Name/Title
Robert Hillen and Jeannie Hillen by Clematis Flowers at Superior Train DepotEntry/Object ID
2015.20.8Description
Scanned photograph of Robert Hillen posing with grandmother Jeanie Malott Hillen next to Jeanie's prized Clematis plants growing out from the Superior train depot, circa 1928. Robert was the grandson of the Superior Depot agent, who was also named Robert. Robert is wearing overalls with suspenders and a shirt. Jeanie is barely visible on the left edge of the image with a patterned dress and hat. Clematis can be seen growing on the depot sign marked "Superior," as well as on the fence, ladder, and roof, to the right and in the background.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Silver Gelatin PrintCollection
Permanent CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1928 - 1928Place
Location
Superior Train Depot, Superior, CONotes
Date: 1928 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, Flowers, ChildrenSearch Terms
Colorado and Southern Railway, Denver & Interurban Railroad, Superior, Superior DepotRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Hillen (grandson), 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 2015.20.8 was scanned from album 1 (album numbering designated by staff), page 10.