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

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: University of Colorado, Boulder: Norlin Library

Call Number 504-5-10e

Date undated

Contents 9 photographs (5 views).

Description Five undated views of the Norlin Library on the University of Colorado Boulder campus.

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: University of Colorado, Boulder: Old Main and Regent Hall

Call Number 504-5-10f

Date undated

Contents 8 photographs (4 views).

Description Undated views of two university buildings.

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: University of Colorado, Boulder: University Memorial Center

Call Number 504-5-10g

Date undated

Contents 5 photographs (2 views).

Description Two views of the University Memorial Center, one of which includes a partial view of the fountain.

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: University of Colorado, Boulder: Williams Village

Call Number 504-5-10h

Date [1966-1969]

Contents 6 photographs (4 views).

Description Views of the Williams Village student housing.

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: University of Colorado, Boulder: miscellanous views of campus

Call Number 504-5-10i

Date undated

Contents 10 photographs (9 views).

Description Undated views of the university campus.

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: Flying Farmer Queen trophy presentation photographs 1951 June 14

Call Number 504-5-11

Date 1951

Contents 2 photographs.

Description Photographs of the Flying Farmer Queen presentation on 14 June 1951 at the Lemons' farm on Baseline Road. Frank S. Henderson, President of the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, gave Clara Lemons a trophy. Her husband, Delmar, stood behind her next to Henderson.

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: Labor Day boat race at Baseline Lake photographs 1945

Call Number 504-5-12

Date 1945

Contents 5 photographs (3 views).

Description Photographs of the First Annual Regatta on Baseline Lake, held on Labor Day 1945. Photos show a crowd gathered to watch the race, and cars parked along the edge of the lake. Estimated attendance was 5,000 people.

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: Boulder's first commercial plane trip photograph 1944

Call Number 504-5-13

Date 1944

Contents 1 photograph.

Description Posed in front of the airplane on June 19, 1944 (l-r): Fred Stevens, Gene Love (Chamber of Commerce president), H.C. McClintock (City Manager), the unnamed pilot, and Mr. Massey.

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: Colorado Day parade: St. Joe Mining and Milling Company float photograph 1934 Aug. 1

Call Number 504-5-14

Date 1934

Contents 1 photograph.

Description Photograph of a decorated St. Joe Mining and Milling Co. truck with employees riding in the back. The 1934 Pay Dirt Pow-Wow Parade presented by the Boulder Junior and Senior Chambers of Commerce and the Boulder County Metal Mining Association. (See program in 328-189-1.) Photo taken in front of the J.C. Penney Company store at 1302 Pearl and the National State Bank Building at 1244 Pearl Street.

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: Military activities photographs 1944-1971

Call Number 504-5-15

Date 1944-1971

Contents 7 photographs, 5 views (4 digitized).

Description Views of reserve units working and drilling in Boulder or elsewhere.

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: Aerial view of central Boulder, undated

Call Number 504-5-16

Date [1940-1963]

Contents 3 photographs (1 view).

Description Undated aerial view of Boulder with the County Courthouse in the upper center, with the Boulder Main Post Office and Central School (demolished in August 1972). The freight depot on the corner of Canyon and Broadway was demolished in May 1963. Looking west up Walnut, Pearl, and Spruce streets.

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: Engine No. 30 in Central Park photograph after 1953

Call Number 504-5-17

Date [1953]

Contents 1 photograph.

Description Engine No. 30 in its former placement in Central Park, along the Boulder and White Rock Ditch. The caboose, later dynamited by vandals, is visible.

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