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

Excursions
Excursions: Moonlight ride
Call Number 218-3-31
Date [1898-1909]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).

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Excursions
Excursions: on the Switzerland Trail of America
Call Number 218-3-32
Date [1886-1909]
Contents 9 photographs (6 views).
Description Views of excursion trains pulling passenger cars filled with excursionists on the Colorado & Northwestern line.

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Excursions
Excursions: decorated observation car
Call Number 218-3-33
Date [1898-1909]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).

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Excursions
Excursions: near Glacier Lake, 1905 September 14
Call Number 218-3-34
Date 1905
Contents 1 photograph.

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Excursions : observation car
Excursions : observation car
Call Number 218-3-35
Date [1910-1919]
Contents 1 photograph.

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Railroad scenes by McClure
Railroad scenes by McClure
Call Number 218-3-36
Date [1897-1919]
Contents 8 photographs.
Description Mountain railroad views taken by Louis Charles McClure that were glued onto paperboard for display by the Camera resulting in most of the prints having a wavy surface. The Colorado and Northwestern operated 1897-1909, followed by the Denver, Boulder and Western in 1909-1919.

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Railroad cut
Railroad cut
Call Number 218-3-37
Date [1897-1919]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).

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Railroads
Railroads: handcars
Call Number 218-4-1
Date [1900-1911]
Contents 12 photographs (10 views).

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Railroads
Railroads: section crews
Call Number 218-4-2
Date [1898-1904]
Contents 3 photographs.
Description Views of section crews maintaining the tracks along the Colorado and Northwestern Railroad line.

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Locomotives
Locomotives: engine No. 1
Call Number 218-4-3
Date [1898-1904]
Contents 5 photographs (4 views).
Description Views of Engine No. 1 of the Colorado and Northwestern Railroad line.

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Locomotives
Locomotives: Engine No. 2
Call Number 218-4-4
Date [1897-1904]
Contents 4 photographs (2 views).
Description Views of Engine No. 2 of the Colorado and Northwestern Railroad line.

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Locomotives
Locomotives: engine No. 30
Call Number 218-4-5
Date 1898-1951
Contents 10 photographs (8 views).
Description Views of Engine No. 30 of the Colorado and Northwestern Railroad line, later the Denver, Boulder & Western.

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