Robert Hillen and Jeannie Hillen by Clematis Flowers at Superior Train Depot

Photograph

Broomfield History Collections

Cropped, leveled, and converted to 300dpi jpeg access copy from master tiff file by Kevin Smith, 8/30/2016.

Name/Title

Robert Hillen and Jeannie Hillen by Clematis Flowers at Superior Train Depot

Entry/Object ID

2015.20.8

Description

Scanned photograph of Robert Hillen posing with grandmother Jeanie Malott Hillen next to Jeanie's prized Clematis plants growing out from the Superior train depot, circa 1928. Robert was the grandson of the Superior Depot agent, who was also named Robert. Robert is wearing overalls with suspenders and a shirt. Jeanie is barely visible on the left edge of the image with a patterned dress and hat. Clematis can be seen growing on the depot sign marked "Superior," as well as on the fence, ladder, and roof, to the right and in the background.

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, Railroad depots, Flowers, Children

Search Terms

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

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hillen (grandson), Robert H.

Person or Organization

Jeanie Hillen

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 2015.20.8 was scanned from album 1 (album numbering designated by staff), page 10.