Oil Well Brazoria, 1940s
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
- 1940s
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 25.00 linear feet
Creator
- From the Collection: Keeland, Burdette (Person)
- Oil well in Brazoria County
- Group of men near machinery
- Part of oil well
- Oil well
- Oil well in Brazoria County
- View of oil well
- Two men in front of machinery
- Equipment and people at an oil rig
- Pieces of oil well machinery
- Trees and branches
- Mountain with clouds
- Group of men at an oil well
- Oil well and boilers
- Pipes at an oil well in Brazoria County
- Group of men at an oil well in Brazoria County
- View from bottom of oil well in Brazoria County
- Group of men at an oil well in Brazoria County
- Pulley of an oil well
- Two trucks carrying machinery
- Part of oil well
- Men look on as oil spews out of well
- Large cylinder containers and truck
- Man at oil well
- Oil well in Brazoria County
- Oil spews out of well
- Group of men side by side
- Man at an oil well in Brazoria County
- Pulley of oil well
- Machinery at an oil well in Brazoria County
- Group of people at an oil well in Brazoria County
- Two trucks carrying machinery at the site of an oil well in Brazoria County
- Men working in field
- Wooden tracks and buildings
- Oil coming from oil well
- Men posing at oil well site
- Group of men standing in field
- Group of men at oil well
- Oil well in Brazoria County
- Texaco sign
- Pipes near body of water
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