Details
Title

A. A. Paddock collection: farming, drilling and views in east Boulder County

Date

[1870-1979]

Call Number

BHS 214

Contents

2 boxes.

Description

This collection is a photographic record of farms, crops, oil fields, locations and life on the plains in Boulder County, covering the 1870s through the 1970s.

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

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

Farms
Farms: Paul Hummel farm
Call Number 214-1-61
Date 1949
Contents 4 photographs (3 views)
Description Views of the Paul Hummel farm.

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Farms
Farms: John Kenton farm
Call Number 214-1-62
Date [1890-1899]
Contents 1 photographs.
Description View of haystacks in a mowed field surrounded by open grassland along the foothills.

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Farms
Farms: Home of James McGinn
Call Number 214-1-63
Date [1880-1889]
Contents 1 photograph.

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Farms
Farms: Stengel farm
Call Number 214-1-64
Date [1930-1939]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description View of a haying scene on one of the Stengel farms east of Boulder. A huge haystack is being erected with a device for lifting the hay. Two trucks and a car are parked in the field.

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Farms
Farms: D. K. Sternberg farm
Call Number 214-1-65
Date [1900]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).
Description View of a two-story stone house with a two-story brick addition, set in a yard with shrubs and trees.

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Farms
Farms: Wise cabin, 1899 July 17
Call Number 214-1-66
Date 1899
Contents 1 photograph.
Description View of a log cabin on the plains. Tubs with potato plants are set around. Two men with three donkeys loaded with prospecting gear are outside.

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Farms
Farms: J. A. Wright farm
Call Number 214-1-67
Date [1890-1899]
Contents 1 photograph.

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Farms
Farms: unidentified
Call Number 214-1-68
Date [1890-1899]
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Views of farms north of Boulder along the Foothills.

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Farms
Farms: unidentified
Call Number 214-1-69
Date [1890-1919]
Contents 6 photographs (4 views).

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Farms
Farms: unidentified
Call Number 214-1-70
Date [1890-1899]
Contents 5 photographs, 4 views (3 digitized).
Description Views of farmhouses in the country east of Boulder.

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Farms
Farms: unidentified
Call Number 214-1-71
Date [1890-1899]
Contents 9 photographs (8 views).
Description Views of farmhouses in the country.

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Farms
Farms: unidentified
Call Number 214-1-72
Date [1920-1929]
Contents 1 photograph.

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