Images
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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The printed note reads: Lake Cleveland, Idaho
Sent by Nora McFarland to Moses Friedman regarding a financial transaction and providing an update on her family. Sent from Sweet Water, Idaho on July 14, 1912.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: ATHLETE AND TROPHIES
Jim Thorpe and his trophies for winning the 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: World's Greatest Athlete and His Trophies
Jim Thorpe and his trophies for winning the 1912 Olympic decathlon and penthalon.
This image appears in the Star, a newspaper published in Fort Worth, Texas.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Olympic Victors Welcomed by 1,000s Throngs Cheer Athletes ...
View of a parade honoring the American Olympic champions in 1912 in New York City.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Jim Thorpe's Pentathlon and Decathlon Prizes Garnered at the Olympiad on Exhibition at Wanamaker's.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Goucher College and First M. E. Church, Baltimore, Md.
The reverse side contains a note from Joseph S. Sheehan to Moses Friedman sent from Baltimore, Maryland on October 1, 1912.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Carlisle Indians Form Remarkable Student Government
The caption reads: Top, to left, Gustave Welch, president of school nation; right, school city shown electing its officers, with no chance for ballot-box stuffing; second row, left school supreme court, left to right, William Garlow, Nan Saunooke, Cora Bizette,, Edison Mt. Pleasant; right, Indian boys elected to office, left to right, Abram Colonhaski, secretary of war; Clifford Taylor, lieutenant governor senior State; William Garlow, supreme court justice; Alex. Arcasa, secretary of agriculture; Sylvester Long, vice president; Gustave Welch, president; Edison Mt. Pleasant, supreme court justice. Bottom, Bizette, supreme court justice; Anna Hauser, secretary of the treasury, and Agnes Waite, secretary of state.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: WALLACE DENNY ASS'T. DISCIPLINARIAN
The handwritten note reads: Dec. 1912
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Threshing Near Peever, S.D.
The reverse side includes a note from Reuben Hopkins to Moses Friedman sent from Peever, South Dakota on June 3, 1913.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Mikey Tahdooahnippah and David Iron Elk.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note reads: Bertha Day Clifford Leeds Ella Leeds
Image of Clifford Leeds with his sister and cousin.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Nelson Mt. Pleasant stands in front of a steam locomotive around 1913.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed note reads: Power House and Coal Yard, National Soldiers' Home, Va.
Sent by Chester A. Printup on the U.S.S. Virginia to Moses Friedman on October 12, 1913.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Oscar B. Nateroak in a traditional winter coat around 1913.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Sheridan Road, looking North from Wilson Ave., Chicago.
The reverse side contains a note from Caroline King to Moses Friedman on June 19, 1913.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: B. H. Tommie
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Moving Pictures to Snap Passing of Thorpe in Happy Bondage
The caption reads: MISS MARGARET IVA MILLER
The subheader reads: Carlisle Indian School Battalion of Cadets and Girl Students Will Be Prominent Factors in the Wedding of Great Athlete and Cherokee Maiden.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Brother of Tony B. M. Tommie holding a bow standing in water.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: River Scene from Wenonah Park, Bay City, Mich.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Dear Sir:- Will leave B. C. To-morrow for the school. From Rachel Cabay.
Sent from Bay City, Michigan on November 12, 1913.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Cat Barnoskie wearing a military uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The headline reads: OLYMPIC VICTORS IN 1913 CHALMERS
The caption reads: JAMES THORPE THE WONDERFUL, CARLISLE INDIAN ATHLETE, AT THE WHEEL OF THE NEW CHALMERS "THIRTY-SIX." ON THE SEAT BESIDE THORPE IS FRED KELLEY, THE CALIFORNIAN, WHO WON THE 110-METRE HURDLE RACE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES AT STOCKHOLM.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: C. AND N.W DEPOT SHAWANO WIS.
The reverse side contains a note from Alvin Kennedy to William Miller sent from Shawano, Wisconsin on June 22, 1911.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Brother of Tony B. M. Tommie standing on concrete blocks
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: TONY'S CAMP NEW RIVER FLA
The camp of Tony B. M. Tommie.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Woolworth Building from City Hall Park, New York City.
The reverse side includes a note from M. H. Cowdrey to Manley George sent from New York, New York.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration