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

Boulder Fire Department: Mount Sanitas fire.
Boulder Fire Department: Mount Sanitas fire.
Call Number 226-2-14
Date 1948
Contents 2 photographs (1 digitized).
Description Two photographs of a burn scar on Mount Sanitas. Houses are visible in the foreground. "Burned area -- Mt. Sanitas, 1948" is written on the back of photograph 2. Photograph 1 shows the same view but is better quality.

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Boulder Fire Department: Arapahoe Chemicals fire.
Boulder Fire Department: Arapahoe Chemicals fire.
Call Number 226-2-15
Date 1949
Contents 5 photographs.
Description Photographs of a fire at Arapahoe Chemicals in Boulder. "Arapahoe Chemical fire" is written on the back of the photographs. The photographs are dated July 29, 1949.

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Boulder Fire Department: Big Five Mill fire.
Boulder Fire Department: Big Five Mill fire.
Call Number 226-2-16
Date 1949
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Photographs of a fire at Big Five Mill. "Big Five Mill fire one mile south of Ward" is written on the backs of the photographs. The photographs are dated November 28, 1949.

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Boulder Fire Department: Lafayette Grain Elevator fire.
Boulder Fire Department: Lafayette Grain Elevator fire.
Call Number 226-2-17
Date 1949
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Photographs of a fire at the Lafayette Grain Elevator. "Lafayette Grain Elevator fire" is written on the backs of the photographs. The photographs are dated May 24, 1949.

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Boulder Fire Department: Nederland house fire.
Boulder Fire Department: Nederland house fire.
Call Number 226-2-18
Date 1949
Contents 2 photographs (1 digitized).
Description Photographs of a house fire in Nederland. The photographs are dated September 25, 1949.

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Boulder Fire Department: Flagstaff Mountain fire.
Boulder Fire Department: Flagstaff Mountain fire.
Call Number 226-2-19
Date 1950
Contents 2 photographs (1 digitized).
Description Photographs of a fire on Flagstaff Mountain.

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Boulder Fire Department: Mount Sanitas fire.
Boulder Fire Department: Mount Sanitas fire.
Call Number 226-2-20
Date 1950
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Photographs of people with shovels and tools tending to a fire on Mount Sanitas. Smoke and a burn scar in the grass are visible. "Mount Sanitas" is written on the back of the photographs. The photographs are dated August 19, 1950.

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Boulder Fire Department: Fire station kitchen and locker room.
Boulder Fire Department: Fire station kitchen and locker room.
Call Number 226-2-21
Date [1950-1959]
Contents 8 photographs (6 digitized).
Description Photographs of the interior of a fire station. The photographs are not identified, and it is unknown what fire station is pictured.

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Boulder Fire Department: Fire station interior and garage.
Boulder Fire Department: Fire station interior and garage.
Call Number 226-2-22
Date [1950-1959]
Contents 7 photographs.
Description Photographs of the interior and garage of a Boulder fire station. The photographs are not identified, and it is unknown what fire station is pictured.

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Boulder Fire Department: Structure fires.
Boulder Fire Department: Structure fires.
Call Number 226-2-23
Date 1951
Contents 3 photographs.
Description Photographs of fires in Boulder County that occurred in 1951.

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Boulder Fire Department: Fire prevention demonstration.
Boulder Fire Department: Fire prevention demonstration.
Call Number 226-2-24
Date 1952
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Photographs of a fire prevention demonstration.

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Boulder Fire Department: Structure fires.
Boulder Fire Department: Structure fires.
Call Number 226-2-25
Date 1952
Contents 5 photographs.
Description Photographs of stucture fires in Boulder County that occurred in 1952.

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