Harness shop

White instructor supervising male students in the harness making shop.

White instructor in center, male students working at benches in the harness making shop. 

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-089c and BS-CH-046. 

Caption: THE HARNESS SHOP.

has no difficulty in securing its quota of apprentices. The product of this shop is used by the Government at the different Indian Agencies and amounts to 150 to 250 sets of double harness annually - all hand made.

This image appears in United States Indian School…

Four male students posed standing, working at tables in harness shop. 

In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Johnston visited the school in…

Male students posed seated sewing harness parts and standing at tables cutting harness parts. 

In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.…

Five male students posed seated along a bench working on harnesses. 

In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Johnston visited the school in…

View of the school's Harness Shop. 

View of the harness shop, with a large empty table in foreground and students working at benches around the perimeter. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-142 and 14B-11-05) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#15). It was previously…