Name/Title
Hillen and Hicks FamiliesEntry/Object ID
2015.20.15Description
Scanned photograph of the Hillen and Hicks families posing in a field with trees in the background, circa 1928. Back, left to right: Lois Hicks, Carrol Hicks, Mollie Ann Specht Hillen, Jeanie Hillen, Roger Hillen, Rosina Jane "Rose" Hillen Hicks, Superior station agent Robert Hillen. Front, left to right: Rose Hillen, Dora Hicks, Robert Hillen (grandson to station agent Robert Hillen). The Hillens and Hicks were related by marriage between Rosina and John Hicks (latter not shown), married 1896. This photograph may have been taken during a visit by the two families to a Chautauqua in Boulder, Colorado.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Silver Gelatin PrintCollection
Permanent CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1928 - 1928Notes
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
Families, Trips, Chautauquas, Railroad employeesSearch Terms
Colorado and Southern Railway, Denver & Interurban Railroad, Superior, Superior DepotRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Hillen, Robert H.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 2015.20.15 was scanned from album 2 (album numbering designated by staff), page 17.