Portrait of Jacob Helm, Piute man

Title

Portrait of Jacob Helm, Piute man

Description

Portrait of Jacob Helm, a member of the Piute tribe from the Yakima Agency. He entered the Forest Grove Indian Training School in April, 1883 and graduated from Chemawa School in 1885. He is wearing a small lapel pin possibly spelling 'OV' or 'OA.' Based on his age and the dates of activity of the photographer, a woman named Myra E. Sperry, this photograph was probably taken around 1889-1891.

Creator

Sperry the Artist, photographer, Salem, Oregon

Subject

Off-reservation boarding schools
Native American Studies
Chemawa Indian School

Identifier

PUApic_008378.jpg

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Source

Forest Grove Indian School Collection, Pacific University Archives

Type

Still Image

Other Media

[front] Sperry the Artist, successor to W. P. Johnson, Salem, Oregon. [back] Jacob Helm.

Collection

Pacific University Historic Photographs
The Forest Grove Indian Training School
Pacific University Archives DPLA