Details
Title

A. A. Paddock collection: soldiers and veterans

Date

1893-[1949]

Call Number

BHS 216

Contents

332 photographs, in 44 folders in six boxes.

Description

This collection is a photographic record of the Colorado National Guard, Company H, of their participation in the Spanish American War; and of events related to World War I in Boulder, including men being drafted and marching off the Depot to depart to the war, their return at the depot, and Armistice Day parade.

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.
1927-2016

Subjects

Paddock, Alva A, 1887-1961--Photograph collections
World War, 1914-1918
Soldiers
Spanish-American War, 1898
World War I see World War, 1914-1918.

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

World War I
World War I: Manual of arms
Call Number 216-3-13
Date 1918
Contents 3 photographs.
Description Views of Colorado and Utah soldiers performing the manual of arms below Macky Auditorium on University Avenue.

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World War I
World War I: Colorado concrete section soldiers
Call Number 216-3-14
Date 1918
Contents 8 photographs (6 views)
Description Views of Colorado soldiers learning concrete construction work.

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World War I
World War I: Colorado automobile mechanic soldiers
Call Number 216-3-15
Date 1918
Contents 5 photographs (4 views).
Description Views of Colorado soldiers learning auto mechanics.

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World War I
World War I: Colorado radio men
Call Number 216-3-16
Date 1918
Contents 4 photographs.
Description Views of soldiers erecting and climbing telegraph poles.

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World War I
World War I: Colorado soldiers review
Call Number 216-3-17
Date 1918
Contents 8 photographs.
Description Views of Colorado soldiers marching in review on the University of Colorado Norlin Quadrangle.

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World War I
World War I: Colorado men as linemen and concrete workers
Call Number 216-3-18
Date 1918
Contents 4 photographs.
Description Views of Colorado soldiers erecting and climbing telephone poles.

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World War I
World War I: Colorado radio men marching
Call Number 216-3-19
Date 1918
Contents 1 photograph.

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World War I
World War I: Colorado soldiers camp
Call Number 216-3-20
Date 1918
Contents 6 photographs (4 views).
Description Views of Colorado soldiers at their military camp on the University of Colorado campus.

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World War I
World War I: Colorado men in a Denver baseball game
Call Number 216-3-21
Date 1918
Contents 9 photographs (6 views).
Description Views of Colorado soldiers marching in Denver prior to a baseball game there.

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World War I
World War I: Colorado men at a Denver baseball game
Call Number 216-3-22
Date 1918
Contents 14 photographs (7 views).
Description Views of Colorado soldiers on parade at a ball park, and participating in a baseball game in the park.

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World War I
World War I: Colorado men on a Denver baseball field
Call Number 216-3-23
Date 1918
Contents 1 photograph.

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World War I
World War I: baseball players and Captain Beard
Call Number 216-3-24
Date 1918
Contents 3 photographs.
Description Views of Utah and Colorado soldier's baseball teams, posed on the steps of the Armory on University Avenue, and on the bleechers at Gamble Field on the University of Colorado campus.

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