Name/Title
Hillen and Hicks Families Having a Picnic at Moffat TunnelEntry/Object ID
2015.20.18Description
Scanned photograph of the Hillen and Hicks families eating a picnic meal outside during their trip to Moffat Tunnel, East Portal, circa 1928. From left to right: Lois Hicks, Dora Hicks, Superior station agent Robert Hillen, Rosina Jane "Rose" Hillen Hicks, John Hicks, Jeanie Hillen. Rosina Hicks was Robert Hillen's sister; she married John Hicks in 1896. Lois Hicks was John and Rosina's daughter-in-law, married to son Carrol Hicks. Dora Hicks was Carrol and Lois' daughter. A puppy can be seen front and center, possibly the same owned by the Hillens at the Superior depot. Two automobiles are shown on either side of the photograph. Named for railroad industrialist David Moffat, Moffat 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
Dogs, Families, Water supply, Tunnels, Pets, Automobiles, Railroad tunnels, Picnics, Trips, Eating & drinkingSearch 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 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 2015.20.18 was scanned from album 1 (album numbering designated by staff), page 13.