Donor

Paddock, Laurence T.
1927-

Subjects

Paddock, Alva A, 1887-1961--Photograph collections
Mountain life--Colorado--Boulder County

Ownership Note

The photographs in this collection came to A.A. Paddock and his son, Laurence Paddock, from numerous sources, primarily from pioneer Boulder families who had these photos in their possession and knew of Paddock's efforts to collect and preserve Boulder's historic past. A.A. Paddock was a founding member of the Boulder Historical Society in 1945, and began donating his collection to the Society over a period of years.

Note

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

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Salina
Salina: bridge
Call Number 213-3-20
Date [1890-1900]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description View of a group of 14 people posed by a wooden foot bridge. Several of the men have tools. The caption indicates the bridge is under construction. (S-1678)

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Springdale, Colorado
Springdale, Colorado
Call Number 213-3-21
Date [1890-1899]
Contents 12 photographs (5 views).
Description Views of the town of Springdale in Left Hand Canyon.

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Springdale
Springdale: Seltzer House
Call Number 213-3-22
Date [1890-1899]
Contents 21 photographs (10 views)

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Springdale
Springdale: buildings, [1890]-1913
Call Number 213-3-23
Date [1890]-1913
Contents 5 photographs (2 views).

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Springdale
Springdale: mountain views
Call Number 213-3-23a
Date [1885-1899]
Contents 3 photographs (2 views).

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Springdale
Springdale: Curie Springs
Call Number 213-3-23b
Date [1952]
Contents 7 photographs.

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Springdale
Springdale: Currie Springs
Call Number 213-3-23c
Date 1965
Contents 5 photographs.
Description These photographs were used in a Camera Focus article, "The water at Curie Springs", published on 4 April 1965.

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Nederland Roundup and Snowfest, 1975-1978
Nederland Roundup and Snowfest, 1975-1978
Call Number 213-3-60
Date 1975-1978
Contents 7 photographs.

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Orodelfan area
Orodelfan area
Call Number 213-3-Orodelfan
Date [1880-1895]
Contents 3 photographs (2 views).

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Sugarloaf
Sugarloaf
Call Number 213-4-1
Date [1890-1910]
Contents 5 photographs.
Description Views of buildings on Sugarloaf Mountain near the townsite of Sugarloaf, including Sellers' store, a boarding house, and the McAllister cabin on the Wild Tiger claim.

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Sulphide Flats
Sulphide Flats
Call Number 213-4-2
Date [1890-1899]
Contents 5 photographs (4 views).
Description Views of Sulphide Flats and the St. Julian Hotel next to a lake.

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Summerville
Summerville
Call Number 213-4-3
Date [1890-1899]
Contents 9 photographs (7 views).
Description Views of Summerville showing buildings, mines and mill.

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