Hilda Keller and Parents
PhotographerPhotographed by
Charles T. Stuart
(American, 1856 - 1902)
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
PhotographerPhotographed by
Edwin P. Kellogg
(American, 1830 - 1902)
Date1888-1930
MediumPhotography; tintype on laquered iron plate, albumen print on paper on cardboard mount; gelatin silver prints on paper and cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 5/8 x 5 3/4in. (14.3 x 14.6cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 6 1/2 x 5 3/4in. (16.5 x 14.6cm)or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the George Keller family
Object number2014.9.39-.50
DescriptionFormal studio portraits and amateur snapshots of Hilda Keller with her parents, George Keller and Mary Monteith Smith Keller. Hilda appears as a baby through adulthood. Most of the amateur photographs were taken outside in front of a building or house, one on the steps of the family home on Park Terrace in Hartford, Connecticut. Two photographs show Hilda in her Red Cross uniform. Several show her father George Keller with a hat and cane.
NotesSubject Note: Hilda Monteith Keller, the daughter of the Hartford architect George Keller and Mary Monteith Smith Keller, was born in Hartford, Connecticut on July 30, 1888. Hilda graduated from Hartford High School and volunteered for the Red Cross during World War I. She later worked as an administrative assistant for the Institute for Living in Hartford and then for the Motor Vehicle Department. She never married. She lived in the family's Park Terrace home in Hartford, Connecticut until 1955 when she went to live with her brother, Walter in Coventry, Connecticut. She died at Crestfield Nursing home in Manchester, Connecticut in on February 11, 1978.Status
Not on view
