Details
Title

A. A. Paddock collection: railroads

Date

[1870-1979]

Call Number

BHS 218

Contents

626 photographs, in five boxes.

Description

This collection is a photographic record of the Switzerland Trail of America, later called the Colorado and Northern Railroad. Photographs show the stages on the route, depots at mountain stations, locomotives and rolling stock. There are also photographs of other railroads in Colorado, including the Moffat Road and Moffat Tunnel.

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
Railroads--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

Boulder Union Pacific depot
Boulder Union Pacific depot: north side
Call Number 218-1-1
Date [1890-1899]
Contents 7 photographs (2 views).
Description Views of the north side of the Boulder depot. Carriages and stages are in these views, as well as the fountain which was in front of the building.

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Boulder Union Pacific depot
Boulder Union Pacific depot: south side
Call Number 218-1-2
Date [1890-1949]
Contents 6 photographs (5 views)
Description Views of the south side of the Boulder depot. Baggage carts are on the platform. One view shows a group of named men.

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Boulder Union Pacific depot
Boulder Union Pacific depot: west side
Call Number 218-1-3
Date [1899]
Contents 5 photographs (3 views)
Description Views of the west side of the Boulder depot, which include crowds, carriages and stages, a locomotive, and the streetcar.

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Boulder Union Pacific depot
Boulder Union Pacific depot: dignitaries
Call Number 218-1-4
Date [1900]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description View of a group of dignitaries posed on a baggage cart on the platform of the Boulder depot. Second from the left is F.L. Moorhead and second from the right (on truck) is W.H. Ellison.

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Boulder Union Pacific depot
Boulder Union Pacific depot: with open air pavilion
Call Number 218-1-5
Date [1900-1919]
Contents 3 photographs.
Description Two postcard views and one snapshot of the depot after the open air pavilion was added on the west side in 1900.

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Boulder Union Pacific depot
Boulder Union Pacific depot: women and children in open air pavilion
Call Number 218-1-6
Date [1900-1909]
Contents 2 photographs.
Description View of a group of women standing under the open air pavilion of the depot; and view of a group of women and children posed by the open air pavilion. Circa 1900-1909.

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Boulder Union Pacific depot
Boulder Union Pacific depot: gatherings by the tracks
Call Number 218-1-7
Date [1900-1909]
Contents 3 photographs (2 views)

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Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific depot
Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific depot: looking west
Call Number 218-1-8
Date [1880-1889]
Contents 5 photographs (1 view).

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Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific depot
Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific depot
Call Number 218-1-9
Date 1880-[1889]
Contents 7 photographs (3 views).
Description Views of the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific depot at 10th and Water Street (Canyon Boulevard).

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Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific depot
Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific depot: north side
Call Number 218-1-10
Date 1899-1900
Contents 3 photographs (2 views).
Description View of the north side of the Boulder freight depot built by the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad at 10th and Water Street (Canyon Boulevard) with identified people standing outside.

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Depots
Depots: interior views
Call Number 218-1-11
Date [1890-1909]
Contents 2 photographs.

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Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific depot
Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific depot: first passenger train
Call Number 218-1-12
Date [1883]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description These photographs were probably taken by Ira Kneeland, a Boulder photographer in 1880-1893. "Kneeland" is written on the border of Photo 1.

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