Portrait of Walter Burwell, Native Alaskan
Title
Portrait of Walter Burwell, Native Alaskan
Description
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.
Identifier
PUApic_008316.jpg
Rights
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Source
Forest Grove Indian School Collection, Pacific University Archives
Type
Still Image
Other Media
[Front:] W. P. Johnson, Salem, Or. [Back]: Walter Burwell. W. P. Johnson, Artist, Commercial Street, Salem, Oregon. May 3 1887.