Trips, 1915-1920s
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
- 1915-1920s
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 25.00 linear feet
Creator
- From the Collection: Keeland, Burdette (Person)
- Group of people on the side of a rocky hill
- Shack, small house, and automobile
- Group of people on the shore of a body of water
- Man with a catch of ducks
- Small house for membership services
- Two people on the shore of a body of water
- Picnic site with a tended fire and makeshift shade
- Group of people in front of a rock wall
- Group of men playing poker
- Body of water with a wooded shoreline
- Group of people on rock and sand
- Group of people on a rocky formation
- Aerial view of mountain range
- Group of people on the shore of a body of water
- Group of men playing poker in a boat
- Group of people in river rapids
- Two people in front of a small shack
- Group of women on a boat
- Two-leveled boat docked at shore
- Landscape of water and a hill
- Group of men racing along a dirt path
- Group of people on a boat
- Group of people on a boat
- Group of people on a tennis court
- Group of people in front of a rocky formation
- Two men with cigars on a boat
- Man sitting in canoe, holding a pig
- Group of people in front of a brick house
- Fountain amidst foliage
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