Young students standing next to their desks in a classroom.
Cataloging for this image from the Cumberland County Historical Society speculates that they are learning "a finger song."
In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an…
Younger male and female students posed in the Sloyd Classroom.
Sloyd is a system of handicraft-based education thought to build character and encourage moral behavior, greater intelligence, and industriousness.
In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer…
Studio portrait of Calistro Antonio Lugo wearing school uniform.
Studio portrait of Caroline Helms.
Studio portrait of Charles Cusick.
A formal portrait of the graduating class of 1902, apparently with separate images of students not present when it was taken inserted later.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) with the caption : GRADUATING CLASS, 1902.
Studio portrait of Ephriam Alexander in traditional clothing, including fur coat and fur-trimmed boots.
Note: School administrative documents consistently use the spelling "Ephriam," but his name is spelled "Ephraim" in several articles in the school newspapers.
Studio portrait of Frank Campeau.
Studio portrait of Rose La Forge, Katie Helen Adams, Charlotte Geisdorff and three unidentified young women.
Studio portrait of James Browndog wearing school uniform.
Studio portrait of Jonas Jackson.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Joseph Poodry
Studio portrait of Nikefer Shoushick.
Studio portrait of Salem Moses.
Studio portrait of Sherman Chadlesome.
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 Tortuga wearing a uniform and holding a saxophone.
Sewing instructor Elizabeth Searight posed outdoors with twelve female students wearing school uniforms.
Searight worked at the school from roughtly 1901 to 1915.
Studio portrait of Eugene Tibbetts wearing a uniform and holding a clarinet.