Name/Title
Station Agent Robert Hillen and Jeannie Hillen Outside by Superior Depot's Telegraph OfficeEntry/Object ID
2015.20.4Description
Scanned photograph of Superior Station agent Robert H. Hillen and wife Jeanie Malott Hillen standing outside by the Superior depot telegraph office door, circa 1923. Robert is wearing a black vest, tie, and slacks with a rimmed hat, while Jeanie has a darker colored dress and a white shawl. Signs overhead read, "Adams Express Company," and "Money Orders, Traveler's Cheques [sic]". Sign to the left reads, "Western Union Telegraph & Cable Office."Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Silver Gelatin PrintCollection
Permanent CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1923 - 1923Place
Location
Superior Train Depot, Superior, CONotes
Date: 1923 circa
Copy/Orig/Other: Scan (JPEG, PDF, etc)Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Depots, Railroad depots, Telegraph offices, People, Signs, Railroad employeesSearch Terms
Colorado and Southern Railway, Denver & Interurban Railroad, Superior, Superior Depot, Western Union Telegraph Company, Adams Express CompanyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Hillen, Robert H.Person or Organization
Jeanie HillenProvenance
Notes
Original photograph was part of a pair of photograph albums owned by Katherine Hillen Renfroe, daughter of Robert H. Hillen (named after his grandfather). As a child, Robert lived for a few years at the Superior train depot with his grandparents, C&S Railroad station agent Robert Hillen and wife Jeanne "Jeanie" Malott Hillen. The albums were put together by Jeanne Malott Hillen, who intended to give one album to grandson Robert and his younger sister, Rose Hillen (later Rose Hillen Watson). Jeanne probably assembled the albums sometime in the 1930s. Ultimately, Rose became the sole owner of the albums before passing them on to Katherine Renfroe, Rose's niece. In 2015, select photographs from the albums were scanned by Broomfield Depot Museum staff and volunteers, and then formally accessioned into the Museum's collections. The Broomfield Depot Museum Collections do not contain the original album(s), or photographic prints therein.
Photograph 2015.20.4 was scanned from album 1 (album numbering designated by staff), page 7.