Details
Title

A. A. Paddock collection: City and County Government

Date

[1872]-1963

Call Number

BHS 226

Contents

14 boxes.

Description

This collection is a photographic record of Boulder's City and County Government contained in 14 boxes. Only Box 1 (early fire department) is fully arranged and cataloged. The remaining boxes contain images of the City Council, elections, municipal court, bootlegging, crime, later fires and fire department, Parks and Recreation Department, Police and crime, utilities, reservoirs, Boulder County Fair (1929-1979), Assessor, Clerk Commissioners, Roads, Social Services, and Treasurer.

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
Municipal government--Colorado--Boulder
Boulder County (Colo.)--Officials and employees

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

Firemen of Fire Station No. 1
Firemen of Fire Station No. 1
Call Number 226-sc7-9-1
Date 1920-1950
Contents 1 photograph.

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City Manager's Association convention.
City Manager's Association convention.
Call Number 226-P10-2
Date 1922
Contents 1 photograph.

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Boulder Fire Department
Boulder Fire Department: Fire Station No. 1
Call Number 226-O-3
Date 1908
Contents 2 oversize photographs (1 view).

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Boulder Hose Company No. 1
Boulder Hose Company No. 1: championship team
Call Number 226-O-2
Date 1896
Contents 1 oversize photograph.

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Four Boulder policemen
Four Boulder policemen
Call Number 226-O-1
Date [1909]
Contents 2 photographs.

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Boulder elections: Special city election.
Boulder elections: Special city election.
Call Number 226-5-35
Date 1964
Contents 1 photograph.
Description One photograph of a boy peeking through a voter booth curtain. The photograph is dated June 6, 1964. This photograph appeared in the Boulder Daily Camera on June 2, 1964, with the following caption: "Young Tracy Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moore, makes like a thespian checking the house. In this case, he's checking the voter line at Mapleton School Annex, Precinct 3, in the special city election, while respecting his mother's right to a secret ballot."

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Boulder elections: Voter registration.
Boulder elections: Voter registration.
Call Number 226-5-34
Date 1964
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Photographs of voter registration in Boulder.

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Boulder Courts: Municipal Building events.
Boulder Courts: Municipal Building events.
Call Number 226-5-33
Date 1959-1969
Contents 8 photographs (7 digitized).
Description Photographs of events held at the Boulder Municipal Building.

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Boulder Courts: New Municipal Courtroom.
Boulder Courts: New Municipal Courtroom.
Call Number 226-5-32
Date 1963
Contents 1 photograph.
Description One photograph of the interior of a courtroom. A judge is sitting at a table with a name plaque that reads "Judge Rex H. Scott." "City of Boulder new Municipal Courtroom" is written on the back of the photograph. The photograph is dated November 1963.

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Boulder Courts: Municipal Building exterior.
Boulder Courts: Municipal Building exterior.
Call Number 226-5-31
Date [1959-1968]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description One photograph of the exterior of the Boulder Municipal Building.

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Boulder Courts: City Hall.
Boulder Courts: City Hall.
Call Number 226-5-30
Date 1941
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).
Description A photograph of four men inside a building. Three of the men are standing and one is signing a piece of paper at a long table. "City Hall" is written on the back of the photograph. The following names are written on the back of the photograph: Standing - Francis Reinert, Frank Thurman, Frank S. Henderson. Seated - Harold C. McClintock, City Manager. The photograph is dated 1941.

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Boulder City Council: Development meeting.
Boulder City Council: Development meeting.
Call Number 226-5-29
Date 1979
Contents 1 photograph.
Description One photograph of City Attorney Steve Barnett and City Manager Bob Westdyke at a meeting. "Barnett and Westdyke" is written on the back of the photograph. The photograph is dated September 5, 1979. The photograph is signed "Cleveland."

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