Images

Studio portrait of Minnie Yellow Bear. 

Studio portrait of Richard Wallace wearing school uniform and holding a hat.

Studio portrait of Norman Casadore.

Studio portrait of Norman Casadore.

Studio portrait of Annie Thomas. 

Studio portrait of Edmund Guerrier, Laura Standing Elk, and Julia Bent. Guerrier was an interpreter for the U.S. government.

Studio portrait of Isaac Cutter. 

Studio portrait of Samuel Keryte wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Job Hunterboy (standing at left) and Norman Casadore (seated at right).

Studio portrait of Frank Conroy.

Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf.

Studio portrait of Irene Horse Looking possibly wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Jason Betzinez, Effie Zaienah, and Maggie Iahanetha. Betzinez is wearing a school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe) wearing a school uniform.

Studio portrait of Mark White Shield and Charley White Shield.

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the hand written caption is "M.W. and Charles W. [Jaield]."

Studio portrait of Richard Doanmoe, posed seated upright in a chair. 

View of the Teachers' Quarters showing one of the extensions off the back of the building. 

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt.

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt.

Studio portrait of Strike Axe, a visting Osage chief.

Studio portrait of two male students in school uniforms.  One of them is probably John Londrosh. 

Studio portrait of Henry Horse Looking (left) and an unidentified male student (right). 

Group photograph of the students and teachers of the Martinsburg Indian School at the Juniata Collegiate Institute, Martinsburg, Pennsylvania. The students in the image are members of the Osage and Oneida Nations; some had been transferred to the Martinsburg school from the Carlisle Indian School, while others were sent from their reservations. The school operated under a federal contract from 1885 to 1888, at which time some students were returned home and others were transferred back to the Carlisle Indian School.

The man standing on the far left of the image is likely the school's founder and principal, Philip Howard Bridenbaugh. The children sitting on the left porch are likely his children. One of the women sitting on the step of that porch is likely Bridenbaugh's wife, Catherine Oellig Bridenbaugh. The woman standing on the left porch is likely the school's matron, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Griffith. One of the men standing on the right porch is likely Calvin Skyles, an instructor at the school.

This image was taken by Harvey A. McKillip, a photographer originally from Martinsburg who relocated to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. McKillip was the uncle of Calvin Skyles, one of the school's instructors. The image was taken sometime between May 1 and May 13, 1886.

The undated news clipping at the top of the image reads: Martinsburg's Indian School and Student Body. This copy of an original photograph presented to the Martinsburg Community Library by Ira H. Keagy of Altoona shows the Indian boys and girls from the South West and their instructors in front of the school building which stood on E. Allegheny Street, east of Walnut Street, Martinsburg. The photograph was taken in 1890, and at the left is Prof. Bridenbaugh, who became a great favorite with the Indian students. The school was closed several years after this picture was taken. The building has long since been torn down to make room for modern homes. [NOTE: The date of 1890 suggested in this clipping is incorrect, as the school had already closed by that time.]

The caption at the bottom of the image reads: McKillip, Photographs, Crayons, Copying, Viewing, Frames, Easels, Etc. INSTANT PROCESS USED. Bloomsburg, PA.

A handwritten note on the reverse of the image reads: Donated by Ira H. Keagy, Altoona. 

Studio portrait of Knife Chief, presumably a visiting chief, with two female students.

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with school employees and their families posed on the school grounds.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two glass plate negatives (00310A#01 and 00310A#02) and a print of this image. The print has information provided by the daughter of one of the employees, who donated the photograph. She says it was taken on June 17, 1886. That print is linked in Related Images.