The Images section 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 handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Children of Mr. + Mrs. Keller
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Portrait of Peter J. Jordan in suit.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student in school uniform.
The postcard was produced and marketed by local photographer M. J. Hoover.
Format: Postcard (Commercial), Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The headline reads: John Wa-Lat-Zi, Great Carlisle Fullback and Trackman Again Reduced to Semi-Savage State by "Firewater"
John Wallatsie in his rodeo outfit.
The image of John Wallatsie appears in The Journal.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Fred Sickles
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption on this postcard reads: CARPENTER SHOP AND TAILORING DEPT, INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.
The postcard was addressed to Miss Gillie M. Atherton, Greencastle, Pa.
The message reads: "Reach home safe and sound. I am well hoping you are the same. got done about 8 o'clock. Sunday being work hard on Monday done forget on Saturday and soon form a true friend H. J. B."
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Ella Johnson
A. Ella Johnson and ten unidentified Carlisle students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: C. L. Butler chief engineer in electric-lighting of steam-heating plant, with air-compresser in the rear.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: I was standing in the pumphouse door.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Please return this to Edgar H. Rickard Lewiston, N.Y. R. F. D. 19
Edgar H. Rickard with his daughter and son.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Guy Brown Wife + child 1909
Browns Valley Minn
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Edwin A. Smith with Lucy. N. Jones.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Thos. A. Metoxen and Family. Oneida Wis. Also an athlete in time - baseball.
Thomas A. Metoxen with his wife Elizabeth Sickles and their four children.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Sara Monteith
Sarah Celia Monteith and ten unidentified Carlisle students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Charles and Spyna Buck's daughter around 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Bertha Cassel an applicant to enter the Carlisle Indian School from Mayagüez Porto Rico
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten writing on the reverse side reads: Marjorie Jackson
Majorie Jackson standing outside on the schoolgrounds.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Staff dining area, with tables set with tablecloths and a coffee urn on a side table. Radiator in the background along with exposed light bulb hanging from the ceiling.
This postcard is believed to have been produced at the school after the establishment of a photo studio there.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View of Josiah Redwolf around 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Francis Shakonaby
View of Francis Shakonaby while standing on the grounds of the Carlisle Indian School around 1909. The woman next to Shakonaby has not been identified.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
A panorama photo (10" x 50") of the Carlisle Indian School campus, facing east.
The caption reads: U.S. INDIAN SCHOOL. CARLISLE, PENNA.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View of Charles W. Buck and his wife, Spyna Devereaux, around 1909. Both Charles and Spyna attended the Carlisle Indian School.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The letterhead reads: Wheelock AND HIS CONCERT BAND
PERMANENT OFFICE - PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The caption reads: JAMES RILEY WHEELOCK; DIRECTOR.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: THE UNITED STATES INDIAN BAND AS THEY WILL APPEAR AT THE CHAUTAUQUA
The printed note reads: TALENT FURNISHED THROUGH INTERSTATE LYCEUM SYSTEM, COLUMBUS. OHIO
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The title reads: THE UNITED STATES INDIAN BAND THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL INDIAN BAND IN THE WORLD
The caption reads: JAMES RILEY WHEELOCK (ONEIDA) DIRECTOR
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: J. H. Lonestar. Shell Lake, Wis.
View of John H. Lonestar with his wife, Rebecca Hart Lonestar, and his two children around 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration