School Band

Group portrait of the school band posed in front of the band stand. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies the band leader as Dennison Wheelock. 

Twenty members of the school band, posed in groups on a rocky hill. They have their instruments but are not in uniform. 

Dated March 1895. 

Portrait of a group of male students in uniforms posed holding uniforms in front of an archway. The are probably in front of the gymnasium. The band leader is standing in the center of the group. The handwritten caption reads "Band of '96." 

School band with instruments posed in rows on the school grounds with conductor Dennison Wheelock in center. 

The school band, posed on the school grounds with conductor Dennison Wheelock standing in the front. There are small inset oval images of Wheelock at top left and Major R. H. Pratt at right. 

Note that although this image is annotated as "1902," Dennison Wheelock was not the band leader at that time. 

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).

School band leading male students marching down Pennsylvania Avenue, with the U. S. Capital in the background, with the caption that this is the inauguration of President McKinley. 

The male students of the band, posed with their instruments, seated and standing at the bandstand. The band director, James Riley Wheelock, is standing in the center at the front. 

In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an exhibit…

Studio portrait of Alex Sauve in a uniform and holding a clarinet.

Studio portrait of Alfred M. Venne in a uniform and holding a cornet.

Studio portrait of Alva Johnson in a uniform and holding a bass clarinet.

Studio portrait of Ambrose Stone wearing a uniform and holding a clarinet.

Studio portrait of Ben Mashunkashey in a uniform, holding a snare drum and drumsticks. 

Studio portrait of Charles McKee in a uniform holding a clarinet.

Studio portrait of Chiltoski Nick in a uniform holding a French horn. 

Studio portrait of Daniel Eagle in a uniform posed with a large drum and a cymbal. 

Studio portrait of Daniel Tortuga wearing a uniform and holding a saxophone. 

Studio portrait of Elijah Wheelock in a uniform posed holding a trombone. 

Studio portrait of Eugene Fisher in a uniform holding a sousaphone.

Studio portrait of Eugene Tibbetts wearing a uniform and holding a clarinet. 

Studio portrait of Fitzhugh Lee Smith in a uniform and holding a clarinet.

Studio portrait of Frank Yarlot in a uniform holding a cornet. 

Studio portrait of George Willard in a uniform posed holding a bassoon. 

Studio portrait of Hastings Robertson wearing a uniform and holding an English horn. 

Studio potrait of Henry Markistum in a uniform and holding a cornet.