Photographs that document the Phoenix Indian School in Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1902. The collection includes an illustrated invitation printed by the H. H. McNeil Company to the commencement exercises for the school that occurred May 20-22, 1902, which includes a schedule of events and names of graduates. Images in the invitation and photographs include views of the school grounds as well as exteriors and interiors of buildings as well as group portraits of students wearing uniforms, the school band, and school staff. Photographs of activities include students pulling wagons loaded with wood planks, students and staff eating a meal, and occupational training classes including sewing and laundry
Description:
Hartwell & Hamaker was a photographic studio in Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1890-1906, that included partners Francis A. Hartwell (born 1852) and Harry Lee Hamaker (1863-1939)., The Phoenix Indian School, later known as the Phoenix Indian High School, was a Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated school in Encanto Village in Phoenix, Arizona. It opened in 1891 and served all grades until 1935, when it functioned solely as a high school until closing in 1990., Invitation and blind stamps in English., Title devised by cataloger., and Blind stamps on mounts: Hartwell & Hamaker, Phoenix, Ariz.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona and Phoenix (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Hamaker, Harry Lee, 1863-1939., Hartwell, Francis A., 1852-, H. H. McNeil Company., Hartwell & Hamaker., and Phoenix Indian School
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Cultural assimilation, Education, and Schools
