Image Number103-5607Date1903-1925DescriptionView of the exterior of a home at 308 East Platte Avenue.PhotographerunknownLocationColorado Springs (Colo.)SubjectPlatte Avenue (Colorado Springs, Colo.)DwellingsNotes Research of Colorado Springs City Directories indicate that this address was the residence from 1903 to 1925 of Frances Marion “Frank” Keeth (1860-1927) and Celestia Genevra “Jennie” Keeth (1861-1926). F.M. Keeth came to Colorado Springs about 1887 and worked as a mining broker in the late 1890s, eventually becoming the secretary-treasurer and general manager of the Hercules Gold Mining and Milling Company by 1910. Mining publications in 1920 listed F.M. Keeth as the superintendent of Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development (Stratton Estate) in Cripple Creek. Thanks to J Richards of Colorado Springs for background research on this image.CollectionAbby Kernochan Photograph CollectionPublisherPikes Peak Library DistrictOriginal FormatPhotographsPhysical Description5 x 3 1/2 brown-toned printRightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/. You may use items from PPLD’s digital collections freely for private study, research and educational purposes. Any other use, including reproduction, publication or exhibition, should be requested through Regional History & Genealogy at PPLD. Proper credit and citation should accompany any use of these materials.
