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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View of Everett Ranco as a student at Carlisle.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The caption reads: New York Life Building, St. Paul, Minn.
The reverse side includes a note from Leon Boutwell to Oscar H. Lipps from St. Paul, Minnesota on May 20, 1914.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Richard R. Kesetta wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption reads: Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas.
The reverse side contains a note from John A. Ortego to Oscar H. Lipps from Lawrence, Kansas on June 5, 1915. It is likely that John A. Ortego is the student also known as Aniseto Ortego.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
This photo is believed to be Charles Pratt in his football uniform. The handwritten note on the reverse side simply reads: PRATT
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The caption reads: Nebraska State Penitentary, Lincoln, Nebr.
The reverse side contains a note from Andrew F. Solomon to Oscar H. Lipps from Lincoln, Nebraska sent on September 10, 1915.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Greetings from the College, Sacred Heart, Okla.
The reverse side contains a note to Sarah Delonais from her brother sent from Sacred Heart, Oklahoma on August 24, 1915.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Portrait of Peter Calac posed on a field wearing football uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The printed note reads: Quiet waters
The caption reads: NEAR HOWELLS, N .Y.
The reverse side includes a note from Charles Little Chief to Oscar H. Lipps sent from Howells, New York on August 4, 1915.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Compliments of Mr. and Mrs. King
View of Ellen Hansell King and her husband, Charles King, around 1915.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: A Winnebago on his way to the Springfield, South Dakota School, with his 2 daughters and 2 nieces.
Mr. Albert Hensley; Agnes Hensley - 9 years old; Alice Irvin - 8 years old; Margaret Irvin - 10 years old; Esther Hensley - 7 years old.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Danbury, Wisconsin around 1915.
The reverse side includes a short note from John Sutton to Superintendent O. H. Lipps at the Carlisle Indian School.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The reverse side includes a note from George Wynaco to Oscar H. Lipps sent from San Francisco, California on board the U.S.S. Albany on July 11, 1915.
The U.S.S. Albany at sea.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Lyman Madison wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Robert Hudnall the son of Carlisle student Leonard Hyden Hudnall and Myrtle Osman.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gilman. 1915.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Lon Randolph Speeche playing outside with his sister Andrae Speeche. Children of Alonzo Speeche.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Electric Bldg. at Night. Buffalo, N. Y.
The reverse side includes a note Carlenia Bennett to Nellie R. Denny on August 18, 1915.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Mr. Stephen K. Murray and wife. Cut meat, S. D.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Santa Maria of the Columbus Caravel, Jackson Park, Chicago.
The reverse side includes a note from Edward Connell to Oscar H. Lipps from Chicago, Illinois on May 28, 1915.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse reads: GUSTAVE HENSEL, PHOTO CA 1915 DID WORK CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL
Group of women in an outdoor wooded area many dressed in as Indians.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: Looking Across the Golden Gate from Fort Point, San Francisco, California
The reverse side includes a short note from Marcia Melavidoff to Lida M. Johnston, a teacher at the Carlilse Indian School.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed caption reads: STATE ARMORY AND ARSENAL, HARTFORD, CONN.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Have changed my residence from 45 Farminton to #211 Ashley st. Miss L. M. Wind
Hartford conn (XS)
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: AMERICAN INDIAN IS FIGHTING FOR ALLIES
The printed caption reads: Lieut. Long Lance.
Sylvester Long Lance in military uniform.
This image appears in the New York Post on February 12, 1915.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Well-known Nez Perces.
The printed note reads:
Standing -- Rev. E. J. Conner and James Kash Kash.
Sitting -- Kip-kip-pa-li-can and Black Eagle.
This image appears courtesy of the Redman in The Nez Perce Indian vol. 1, no. 21 (April 1915): 1.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration