Robert Hillen with Caught Fish Standing by Clematis Plants

Photograph

Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2015.20.11

Description

Scanned photograph of Robert Hillen posing with a freshly caught fish in front of Jeanie Hillen's prized Clematis plants at the Superior train depot, circa 1928. Robert was the grandson of the Superior Depot station agent, who was also named Robert. He is wearing overalls and suspenders with a dark collared shirt. Wooden planters and a metal bucket can be clearly seen behind him, with a waiting bench to the left.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Silver Gelatin Print

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1928 - 1928

Place

Location

Superior Train Depot, Superior, CO

Notes

Date: 1928 circa Copy/Orig/Other: Scan (JPEG, PDF, etc)

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Depots, Flowerpots, Fishermen, Fishing, Railroad depots, Planters (Containers), Fish, Children, Flowers

Search Terms

Colorado and Southern Railway, Denver & Interurban Railroad, Superior, Superior Depot

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hillen (grandson), Robert H.

Provenance

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 album 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 2015.20.11 was scanned from album 2 (album numbering designated by staff), page 18.