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.

Pages

Eldora
Eldora: views by Meile
Call Number 213-1-17a
Date 1896-1897
Contents 10 photographs.
Description All of these views of Eldora have "Meile" written on the back, presumably saying that Louis B. Meile, a Boulder photographer between 1884 and 1899, took these photographs. Before the prints were made, someone (possibly Meile) wrote "Eldora Colo." in the bottom left edge on eight of the negatives, while Photo 1 had "Eldorado Colo. 1896", and Photo 5 had no writing.

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Eldora
Eldora: businesses
Call Number 213-1-18
Date 1897-1909
Contents 31 photographs, 16 views (15 digitized).
Description Views of Eldora businesses including saloons, meat markets, hotels, boarding and lodging houses, livery stables, and post office.

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Eldora
Eldora: Gold Miner Hotel
Call Number 213-1-18a
Date 1898-1949
Contents 3 photographs.

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Eldora
Eldora: snow drifts
Call Number 213-1-18b
Date 1899
Contents 1 photograph.

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Eldora
Eldora: people and houses
Call Number 213-1-19
Date 1897-1898
Contents 22 photographs (11 views).
Description Views of Eldora residents posed in various activities including fishing at Lake Eldora, hiking, crossing a log bridge over Middle Boulder Creek, gathered around a barrel of coal oil (kerosene), and clowning around; also views of Eldora residents in front of their log cabin homes.

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Eldora homes in the winter
Eldora homes in the winter
Call Number 213-1-19a
Date undated
Contents 7 photographs (5 views).
Description This envelope contains a five views of Eldora. They focus on a house with a five-sided front porch, but nearby structures are visible.

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Eldora
Eldora: cabins
Call Number 213-1-19b
Date [1900-1960]
Contents 5 photographs.

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Eldora
Eldora: snapshots
Call Number 213-1-20
Date 1897-[1919]
Contents 8 photographs.
Description Views of Eldora including general views of town, a hand colored postcard by Fine & Coulson also showing an overview of town, the switch board at the Eldora telephone exchange, a group of 5 people posed on rocks at Kimball's Camp near Eldora, and two views of a family.

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Eldora
Eldora: town views by Jack Spratt
Call Number 213-1-20a
Date [1898-1909]
Contents 9 photographs.
Description All of these undated photographs of Eldora were in a small Camera newspaper envelope. Typed on the front: "Old Time Pictures of Eldora. Most of the originals taken by W.C. (Jack) Spratt." The images were numbered 1-16, included descriptions (used above), and were stamped on the back: "The Hitchin' Post. Eldora, Colo."

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Eldora
Eldora: mining and fire views by Jack Spratt
Call Number 213-1-20b
Date [1898-1909]
Contents 7 photographs.
Description All of these undated photographs of Eldora were in a small Camera newspaper envelope. Typed on the front: "Old Time Pictures of Eldora. Most of the originals taken by W.C. (Jack) Spratt." The images were numbered 1-16, included descriptions (used above), and were stamped on the back: "The Hicthin' Post. Eldora, Colo."

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Eldora
Eldora: lakes and beyond
Call Number 213-1-20c
Date [1899-1919]
Contents 5 photographs (4 views).

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Eldorado Springs, [1900-1910]
Eldorado Springs, [1900-1910]
Call Number 213-1-21
Date [1900-1910]
Contents 4 photographs (1 view).

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