Keller Family Portraits
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1888-1926
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount; gelatin silver prints on paper on cardboard mounts; tintype on laquered iron plate
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (14 x 14cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15.2cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15.2cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the George Keller family
DescriptionFormal studio portraits and amateur snapshots of George and/or Mary Keller with other family relatives. Most of the amateur photographs were taken outside, in front of a house. One photograph was taken inside the drawing room in the Kellers' house on Park Terrace in Hartford, Connecticut; paintings and pottery are on the walls and shelves. Several photographs include a dog. Several include chairs or rocking chairs. In all of the photographs, the men are wearing suits or dress shirts (some with ties) and the women are wearing dresses.
Object number2014.9.28-.38
NotesSubject Note: George Keller was an architect in Hartford, Connecticut in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He married Mary Monteith Smith Keller in 1887 and they lived mainly on Park Terrace in Hartford, Connecticut with a summer home in Norfolk, Connecticut. In addition to George and/ or Mary Keller, these photographs include Thomas Keller (George's brother), Eleanor Keller Morgan or "Auntie Nell" (George's sister), Laura Morgan (George's niece), and George and Mary's children: Hilda, George, and Walter. Also included in several photographs are Eleanor Keller Morgan's dog, Dandy.On View
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