A portrait of an unidentified Native American girl. She probably attended Chemawa Indian School and/or the Forest Grove Indian School; or she might be the daughter of alumni from the school, such as Katie and David Brewer. The photograph is a small, 43mm x 81mm image in carte-de-visite format. It is stamped on the verso of the photograph as having been taken by W. P. Johnson, and probably dates from between 1886-1888 (See: Robinson, Oregon Photographers, 1993, p. 394). This may be the same girl who is pictured in another portrait in the collection, PUApic_008361.
A portrait of an unidentified Native American girl. She probably attended Chemawa School and/or the Indian Training School at Forest Grove. The photograph is a small, 85mm x 185mm image in carte-de-visite format. Although the photographer is not identified on the photograph, it matches other carte-de-visite photographs in this collection by W. P. Johnson of Salem that are dated. It was probably taken between 1886-1888 (Robinson, Oregon Photographers, 1993, p. 394).
A portrait of an unidentified Native American boy. He probably attended Chemawa School and/or the Indian Training School at Forest Grove. He is wearing the military-style school uniform used at Chemawa. The photograph is a small, 85mm x 185mm image in carte-de-visite format. It is stamped and dated on the verso of the photograph as having been taken by W. P. Johnson of Salem in October, 1887.
A portrait of an unidentified Native American girl. She may be a daughter of alumni of the Forest Grove Indian School, or she may have been attending Chemawa Indian School in Salem. The photograph is a small, 85mm x 185mm image in carte-de-visite format. It is stamped on the verso of the photograph as having been taken by W. P. Johnson, and probably dates from between 1886-1888 (See: Robinson, Oregon Photographers, 1993, p. 394).
Portrait of Frank Carson, a Native American from the Siletz Agency. He entered the Forest Grove Indian Training School in September 1884. When the school relocated to Salem in 1885 (where it was renamed Chemawa Indian School), he went with it. This photograph was taken in Salem, possibly as a graduation portrait. A note on the back side states that it was taken on July 12, 1887. He is wearing the jacket of his school military dress uniform and a chain with a horseshoe charm, possibly a reference to his blacksmithing skills. He likely learned the trade at the school. He worked as a blacksmith later in life.
Portrait of a child of David and Katie Brewer. David Brewer was a member of the Puyallup tribe who was in the first group of students to attend the Forest Grove Indian Training School in 1880. He was employed as the 'disciplinarian' at Chemawa School from 1885-1902 and 1905-1908. Katie Brewer, an Alaskan native, also attended the Indian Training School and worked at Chemawa. The two were married in 1883 and eventually had seven children together. A handwritten note on the back of the picture identifies this as Ernest Brewer, the couple's oldest son. However, the photograph was printed in April 30, 1886, which was several months before he was born. The picture may be of his older sister, Gertrude, who was born in 1884.
Portrait of Alex (or Alexander) Duncan, a member of the Clatsop tribe who attended the Forest Grove Indian Training School and Chemawa School. He entered the school at age 16 in November 1884. He is leaning on a book in this photograph, possibly indicating that this was a graduation portrait. Based on other similar photographs in the Pacific University Archives and on the dates when the photographer was active, this photograph was most likely taken in Salem between 1886-1888. (See: Robinson, Oregon Photographers, 1993, p. 394.)
Portrait of an unidentified Native American girl. She probably attended Chemawa School and/or the Indian Training School at Forest Grove; she may also have been the daughter of alumni. The photograph was taken in Salem on January 26, 1887 according to a note on the back. This may be the same girl who is depicted in another image in the collection, PUApic_008385
Portrait of James Stewart, a Nez Perce man who attended the Forest Grove Indian School beginning in 1883, and graduated from the school in its new location in Salem in 1885. He continued working at the school for some time afterwards. In this picture, he appears to be wearing the school's military-style school uniform. Based on the dates of activity of the photographer, this image was probably taken between 1885-1888 (Robinson, Oregon Photographers, 1993, p. 394).
Portrait of Walter Burwell, a Native Alaskan Tlingit from Sitka. He attended the Forest Grove Indian Training School and Chemawa School beginning on April 25, 1881 and graduated in 1886. He died on September 2, 1887. This photograph was printed in May 1887, just four months before his death. He is wearing a "B" pin on his lapel. In the last year of his life, Burwell worked as the head baker for the school.
A studio portrait of “Colonel” John Lee and two Native staff members from the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon. The Chemawa Indian School was a boarding school for Native American students that was run by the Department of the Interior. Lee served as Chemawa’s superintendent from September 30, 1885 through March 20, 1889. The two men flanking him are most likely two Native alumni of the school who were on the payroll as staff. Their identities, based on the government employee register for 1887 and comparison with other extant photographs, could be: Henry Steve (or Steeve), Snohomish; Frank Charley, Puyallup; James Maxwell, Nez Perce; Lewis Charles, Puyallup; Philip Wash, Port Madison/Suquamish; or George Piute, Paiute/Warm Springs. Based on other similar photographs in the Pacific University Archives and on the dates when the photographer was active, this photograph was most likely taken in Salem between 1886-1888. (See: Robinson, Oregon Photographers, 1993, p. 394.)
A portrait of an unidentified Native American girl. She probably attended Chemawa School and/or the Indian Training School at Forest Grove. The photograph is a small, 85mm x 185mm image in carte-de-visite format. It is stamped on the verso of the photograph as having been taken by W. P. Johnson of Portland, and probably dates from between 1886-1889.
