Robert Hillen on a Luggage Cart 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 on a Luggage Cart at Superior Train Depot

Entry/Object ID

2015.20.1

Description

Scanned photograph of the station agent's grandson, Robert Hillen, on a luggage cart with his two puppies by the Superior Train Depot where he lived, circa 1927. Clematis plants with flowers grown by Jeanie Hillen, Robert's grandmother, can be seen growing on the Depot behind him to the right next to a ladder. The depot sign, stating "Superior," is clearly visible on the roof. A passenger bench and possible telephone or telegraph pole are also visible.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Silver Gelatin Print

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1927 - 1927

Place

Location

Superior Train Depot, Superior, CO

Notes

Date: 1927 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, Carts & wagons, Dogs, Children, Railroad depots, Telegraph & telephone poles, Pets

Search Terms

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

Relationships

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 album 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 2015.20.1 was scanned from album 1 (album numbering designated by staff), page 4.