1880-1889

Studio portrait of  Margaret Yates.

Studio portrait of Martin L. Smith.

Studio portrait of Minnie Topa wearing a school uniform.

School nurse Margaret Wilson and Dr. Obadiah Given posed with a student lying in a bed in the ward of the school hospital. 

Note: School records show Wilson worked at the school from 1881 until 1889. Given was employed there from 1884 to 1889. 

Studio portrait of Nellie Aspenall in school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Nellie Aspenall in school uniform.

Studio portrait of Nellie Moore wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Nellie Robertson wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Nicholas Ruleau (back row on the left), Preston Three Bears (back row on the right), Felix Iron Eagle Feather, and an unidentified young man. 

Note: Previous cataloging identifies the name of the unidentified student as Alex and gives a date of January 1887. 

Studio portrait of nine unidentified young female students, all wearing school uniforms, with an unidentified white woman, probably a teacher.

Studio portrait of a student believed to be Oconame Howerame.

An apparently later handwritten note on a white label appears to read "Henry Acoyame." A name is written in faint, indecipherable handwriting along the side of the image. 

Note: There is no record of a student named Henry Acoyame. However, student…

Studio portrait of Otto Wells wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Otto Wells wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Parker Whitney West.

Note: This image also contains caption information for a different photograph.

Studio portrait of Paul Shattuck wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Phoebe Howell.

Studio portrait of Ramona Chihuahua.

Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf (left) and Robert Matthews (right).

Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf. He appears to be wearing false mustache and there is a bag (resembling a doctor's bag) slung across his shoulder.

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 Samuel Keryte and James Seweyea.

Studio portrait of three unidentified male students and four unidentified female students. The male students are all wearing school uniforms. 

Previous cataloging identifies them as "Dakota Indians"; it's not clear what this is based on. 

Studio portrait of three unidentified male students and four unidentified female students.

Previous cataloging identifies them as "Dakota Brule" but says the identification is uncertain. It's not clear what this is based on. 

Studio portrait of seventeen unidentified male students posed with two white boys. The caption identifies them as Miss Fisher's class. School records show Effie or Elspeth Fisher taught at the school intermittently between 1881 and 1892. 

View of the Small Boys' Quarters with several younger male students standing in front, some with brooms.