Image Collection
The Image Collection 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 attached note attached to this image reads: Ida Thompson, of Hogansburg, N. Y. She is a splendid representative of the Mohawks.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Group of Indian Boys. Carlisle. 6/6, 1899.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note reads: Group of Indian Girls. Carlisle. 6/6, 1899.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Maud Sampson
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
View of the Carlisle Indian School staff as they pose for a group photograph on the school grounds, circa 1900. Richard Henry Pratt can be seen in the center of the group.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: FOOTBALL TEAM.
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 handwritten note reads: C. Dillon
View of Charles Dillon in his Carlisle football uniform around 1900.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed note reads: Photographed by J. N. CHOATE, No. 21 W. Main St., Carlisle.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle PA
Stereoscopic card showing Richard Henry Pratt and his family outside in the snow, in front of the Superintendent's Quarters at the Carlisle Indian School.
Format: Stereograph
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: Final 220 yds. Dash Between Carlisle Indians and Mercersburg Academy.
The handwritten note reads: Easter Greetings. Can you find the sender? A boy snapped this some years ago. W. A. McLaughlin. Mercersburg, Pa. 03/30/1907.
This image is from a track and field event between the Carlisle Indian School and Mercersburg Academy.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Jos. Payawesa Sr. & Jr.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Pupils bedroom
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
An unidentified infant, possibly Kiowa, around 1890.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF 1900.
This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
An unidentified Carlisle Indian School Student around 1900.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The caption reads: FOOTBALL TEAM OF 1900.
The printed note reads: Thompson, Redwater, Wheelock, Scott, Warner, Seneca, Miller, Scholder, Pierce, Roberts, Warren, Metoxen, Johnson, Smith, Hudson, Rogers, Sickles.
This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The headline reads: Many Indians in the City; Adopt White Man's Ways
The first caption reads: Frank A. Kennedy, Seneca, Who Has Become an Automobile Expert.
The second caption reads: Ezra L. Jacobs of Brooklyn, A Seneca Indian and Descendant of Chief Cornplanter, Who Has Served in the Regular Army and Seen Phillippine Service.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: THE FAMOUS INDIAN BAND OF 1901.
This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: TENTH GRADE, SENIOR CLASS.
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: SEWING ROOM- MEASURING AND CUTTING CLASS.
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: BOILER HOUSE.
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: BASKET BALL GIRLS.
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: SAWING AND PLANING.
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: DRESSMAKING SECTION.
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: KITCHEN.
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