This 1888 photo released by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston shows Helen Keller when she was 8 years old, left, holding hands with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, during a ...

A rare photograph, shot in July 1888, shows an 8-year-old Helen Keller sitting outside in light-colored dress, holding teacher Anne Sullivan's hand and cradling one of her beloved dolls.

For this edition of our On the Road special, we took a trip to the City of Tuscumbia for the annual Helen Keller Festival.

Although Keller had many dolls throughout her childhood, this is believed to be the first known photograph of Helen Keller with one of her dolls. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Thaxter P. Spencer ...

Helen Keller's Early Life . Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1880. She developed a brain fever at just 19 months old — later speculated to be either meningitis or scarlet fever ...

This 1888 photo released by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston shows Helen Keller when she was 8 years old, left, holding hands with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, during a ...

Keller died in 1968. Caption from LIFE. At age 6, Helen sits at her home in Tuscumbia, ALA. Deaf, blind and still unable to talk. Walter Sanders—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Taken ...

And then she flew through life, sometimes literally. Now a newly discovered photo from 1888 shows Helen, at age eight, on a family vacation in Cape Cod. She's sitting with Sullivan, holding ...

Helen Keller Day 2025: Early Life, Birth, Achievements, Books, Husband, Death and More Helen Keller Day: Helen Keller Day is observed every year on June 27 to remember the life and work of Helen ...

Photo Store. Lima News on social media. ... “Helen Keller: ... “The Miracle Worker,” a 1957 TV production based on Keller’s life, captured a large audience.

15 facts you didn’t know about the Helen Keller movie, “The Miracle Worker” The 1962 film starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke became the stuff of legend for their bold, combative roles ...