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: Fires.
Boulder Fire Department: Fires.
Call Number 226-2-50
Date 1960
Contents 8 photographs, 7 views (6 digitized).
Description Photographs of fires in Boulder County in 1960.

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Boulder Fire Department: Fires.
Boulder Fire Department: Fires.
Call Number 226-2-51
Date 1961
Contents 7 photographs, 5 views (5 digitized).
Description Photographs of fires in Boulder County in 1961.

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Boulder Fire Department: Fire fighters and Fire Prevention Week.
Boulder Fire Department: Fire fighters and Fire Prevention Week.
Call Number 226-2-52
Date 1961
Contents 9 photographs.
Description Photographs of Boulder fire fighters taken as part of Fire Prevention Week in 1961.

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Boulder Fire Department: Central Fire Station.
Boulder Fire Department: Central Fire Station.
Call Number 226-2-53
Date 1961
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Photographs of a new flag at Central Fire Station in 1961.

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Boulder Fire Department: Fires.
Boulder Fire Department: Fires.
Call Number 226-2-54
Date [1960-1961]
Contents 5 photographs (4 digitized).
Description Unidentified photographs of fires in Boulder County.

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Boulder Fire Department: Left Hand Canyon fire.
Boulder Fire Department: Left Hand Canyon fire.
Call Number 226-2-55
Date 1962
Contents 1 photograph.
Description One photograph of firefighters at a fire in Left Hand Canyon. A newspaper clipping attached to the back of the photograph reads: "We are Firefighters - Some of the volunteers who manned fire lines in Left Hand Canyon throughout the night take a break while standing by to extinguish flames that might flare up from the 50 acres of blackened hillside. Fire broke out about 8 p.m. Thursday on the hill above the Jamestown fork of Left Hand Canyon." The photograph is dated September 9, 1962.

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Boulder Fire Department: Fire fighters at Central Fire Station.
Boulder Fire Department: Fire fighters at Central Fire Station.
Call Number 226-2-56
Date 1962
Contents 5 photographs.
Description Photographs of fire fighters performing tasks at Central Fire Station in Boulder.

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Boulder Fire Department: Fire Prevention Week.
Boulder Fire Department: Fire Prevention Week.
Call Number 226-2-57
Date 1963
Contents 7 photographs (2 digitized).
Description Photographs of 1963 Fire Prevention Week.

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Boulder Fire Department: Fires.
Boulder Fire Department: Fires.
Call Number 226-2-58
Date 1964
Contents 8 photographs (7 digitized).
Description Photographs of fires in Boulder County in 1964.

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Boulder Fire Department: Fire Prevention Week.
Boulder Fire Department: Fire Prevention Week.
Call Number 226-2-59
Date 1964
Contents 1 photograph.
Description One photograph of two groups of school children gathered around a fire truck watching fire fighters give demonstrations. "Fire Prevention Week" is written on the back of the photograph. The photograph is dated October 7, 1964.

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Boulder Fire Department: Fire Station No. 3 groundbreaking.
Boulder Fire Department: Fire Station No. 3 groundbreaking.
Call Number 226-2-60
Date 1964
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Photographs of the Boulder Fire Station No. 3 groundbreaking.

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Boulder Fire Department: Fire fighters at Central Fire Station.
Boulder Fire Department: Fire fighters at Central Fire Station.
Call Number 226-2-61
Date 226-2-61
Contents 8 photographs.
Description Photographs of fire fighters at Central Fire Station in 1964.

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