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An 1866 Boulder street scene from the intersection of 13th and Pearl streets showing the Colorado House and other buildings, and a photo of a sketch entitled "The first school house in the state of Colorado." These are duplicates of photographs in the Martin Parsons Collection BHS 101.

Two cashbooks for Brainard's Hotel for 1878 and 1890.

Views of the Colorado House on the northwest corner of 13th and Pearl Streets.

This collection comprises the Brainard's Hotel's register for the period March 6 - Dec. 18, 1880 and a menu for the grand banquet given at the hotel on 21 Aug. 1880 in honor of President and Mrs. U. S. Grant. Many travelers stopped at the Brainard for meals, and apparently they registered each time they did so. The register therefore contains the signatures of many prominent citizens of Boulder and elsewhere., Also two cash books for 1878 and 1890. These were found by developer Bob White while attempting to restore the Arnett Building. The cash books suffered water damage during hurricane "Hugo" in the Virgin Islands, where Mr. White currently lives and had taken the books.

View of the building at 2121 Broadway when it was the Sale Hotel (1876-1899), Place Sanitarium (1903-1909), Howe Mortuary and Arlington Hotel, 1880s-1958., A short article about the Place Sanitarium and the Sale Hotel written by Leland Rucker, can be found in the Boulder Courier, Vol. 1, No. 18, Oct.29-Nov.4, 1987.

This folder contains the original poster and an archival photocopy of each side of it.

Views include the 1000 block of Pearl St. and Boulder from 11th and Mapleton in 1889, four adults at the Camera building at 11th and Pearl, the Boettcher Building at 12th and Pearl, and five other views between 11th and 14th streets.

View of four buildings on the north side of the 1000 block of Pearl Street, including the Brainard Hotel at 1025 Pearl, Thompson and Grout grocery store, and Scott and Company's flour and feed store.

This folder contains two copies of a newspaper-size four-page printed sheet with captioned views of mines, mills, and mine buildings in "the richest gold camp in Colorado," in the Ward Mining District. It also contains views of the town of Ward, and views that accompany advertisements for businesses in Boulder, Colo. It is undated, but probably ca. 1890s. The first copy has been mended archivally; the second copy is in a number of pieces, in poor condition.

Views of German House hotel and restaurant at 805-807 Pearl Street. All have people posed in front. Donor identifies her grandparents Frank and Mary Boecker Niederberger and a friend, Nellie Bohl, as being in the pictures.

Photograph of K. Lund. Folder contains four sheets of photocopies of newspaper articles by Forest Crossen.