Portrait of Jacob Helm, Piute man · Forest Grove Indian School

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

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
Date: 1889-1891
Identifier: PUApic_008378.jpg
Subject: Off-reservation boarding schools; Native American Studies; Chemawa Indian School
Source: Forest Grove Indian School Collection, Pacific University Archives
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Type: Still Image

Item sets: Pacific University Historic Photographs; The Forest Grove Indian Training School; Pacific University Archives DPLA

Media: https://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/files/original/d4b720e56d7a25ded44ef09a0cb849bf.jpg; [front] Sperry the Artist, successor to W. P. Johnson, Salem, Oregon. [back] Jacob Helm.