Boulder Chamber of Commerce photograph collection

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Title: Boulder Chamber of Commerce photograph collection
Date: [1930-1979]
Call Number: 504
Contents: 8 boxes (2,120 photographs).
Description: Photographs of activities and events sponsored by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, including the annual Arapaho Glacier hike, Christmas festivities, 4th of July fireworks, Pow Wow, Boulder's centennial, new industries, and the building of the Denver-Boulder turnpike. Box 8 contains photographs that were found loose in the 1938-1972 scrapbooks and a collection of 1952-1970 membership cards with images of Boulder. There are also two 1954 oversize photographs.
Terms of Use: RIGHTS: Materials in this collection may be used freely for any purpose, with attribution to the Carnegie Library for Local History, Boulder. 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.
Subjects: Boulder Chamber of Commerce--Photograph collections

Pages

: Arapaho Glacier hike: Base camp photographs [194-]-[197-]

Call Number 504-1-1

Date 1940-1979

Contents 126 photographs.

Description Photographs of base camp for the annual Arapaho Glacier hike, sponsored by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, where hikers were served breakfast before and dinner after the hike.

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: Arapaho Glacier hike: caravan of cars in Nederland photographs [1940-1949]

Call Number 504-1-2

Date 1940-1949

Contents 5 photographs.

Description Photographs of a long line of cars stopped in Nederland on the way to Fourth of July Campground for the annual Arapaho Glacier hike, ca. 1940s.

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: Arapaho Glacier hike: waiting to start

Call Number 504-1-3

Date 1960-1979

Contents 79 photographs.

Description Photographs of people waiting to begin the hike to Arapaho Glacier. Groups of 100 to 200 left base camp with a guide. Oranges were passed out to hikers.

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: Arapaho Glacier hike: Volunteer crew photographs [194-]-[197-]

Call Number 504-1-4

Date 1940-1979

Contents 57 photographs.

Description Photographs of base camp crew at the annual Arapaho Glacier hike sponsored by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce. Volunteers were members of the Chamber who cooked and served the meals.

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: Arapaho Glacier hike: On the trail photographs [194-]-[197-]

Call Number 504-1-5

Date 1940-1979

Contents 60 photographs.

Description Photographs of people on the trail to Arapaho Glacier. Fourth of July Mine is visible in some of the photographs.

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: Arapaho Glacier hike: Rocky Mountain Rescue demonstration photographs [195-]-[196-]

Call Number 504-1-6

Date 1950-1969

Contents 7 photographs.

Description Photographs of Rocky Mountain Rescue members demonstrating rescue techniques while hikers have lunch, rest and view Arapaho Glacier.

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: Arapaho Glacier hike: guides photographs [195-]-[197-]

Call Number 504-1-7

Date 1950-1979

Contents 3 photographs.

Description Photographs of guides who led groups on the Arapaho Glacier hike.

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: Arapaho Glacier hike: views photographs undated

Call Number 504-1-8

Date undated

Contents 36 photographs.

Description Photographs of views taken on the Arapaho Glacier hike.

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: Arapaho Glacier hike: at the summit photographs [1940]-[1979]

Call Number 504-2-1

Date 1940-1979

Contents 207 photographs.

Description Photographs taken on the Arapaho Glacier hike at or near the summit.

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: Arapaho Glacier hike: 1st annual hike 1939 photographs

Call Number 504-2-2

Date 1939

Contents 29 photographs.

Description Photographs of the 1939 Arapaho Glacier hike. Radio broadcasting equipment was carried on the hike so that KOA could broadcast from the glacier.

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: Arapaho Glacier hike: 3rd annual hike

Call Number 504-2-3

Date 1941

Contents 15 photographs.

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: Arapaho Glacier hike: 10th annual hike

Call Number 504-2-4

Date 1948

Contents 10 photographs.

Description Photographs of the 1948 Arapaho Glacier hike.

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