Friends, 1910s-1920s
Keeland acquired through his wife a collection of photographic negatives owned by Harry Walker (1894-1971), husband of Carrie Scott Walker (1895-1981), Mrs. Keeland’s aunt. The negatives cover the period from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1940s and record Walker’s life growing up in Beaumont, Texas, and his adult life after his move to Houston in the late 1910s. Walker was apparently the photographer on most of the negatives. Although most of the subjects are unidentified, the pictures provide an important view of domestic life and dress during that era. Of interest are photographs of Walker’s home at 1914 Bissonnet, Houston, with views of the area that includes Poe Elementary School when the neighborhood was new in 1929. Historical views of Houston from the 1920s include Rice Institute, Hermann Hospital, the Houston Ship Channel, and the San Jacinto Trust Company, his employer. There are also historic images of pioneer aviatrix Katherine Stinson flying a Wright Brothers biplane about 1915. The names of the folders and the filing system are Walker’s, except that the Rice, Hermann, and Stinson photographs have been moved to separate folders. Another folder includes several photographs of downtown Houston in the snow, about 1925, with views of Union Station and nearby buildings.
Dates
- 1910s-1920s
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 25.00 linear feet
Creator
- From the Collection: Keeland, Burdette (Person)
- Infant in an automobile
- Woman facing camera in a wooded area
- Woman in sailor's uniform in front of a hedge
- Two men and a woman in a lightly wooded area
- Woman in a sailor's uniform poses on motorbike
- People standing on the slope of a hill
- Three women and a man sitting on the ground
- Young man fixing his shoe
- Two women standing on a sidewalk
- Two young women with their arms around one another
- Woman facing camera in a wooded area
- Woman standing next to a tree stump
- Group of five sitting on porch steps
- Three women on the front steps of a house
- Woman in a white sailor's uniform
- Man in a suit posing in front of a blanket backdrop
- Woman in a white dress in front of foliage
- Woman standing with a dog on a leash
- Three young women sitting on steps
- Three young men sitting on steps
- Several children sitting with a dog in a yard
- Young lady with a towel wrapped around her hair
- Two women with their arms around one another
- Two smiling women and a man outside of a house
- Young man sitting on a tree stump
- Man posing in sailor's uniform
- Young man in suit
- Group portrait of four women and two men
- Couple sitting on the side step of a car
- Three young men sitting on a tree stump
- Woman sitting at the top of steps
Repository Details
Part of the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections Repository
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
MD Anderson Library
4333 University Drive
Houston TX 77204-2000 USA
713-743-9750