Shades of LA Photo Collection

Navajo students in library at Sherman Institute

Circa 1950

Navajo students and a librarian shown at the counter in the library at the Sherman Institute.

Navajo woman and child

Circa 1965

Navajo woman in native dress with infant in cradleboard.

Office at Sherman Institute

Office at the Sherman Institute.

Paint shop students at Sherman Institute

1915

Students in front of Paint Shop at Sherman Institute.

Picking oranges in Riverside

1912

Dosan Ahn Chang Ho picking oranges in Riverside.

Pima Indian dwellings

Pima Indian dwellings of traditional and brick construction.

Playing pool

Navajo students at the Sherman Institute in Riverside playing pool.

Portrait of a woman

Studio portrait of American Indian woman.

Portrait of American Indian man

Portrait of young American Indian man in suit and bow tie.

Portrait of elder American Indian man

Portrait of elder American Indian man wearing vest.

Robert F. Kennedy touring Sherman Indian High Sch…

Robert F. Kennedy and reporters outside of building at Sherman Indian High School.

Robert F. Kennedy touring Sherman Indian High Sch…

Robert F. Kennedy with student and reporters in woodshop at Sherman Indian High School.

Ruin of adobe building

Ruin of adobe building. Woman sitting outside.

Santa Fe Indian School children on burros

Children from Santa Fe Indian School on burros, with teacher, at left.

Sherman Indian High School Academic Class of 1908

1908

Group portrait of Sherman Institute Academic Class of 1908.

Sherman Indian High School agricultural students

Sherman Institute agricultural students working in field.

Sherman Indian High School Chapel Quartet

L to R Thomas Humphrey (Hopi), Inez Healy (Shoshone), Amy Washoe (Washoe), Pedro Elmore (Mohave). Charles W. Cell, Director of Christian Educational …

Sherman Indian High School Chapel Quartet

L to R Thomas Humphrey (Hopi), Inez Healy (Shoshone), Amy Washoe (Washoe), Pedro Elmore (Mohave).

Sherman Indian High School Class of 1938

1938

Group portrait of Sherman Institute Class of 1938 with banner in front of school building.

Sherman Indian High School Cooking Class

American Indian girls in cooking class at Sherman Institute.

Sherman Indian High School dairy barnyard

1915

Dairy cattle in Sherman Institute barnyard.

Sherman Indian High School dancers

1959

Sherman Indian High School dancers rehearsing on grass.

Sherman Indian High School dancers

1959

Sherman Indian High School dancers.

Sherman Indian High School dancers

1964

Sherman Indian High School dancers in Plains Indian dance regalia. Hoop dancer is 2nd from right.