

Accessing
Carnegie Branch Library
Digitized Photographs on the Web
The following is a guide to the digitized collections at the Carnegie
Branch Library for Local History, which can be accessed through the
Internet.

On the
Boulder Public Library Web
page, select "Library
Catalog," then select "Boulder
Public Library." Using the drop-down arrow button, change the
"Keyword" search to "Local Call Number" search, and type in the call
number that represents the topic in which you are interested (see list
of Call Numbers below):
For example, typing in the number
207 will bring
up photos of houses, buildings and structures in Boulder. (This
collection is in alphabetical order by street name, so the streets
starting with "A" appear first.)
Or, simply
click on the Call Numbers listed below to jump directly to the
digitized photographs.
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141 |
This collection
contains panoramic views and photos of everyday events in and
around Boulder County, Colorado by local photographer Edwin
Tangen, 1906-1936. Tangen also photographed events and scenes
in Denver, Jefferson County, Weld County and Wyoming. Each
photograph is dated and identified.
Arrangement: by size and
type of photograph, then by Tangen's photograph number.
Contents:
Boxes 1-4: 8x10 Photoprints (385 envelopes);
Boxes 5-10: 5x7 Stereographs (507 envelopes);
Boxes 11-16: 5x7 Photoprints (512 envelopes);
Box 17: Large panoramic views
(This collection is currently being scanned into the database.)
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207 |
This
collection is a photographic record of houses, buildings,
and other structures in Boulder, covering a century from
the 1870s up through the 1970s.
Arrangement:
alphabetically by street name and numerically by street number.
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208 |
This
collection is a photographic record of the way Boulder looked,
covering a century from the earliest known photo taken in 1865
through the 1960s, as recorded in panoramic views.
Arrangement:
by subject of photograph.
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209 |
This
collection is a photographic record of churches and their
congregations in Boulder County, covering nearly a century
from the 1870s through 1965.This collection includes exteriors,
interiors and people.
Arrangement:
alphabetically by denomination.
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210 |
This
collection is a photographic record of schools in Boulder
County, including structures and students, covering a century from
the 1870s through the 1970s.
Arrangement:
alphabetically by name of school.
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211 |
Photographs of the Bluebird Cottage in Boulder, and the
Bluebird Lodge in Gold Hill, Colorado.
Arrangement:
by locale.
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212 |
This
collection is a photographic record of the Colorado Chautauqua
Association and Chautauqua Park, from its beginnings in
1898 through the 1970s. Photographs include the people, buildings,
the tents and cottages and the environs.
Arrangement:
by subject.
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213 |
This
collection is a photographic record of Boulder County
communities on the plains and in the mountains, covering a
century from the 1870s up through the 1970s.
Arrangement
by town:
Box 1:
Altona - Gold Hill
Box 2: Jamestown - Marshall
Box 3: Nederland - Springdale
Box 4: Sugar Loaf - Ward.
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214 |
This
collection is a photographic record of farms, crops, oil
fields, locations and life on the plains in Boulder County,
covering the 1870s through the 1970s.
Arrangement:
alphabetically by locale, and by subject.
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215 |
This
collection is a photographic record of scenery in the Rocky
Mountains of Boulder County, from the 1870s through the 1970s.
One box contains oversize photos. Boulder Canyon -- Boulder Falls
-- Mountains -- Lakes -- Recreation -- Barker Dam -- Roads --
Streams -- Falls -- Scenery not in Boulder County.
Arrangement:
alphabetically by locale.
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216 |
This
collection is a photographic record of the Colorado National
Guard, Company H, of their participation in the Spanish
American War; and of events related to World War I in
Boulder, including men being drafted and marching off the Depot to
depart to the war, their return at the depot, and Armistice Day
parade.
Arrangement:
chronological.
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217 |
This
collection is a photographic record of modes of transportation
in Boulder, public and private, covering a century from the 1870s
up through the 1970s. Included are views of carriages, wagons,
stagecoaches, automobiles, bicycles, busses and trucks.
Arrangement:
by mode of transportation.
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218 |
This
collection is a photographic record of the Switzerland Trail
of America, later called the Colorado and Northern
Railroad. Photographs show the stages on the route, depots at
mountain stations, locomotives and rolling stock. There are also
photographs of other railroads in Colorado, including the Moffat
Road and Moffat Tunnel.
Arrangement:
by locale.
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219 |
This
collection is a photographic record of mines and miners in
Boulder County, covering a century from the 1870s through the
1970s. Included are gold, silver, tungsten and coalmines both in
the mountains and on the plains.
Arrangement:
alphabetically by name of mine or mill.
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220 |
This
collection is a photographic record of family photographs
of Boulder pioneers, covering a century from the 1860s
through the 1940s.
Arrangement:
alphabetically by family name. (This collection is currently
being scanned into the database.)
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