Name/Title
Siblings Robert Hillen and Rose Hillen by Their Grandfather's Davis AutomobileEntry/Object ID
2015.20.14Description
Scanned photograph of Siblings Rose Hillen and Robert Hillen, posing in front of Superior Depot station agent Robert Hillen's Davis automobile on Easter near the Superior train depot, 1926. Robert and Rose were the station agent's grandchildren. Rose is wearing a white dress and bonnet, while Robert has a suit with hat, tie, and cane. The obscured spare tire case reads, "Davis: Best of the Best."Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Silver Gelatin PrintCollection
Permanent CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1926Place
Location
Superior Train Depot, Superior, CONotes
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, Automobiles, Children, HolidaysSearch Terms
Colorado and Southern Railway, Denver & Interurban Railroad, Superior, Superior DepotRelationships
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 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 2015.20.14 was scanned from album 2 (album numbering designated by staff), page 7.
