San Jacinto Trust Co., 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
- 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 sitting on long bench
- Group of men playing baseball
- Group of people and brick stove
- Group of people on grass
- Group of people standing together
- Large group of people with wooden tables
- Group of people holding Maxwell House signs
- Group of people eating on grass
- Several men posing with coffee cups in hand
- Group of people standing in front of a row of wooden tables
- Man with group of children
- Several people sitting on a wooden bench
- Group of people playing baseball
- Large group of people gathered on grass
- Man and woman stand behind plant
- Group of people standing in grassy area
- Man and woman wearing Maxwell House Coffee aprons
- Group of people with wooden tables and food
- Group of people with wooden tables
- Group of people serving themselves food
- Group of people posing with Maxwell coffee sign
- Group of people near table with food
- Two women sitting at an outside table
- Group of people playing baseball
- Group of people sitting in front of house
- Man runnig in a field
- Large group of people in front of trees
- Group of people sitting at wooden tables
- Child holding American flag and toy gun
- Group of men running on grass
- Man cooking on brick stove
- Group of men holding long wooden sticks
- Group of people being served food
- Smiling man poses as group of people stand behind him talking
- Group of men and woman in front of building
- Group of people at table with food
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