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Helen Keller Collection
Collection Overview
The photographs in this collection span the life of Helen Keller, from her early childhood to her years at Perkins School for the Blind and beyond. Photos of her years with Anne Sullivan Macy and Polly Thomson are included. There are special sections from her adult life as Advocate and Traveler, and Activities in the Arts. The section of photos on Martha's Vineyard with Eleanor Roosevelt highlights one of the many notable people with whom Keller had a personal friendship.
Historical Background
Helen Keller was born a healthy baby on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama to retired army Captain Arthur Keller and his second wife, Kate. She had a younger brother, Phillips Brooks, and a sister, Mildred. When she was nineteen months old, she became very ill with a high fever. Doctors at the time diagnosed this as “brain fever” or “brain congestion”, but experts today believe that she most likely suffered from scarlet fever or me
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Helen Keller: Childhood, Early Adulthood
by Perkins School for the Blind Archive
The photographs in this set show Helen Keller from childhood through adolescence and early adulthood.
Included are Keller with her classmates at Perkins, one photograph with the Director at the time, Michael Anagnos, a graduation portrait from Radcliffe College when she was twenty-four, and several of Keller with her dogs.
More information about Helen Keller can be found at: www.perkins.org/vision-loss/helen-keller/
Visit www.perkins.org/archives/ for more information about the Perkins Archives.
Rights and Permissions: All images in this collection are the property of Perkins School for the Blind. Use of these images requires written permission. For more information, please contact the Perkins Archives at archives@perkins.org.
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Helen Keller Photo Gallery
All photos on this page are courtesy of the American Foundation for the Blind, Helen Keller Archives.
Helen Keller with her pet terrier Phiz, 1902.
Helen Keller and Phiz, ca. 1902
Helen Keller aboard the S.S. President Roosevelt with Polly Thomson, Anne Sullivan Macy, and Captain Van Beck, 1932
Portrait photo of Helen Keller, 1955
Helen Keller reading at her home, 1956
Portrait photo of Helen Keller, undated.