Ernest Frederich Kellner Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-278
Scope and Content
The collections contains 3 photographs: a print of the E. F. Kellner store in Arizona, one tintype of a woman, and a very small print of a man. The tintype envelope has the name Ida Bremmon written on it, but in March 2019, a family member identified the woman as Mary (Mamie) Bennett, wife of E. F. Kellner. The same researcher identifies the male portrait as either Nehemiah Valentine Bennett or Joseph Francis Bennett, not E. F. Kellner.
Dates
- 1880-1900
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of materials allowed for research purposes in most cases. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. . For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist
Biography
Ernest Frederick Kellner, merchant and miner, was born on May 25th, 1849, in New Braunfels, Texas. Kellner's mercantile career began in 1869 when he started a store in San Antonio, Texas. By 1874, Kellner was providing supplies to Fort Selden, the U.S. Army Fort near Silver City, New Mexico. In 1876, his business grew into a partnership with J. B. Morril in Silver City. Together, Kellner and Morril established stores in Silver City, N.M., and Globe, Arizona. This arrangement dissolved in 1878, at which time Kellner took over the Arizona half of the business and moved to central Arizona. He opened stores in McMillen and Richmond Basin, Arizona, and established a milling operation, lumber yard, and Miners' Bank in Globe. Kellner got sick in 1882 and, after a three month tour of Europe to recuperate, he returned to Globe to sell his stores in McMillen and Richmond Basin and to end his Miners' Bank. In their place, Kellner established a successful and well-known outfitting store called the New York Store in Globe. It became the exclusive outfitter to the Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company, a major Arizona copper company.
Extent
3 items (1 folder) : 2 photographic prints, 1 tintype
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains prints of E. F. Kellner and of the E. F. Kellner store.
Physical Location
B2. Small Collections box 4. Filed by Pictorial Number.
Separated Material
Photographs were separated from the Ernest Frederich Kellner Papers.
General
Contact Information
- University of New Mexico
- MSC05 3020, 1, University of New Mexico
- Center for Southwest Research
- Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
- Phone: 505-277-7173
- Fax:
- Email: cswrref@unm.edu
- URL: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Ernest Frederich Kellner Photograph Collection, 1880-1900
- Status
- Approved
- Author
- Processed by Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- ©2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu