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 central campus, with the Girls' Quarters and the Gymnasium in the center of the image, clearly illustrating how close to each other they were. The Large Boys' Quarters is visible behind the Gymnasium.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The fire wagon inside its shed. The Cumberland County Historical Society identified this as "a hose wagon and hand pumper fire engines."
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students standing at tables setting type in the print shop.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Male students posed working the school's photo studio, with four female students posed as if to have their picture taken.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Students in the print shop, large table in the foreground and students standing at machines in the background.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students seated at tables working in the printing office.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A display of items, such as baskets, and other items in a room decorated with Native-American motifs in the Leupp Art Studio. These items may have been made by students at the school and offered for sale.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image; a print (14B-16-02) and a glass plate negative (00315A#03). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the print (and others in the series) are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A display of Native American-style rugs, baskets and objects in the Leupp Art Studio. They may be objects made by the students, being offered for sale.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students standing at tables setting type in the print shop.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students seated at tables in the printing office.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Views of students posed working in the Carpenter Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image; a print (14B-14-06) and a glass plate negative (00314A#78). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the print (and others in the series) are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Views of students posed working in the Carpenter Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image; a print (14B-14-05) and a glass plate negative (00314A#77). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the print (and others in the series) are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Views of students posed working in the Carpenter Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image; a print (14B-14-04) and a glass plate negative (00314A#75). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the print (and others in the series) are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Students working in the blacksmith shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image; a print (14B-11-01) and one a glass plate negative (00314A#79). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the print (and others in this series) are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of older male students standing around a fire wagon which is parked on a road beside a building on the school grounds.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Older and younger female students with a dog posed on the lawn of the central campus. Visible behind them, from left to right, are the Athletic Quarters, the Disciplinarian's Quarters, the Small Boys' Quarters and the Assistant Superintendent's Quarters.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the fire wagon in its shed, attached to a school building.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View from a sidewalk on campus through leafy trees to the porches of a quarters or residence.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption: Carlisle Graduate 1910, World War Veteran, Football Coach Uni. of Ariz.
Lyons . . . (R.H.B.) (Chippewa) Captain Football Team 1909
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the Dining Hall with female students on the front porch.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of a corner of the central campus with the Athletic Quarters at left and the Disciplinarian's Quarters at right. The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging identifies "fire hydrants in the foreground and a hand-operated water pump from an underground cistern at left."
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the Adminstration Building, with leafy trees and shrubs in front, and with a boy on the front staircase.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the eastern end of the Teachers' Quarters, showing sidewalks and an empty bench.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the Boiler House with a water tower behind it. A group of male students in standing in front, and the Store House can be seen in the background.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1909. They are identified in a label attached below the photo. They are: 1) Alonzo Patton 2) Michael Balenti 3) Cecilia Baronovitch 4) Savannah Beck 5) Bennett, Georgia 6) Olga Reinkin 7) Alonzo G. Brown 8) Irene Brown 9) Robert Davenport 10) Martha Day 11) Margaret D. King 12) George Gardner 13) Josephine Gates 14) Charles HIll 15) Elmira Jerome 16) Orlando Johnson 17) Helen Lane Wolf 18) Marie Lewis 19) Samuel McLean 20) Charles M. Henderson 21) Myrtle Peters 22) Thomas Saul 23) Patrick Verney 24) Elizabeth Webster 25) John White, and 26) William Weeks.
Charles M. Henderson is also known as Charles Mitchell.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this photo: FB04-05 and FB04-12.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society