The Images section features photographs, postcards, and different types of artwork, as well as reproductions of images that appeared in newspapers, magazines, and other publications. These images all reflect the Carlisle Indian School students, facilities, and staff. Images available here are drawn from files housed at the U. S. National Archives, from collections of Carlisle Indian School materials housed at various archival repositories, and from a variety of published sources. Visitors to this website are also invited to share copies of photographs from their own personal and family collections; please contact us if you have images you would like to contribute.
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View of the school's Printing Shop.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Large group of male students in athletic clothing, posed on the grounds in front of a fence.
This image, with the caption TRACK TEAM, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.97].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Calistro Antonio Lugo wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A formal portrait of the graduating class of 1902, apparently with separate images of students not present when it was taken inserted later. The students are identified as: 1. Fielder, Isaac, 2. Lewis, Anna, 3. Mooney, Thomas, 4. Baird, Genus, 5. Bender, Charles, 6. Jamison, Elnora, 7. Coleman, Charles, 8. Metoxen, Melinda, 9. Miller, Clara, 10. Powlas, Katie, 11. Cusick, Charles12. Creager, Katie, 13. DeRosier, Jennie, 14. Ebert, Theresa, 15. Hare, Nelson, 16. Harris, Charlotte, 17. Saint Cyr, Lillian, 18. Seneca, Letha, 19. Walker, Thomas Mani, 20. Wheelock, Ida, 21. Miller, Samuel, 22. Miller, John H., 23. Mitten, Minerva, 24. Mt. Pleasant, William, 25. Nash, Pelagie, 26. Nash, Violetta, 27. Nauwagesic, Eliza, 28. Paul, William, 29. Peake, George, 30. Petoskey, Cornelius, 31. Sickles, Florence, 32. Jannies, Josephine, 33. Sickles, Arthur, 34. Smith, Fred E., 35. Tibbetts, Fred, 36. Warren, Grace, 37. Rogers, Louise, 38. Waterman, Lillian, 39. Wheelock, Martin, 40. King, Inez, 41. Bruce, Mary, 42. Wolf, Haely
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
This image with the caption SCHOOL HERD appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 93].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Six male students posed in the carpenter shop.
This image, with the caption SAWING AND PLANING, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.31].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: FOURTH GRADE, DRAWING LESSON.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: NORMAL ROOM.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: CORNER IN DISPENSARY.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Male students posed in the gymnasium.
This image, with the caption BOYS' WAND DRILL, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.63]
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: GENERAL PRACTICE IN GYMNASIUM.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Two male students posed in the carriage shop, with another man, probably the instructor, looking on.
This image, with the caption CARRIAGE PAINTING, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 42].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Male students seated at tables and sewing machines in the Tailor Shop.
The Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress contains a print of this photograph: https://www.loc.gov/item/2018661659/
This image with the caption TAILOR SHOP - COAT MAKING, HAND WORK appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 39].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: SHOE SHOP - SEWING TOPS.
This image, with the caption SHOE SHOP - SEWING TOPS, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 34].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Male students posed repairing one of the school's stone fences.
This image, with the caption REPAIRING FARM FENCES, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.32].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: FIFTH GRADE, ADVANCED.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Six male and one female student posed as if working in the school's mailing department.
This image, with the caption MAIL DEPARTMENT, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.27].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View of the central school campus.
This image, with the caption BAND STAND, DINING HALL, TEACHERS' QUARTERS, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 12].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
This image with the caption CAMPUS, OFFICE, AND SCHOOL BUILDINGS appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.11].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View looking down on the school grounds where male and female students are assembled in rows.
This image, with the caption CAMPUS AND STUDENT BODY, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.10].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: COLONEL PRATT.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 7].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Nikefer Shoushick.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sherman Chadlesome.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Joseph Poodry
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
A male student posed in a field with a plow drawn by two horses.
This image, with the caption FARM SCENE, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.94].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections