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 caption reads: BEDROOM - LARGE BOYS' QUARTERS.
The printed note reads: These rooms, 14 x 16 feet, contain three beds each, a wardrobe with three divisions, one for each occupant, a table, chair, washstand, etc., and are decorated with such pictures and ornaments as the occupants may be able or choose to provide.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), 31.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: PRINTING OFFICE - MAILING DEPARTMENT.
The printed note reads: The School publishes two papers, "The Indian Helper," weekly, with a circulation of about 10,000 ; subscriptions price 10 cents a year ; and "The Red Man," monthly, at 50 cents a year, which is especially devoted to the discussion of different opinions and phases of the Indian question.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), 48.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School Football Team 1896.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: 2/27 . 1896.
According to the journals of the photographer, this candid image is titled "Two Little Indian Boys - Carlisle Indian School" and was taken on February 27, 1896. The journals of the photographer, Marriott C. Morris, are located at the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: THE CARLISLE INDIAN-SCHOOL FOOTBALL ELEVEN.
Printup, Redwater, H. Pierce, Lonewolf, Wheelock, B. Pierce, Rogers, Morrison, [unidentified], Metoxen, Smith, McFarland, Miller, Jamiason, Cayou, Hudson, Shelafo, Seneca.
This image appears in Harper's Weekly vol. 41, no. 2092 (January 1897): 93.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: YALE VS. CARLISLE INDIANS, MANHATTAN FIELD, OCTOBER 24, 1896. Cayou, Indian Back, awaiting his Signal.
This image appears in Harper's Weekly vol. 40, no. 2081 (October 1896).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: INDIANS SCORE A TOUCH-DOWN. Captain B. Pierce about to kick Goal.
The Carlisle Indians played against Yale at Manhattan Field on October 24, 1896.
This image appears in Harper's Weekly vol. 40, no. 2081 (October 1896).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: THE INDIAN CENTRE.
Lone Wolf, Centre. B. Pierce, Right Guard. Wheelock, Left Guard. Hudson, Quarter-back.
This image appears in Harper's Weekly vol. 40, no. 2081 (October 1896).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: AN INDIAN MASS PLAY ON YALE TACKLE FOR FIVE YARDS GAIN.
The Carlisle Indians played against Yale at Manhattan Field on October 24, 1896.
This image appears in Harper's Weekly vol. 40, no. 2081 (October 1896).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: A. H. Nash.
Albert Henry Nash in a Carlisle sweater.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: ESKIMO GROUP. AS THEY ENTERED CARLISLE IN 1897. AS THEY APPEAR IN SCHOOL DRESS.
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: GRADUATING CLASS OF ’97. INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.
Samuel Gruett, Chippewa. Rob’t. Depoe, Siletz. Clarence Whitethunder, Sioux. Edw. Rogers, Chippewa. Brigman Cornelius, Oneida. Mary Miller, Chippewa. Frank Jones, Sac & Fox. Wm Sherrill, Cherokee. Chas. Mishler, Chippewa. Henry Redkettle, Sioux. Lizzie Hill, Sioux. Grace Redeagle, Quapaw. Mabel Buck, Sioux. Julia Williams, Chippewa. Martha Owl, Cherokee. Annie Kowuni, Pueblo. Alexander Upshaw, Crow. Nancy Seneca, Seneca. Clark Smith, Klamath. Edith M. Smith, Tuscarora. Albert Nash, Winnebago. Sara Smith, Oneida. Frank S. Shively, Crow. Olive Miller, Stockbridge. Christine Wirth, Assinaboine. Louis Mishler, Chippewa.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note reads: ALASKAN INDIANS.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Pupils from Alaska AS THEY ARRIVED AT CARLISLE IN THE FALL OF 1897 SEE REDMAN, JUNE 1899.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: COACHING THE CARLISLE INDIANS AT FOOT-BALL.
Bemis Pierce, captain and right guard. Smith, centre. Redwater, left guard.
This image appears in Leslie's Weekly Illustrated vol. 85, no. 2199 (November 4, 1897).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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 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: 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
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 handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Pupils bedroom
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
An unidentified infant, possibly Kiowa, around 1890.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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: 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
An unidentified Carlisle Indian School Student around 1900.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections