Name/Title
Hillen and Hicks Families at Moffat Tunnel, East PortalEntry/Object ID
2015.20.17Description
Scanned photograph of the Hillen and Hicks family trip to Moffat Tunnel, circa 1928. Back, left to right: Rosina Jane "Rose" Hillen Hicks, Lois Hicks, Superior station agent Robert Hillen, Jeanie Hillen. Front, left to right: Dora Hicks, Robert Hillen. Rosina Hicks was station agent Robert Hillen's sister. Lois Hicks was Rosina's daughter-in-law, and Dora was Lois' daughter. Children Dora Hicks and Robert Hillen were cousins. The East entrance to Moffat Tunnel can be seen clearly behind the family. The letters above the tunnel read, "Moffat Tunnel," "1923," "1928." Named for railroad industrialist David Moffat, the tunnel served as a route through the Continental Divide from Denver, for both train traffic and water flow.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Silver Gelatin PrintCollection
Permanent CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1928 - 1928Place
Location
Moffat Tunnel, East Portal, 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
Tunnels, Railroad employees, Railroad rails, Railroad tunnels, Railroads, Water supply, Families, TripsSearch Terms
Colorado and Southern Railway, Denver & Interurban Railroad, Superior, Superior DepotRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Hillen, Robert H.Person or Organization
Jeanie HillenPerson 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 2015.20.17 was scanned from album 2 (album numbering designated by staff), page 6.