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

Spanish American War organizations
Spanish American War organizations
Call Number 216-4-20
Date [1920-1929]
Contents 2 photographs
Description View of 11 women dressed in white-caped uniforms holding flags or pikes, identified as the Woman's Benefit Association; and view of 36 women posed for a group portrait, identified as Spanish War Auxiliary.

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Woman's auxiliary group
Woman's auxiliary group
Call Number 216-4-21
Date [1920-1929]
Contents 1 photograph
Description View of 13 women wearing uniforms and holding flags. Most probably a woman's organization in support of veterans.

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World War I
World War I: woman's group
Call Number 216-4-22
Date [1918]
Contents 1 photograph
Description View of 26 women, one child and one man in sailor uniform. The women wear insignia and Red Cross pins. Signs in the window of the house are for war bonds. The house is 1513-1515 Walnut Street, a duplex.

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Citizens Military Training Corps
Citizens Military Training Corps
Call Number 216-4-23
Date 1929
Contents 11 photographs (9 views)
Description Views of the Citizens Military Training Corps at Fort Logan in 1929: panoramic overview of the tent camp; the rifle range; rifle drill; Captain Minner in front of the infirmary tent; the field kitchens consisting of chuckwagons; meal time; headquarters building with flags displayed; and panoramic views of outstanding students with hats on and with hats off.

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Citizens Military Training Corps
Citizens Military Training Corps
Call Number 216-4-24
Date 1929
Contents 8 photographs (7 views)
Description Views of the Citizens Military Training Corps at Fort Logan in 1929: Map Section, 2nd Engineers barracks; physical training; marksmanship; marksmanshp observer Captain McIntosh; and review stand with officials.

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Picket line, Fort Totten, Dakota Territory
Picket line, Fort Totten, Dakota Territory
Call Number 216-4-25
Date [1880-1889]
Contents 1 photograph

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Old soldiers' home in California
Old soldiers' home in California
Call Number 216-4-26
Date undated
Contents 1 photograph
Description View of the interior of a ward at an old soldiers' home with 13 men posed sitting on chairs between the rows of beds.

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Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic: paraders standing at attention on Pearl Street
Call Number 216-5-1
Date [1882]
Contents 1 photograph (oversized)

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Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic: group portrait
Call Number 216-5-2
Date [1898-1899]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view)

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Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic: group portrait
Call Number 216-5-3
Date [1903-1904]
Contents 3 photographs (1 view of 58 individual portraits) (oversized)

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War veterans' convention in Trinidad
War veterans' convention in Trinidad
Call Number 216-5-4
Date undated
Contents 1 photograph (oversized)

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Colorado National Guard
Colorado National Guard: Company H guardsmen
Call Number 216-5-5
Date [1894-1895]
Contents 1 photograph (oversized)

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