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: Dr. Thaddeus Grahame and Mrs. Grahame.
Boulder Fire Department: Dr. Thaddeus Grahame and Mrs. Grahame.
Call Number 226-3-5
Date 1967
Contents 1 photograph.
Description The following is written on the back of the photograph: "Dr. Thaddeus and Mrs. [Graham] with 1945 American La France hook and ladder [fire truck]. Dr. [Graham] purchased from Denver F. D. for $2,700 and gave to his wife for her birthday." The photograph is dated October 12, 1967.

Browse

Boulder Fire Department: Gas explosion.
Boulder Fire Department: Gas explosion.
Call Number 226-3-56
Date 1974
Contents 1 photograph.
Description One photograph of fire fighters mitigating a gas explosion. "Flatirons Industrial Park, 57th Street, gas explosion" is written on the back of the photograph. The photograph is dated December 14, 1974.

Browse

Boulder Fire Department: House fires: Photo 2
Boulder Fire Department: House fires: Photo 2
Call Number

Browse

Boulder Fire Department: Fire trucks and equipment.
Boulder Fire Department: Fire trucks and equipment.
Call Number 226-3-23
Date 1970
Contents 8 photographs (2 digitized).
Description Photographs of fire trucks and fire fighting equipment.

Browse

Boulder Fire Department: Fire Prevention Week.
Boulder Fire Department: Fire Prevention Week.
Call Number 116-3-17
Date 1969
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Photographs of Fire Prevention Week in 1969.

Browse

Boulder Fire Department: House fires.
Boulder Fire Department: House fires.
Call Number 226-2-47
Date 1959
Contents 5 photographs (3 views).
Description Photographs of fires at 637 Pine Street and 701 Pearl Street.

Browse

Boulder Fire Department: Fire fighter training.
Boulder Fire Department: Fire fighter training.
Call Number 226-3-89
Date 1978
Contents 3 photographs.
Description Three photographs of a fire fighter performing training exercises. "Training for fire fighters" is written on the backs of the photographs. The photographs are dated March 16, 1978.

Browse

Boulder Fire Department: Sledding accident.
Boulder Fire Department: Sledding accident.
Call Number 226-3-44
Date 1973
Contents 2 photographs (1 digitized).
Description Photographs of fire fighters attending to a sledding accident near Chautauqua in Boulder.

Browse

Boulder Fire Department: Structure fires.
Boulder Fire Department: Structure fires.
Call Number 226-2-27
Date 1953
Contents 8 photographs (7 views).
Description This folder contains photographs of structure fires in Boulder County.

Browse

Boulder City Council: City Council members.
Boulder City Council: City Council members.
Call Number 226-5-8
Date 1960
Contents 1 photograph.
Description One photograph of nine Boulder City Council members. The following individuals are identified in a Boulder Daily Camera newspaper clipping attached to the photograph: George W. Clark, Alfred H. Allen, Leslie R. Fowler, John J. Pudlik, James O. Hickman, Mrs. Janet S. Roberts, Richard J. Cross, John P. Holloway, and Frank Havice. The photograph is dated 1960.

Browse

Hose Company men
Hose Company men
Call Number 226-1-1
Date [1872-1879]
Contents 1 tintype.

Browse

Boulder City Council: City Council members.
Boulder City Council: City Council members.
Call Number 226-5-4
Date 1950
Contents 5 photographs (4 views).
Description Photographs of City Council members at a meeting. Writing on the back of the photographs indicates the meeting was the last city council meeting at City Hall, 1915 14th Street.

Browse

Pages