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Fire Station No. 2 in Boulder, Colorado with fire fighters lantern slide
Fire Station No. 2 in Boulder, Colorado with fire fighters lantern slide
Call Number
072-5-67
Date
[1919]
Contents
1 slide (scanned at 141-11-86)
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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.
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Fire Station No. 2 in Boulder, Colorado with fire fighters
Fire Station No. 2 in Boulder, Colorado with fire fighters
Call Number
141-11-86
Date
1919
Contents
1 photograph.
Description
View of Fire Station No. 2 at 1010 Aurora Avenue (actual photo is reversed and is corrected here), with two fire trucks (the one on the right is a 1915 White) and a 1914 Ford automobile in front. Each vehicle contains fire fighters, listed below. See also 226-1-30 for scanned photo. (Tangen photo #4882)
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Maude Blackburn collection
Maude Blackburn collection
Call Number
144
Date
[1873-1944]
Contents
28 photographs, in seven envelopes.
Description
This collection consists of 28 photographs of people, buildings and scenes in Boulder, Colo., and elsewhere. They include views of two schools, of the Boulder freight depot after the fire and explosion on 10 August 1907, of Jay Sternberg's two flour mills in Boulder, of Maude Blackburn, of the Boulder Hose Company, and scenic views and portraits. There is also a single folder with papers apparently written by Maude using her feet. (1932-1940).
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Boulder freight depot disaster photographs
Boulder freight depot disaster photographs
Call Number
144-1-2
Date
1907
Contents
4 photographs.
Description
A photograph and three stereographic views of the ruins of the Boulder, Colo., freight depot after a fire and a dynamite explosion destroyed the depot and thirty railroad cars on 10 August 1907.
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Emil Johnson photograph collection
Emil Johnson photograph collection
Call Number
206-2-6
Date
[1930-1956]
Contents
48 photographs, in 7 envelopes.
Description
These forty-eight photos were removed from an acidic album, to help preserve them. Emil Johnson collected these photos; he appears in most of them.
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Informal group portraits
Informal group portraits
Call Number
206-2-6-4
Date
[1950-1959]
Contents
7 photographs, in 1 envelope.
Description
Informal group portraits, including several at a dinner honoring Johnson in about 1952.
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Group portraits with Santa
Group portraits with Santa
Call Number
206-2-6-5
Date
[1946-1952]
Contents
12 photographs.
Description
Group portraits of Boulder Fire Dept. personnel, Boulder personalities, and children, with Santa Claus, ca. 1946-1956.
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Boulder Fire Department personnel
Boulder Fire Department personnel
Call Number
206-2-6-6
Date
[1930-1956]
Contents
7 photographs, in 1 envelope.
Description
Group portraits of Boulder Fire Dept. personnel: two views of the men in front of a fire truck in a fire house; one of them in front of a fire truck outdoors with mountains in the background; one of them with a gathering of persons in a large decorated hall; one, by Larry Bell of Ace News Pictures, shows a younger Emil Johnson with a man holding a gavel; one is of Johnson and 5 men; one shows him in cowboy attire at the 1948 Boulder Pow Wow.
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Boulder County Courthouse
Boulder County Courthouse: fire
Call Number
207-12-6
Date
1932
Contents
18 photographs, 16 views (15 digitized).
Description
Views of the 9 February 1932 fire that destroyed the original Boulder County Courthouse at 1325 Pearl Street. 13 photos show the fire or firemen; 3 show the ruins after the fire was extinguished. Some photos are of snapshot quality.
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Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple: fire photographs, 1945 Apr 5
Call Number
207-12-17
Date
1945
Contents
50 photographs, 40 views (21 scanned).
Description
Views of the 5 April 1945 fire that destroyed the Masonic Temple building at 1344 Pearl Street. Photos include views of the fire and firemen, the ruins after the fire was extinguished, and the opening of the cornerstone and safe. Many of the people are identified. Photo 38 also at 206-2-6-7.
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Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple: fire photographs, 1945 Apr 5
Call Number
207-O-1
Date
1945
Contents
1 oversize folder.
Description
Views of the 5 April 1945 fire that destroyed the Masonic Temple building at 1344 Pearl Street. Photos include views of the fire and firemen, and the ruins after the fire was extinguished. Most of the images are also at 207-12-17. Ten of the eleven photographs in this folder were glued to a mount board and probably used in a display.
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Hose Company men
Hose Company men
Call Number
226-1-1
Date
[1872-1879]
Contents
1 tintype.
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Boulder Hose Company No. 1
Boulder Hose Company No. 1: championship team
Call Number
226-1-2
Date
1877
Contents
4 photographs (1 view)
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Boulder Hose Company No. 1
Boulder Hose Company No. 1: champions
Call Number
226-1-3
Date
1886
Contents
4 photographs (1 view)
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Firemen's tournament
Firemen's tournament
Call Number
226-1-5
Date
[1895]
Contents
6 photographs (3 views).
Description
Views of Boulder Hose Company No. 1 harnessed to their hose cart in preparation for a tournament, ca. 1895. They are seen on Pearl Street in the 1100 block in front of the Boulder House, at the same location with Trezise Undertaking behind them. An unidentified hose team is seen racing in the 1200 block of Pearl Street.
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Boulder Hose Company No. 1
Boulder Hose Company No. 1: championship team
Call Number
226-1-6
Date
1896
Contents
5 photographs (1 view)
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A.J. Macky Hose Company No. 2
A.J. Macky Hose Company No. 2
Call Number
226-1-10
Date
[1898]
Contents
2 photographs (1 view)
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Boulder Fire Department
Boulder Fire Department: Fire Station No. 1
Call Number
226-1-12
Date
[1899]
Contents
6 photographs (1 view)
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Boulder Fire Department
Boulder Fire Department: horse-drawn fire wagon
Call Number
226-1-13
Date
1899
Contents
6 photographs (1 view).
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Boulder Fire Department
Boulder Fire Department: Fire Station No. 1
Call Number
226-1-14
Date
[1899-1901]
Contents
1 photograph.
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Boulder Fire Department
Boulder Fire Department: fire wagon
Call Number
226-1-15
Date
[1902-1904]
Contents
2 photographs (1 view)
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Boulder Fire Department
Boulder Fire Department: Fire Station No. 1
Call Number
226-1-16
Date
1904
Contents
3 photographs (1 view)
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Horse team Nip and Tuck
Horse team Nip and Tuck
Call Number
226-1-17
Date
[1906-1907]
Contents
2 photographs.
Description
Views of the Boulder Fire Department Fire Station No. 1 horse team of Nip and Tuck. One view shows the horses having their heads held at the entrance to the fire house by Dan Schaeffer, Ed Miller and Tom Danford; the other shows the horses with men on their backs.
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Boulder Fire Department
Boulder Fire Department: firemen
Call Number
226-1-18
Date
[1900-1913]
Contents
3 photographs.
Description
Formal and informal photos of firemen between 1900 and 1913. The dog may be "Duke."
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