Images
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 caption reads: Convention Hall, Kansas City, Mo.
The reverse side of this postcard contains a short message from Ella Fox to Superintendent Moses Friedman.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: The face my book like she came old Bessie
Here are my little boys and our watch dog. with my best wishes to you. Remember me to Elizabeth Baird.
Bessie Gotholda Thompson holding a small dog with a group of boys in the Black Rock Boarding School in Black Rock, New Mexico.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Philadelphia - Chestnut Street east of 6th Street.
The reverse side includes a note from Marcos Carbajal to Oscar H. Lipps sent on May 30, 1914 from Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Statue of Liberty, New York City.
The reverse side contains a note from Marcos Carbajal to Oscar H. Lipps sent on May 14, 1914 from New York City, New York.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: U.S.S. "Mississippi" In Dry Dock, League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.
The reverse side contains a note from Marcos Carbajal to Oscar H. Lipps sent on May 18, 1914 from Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: State War & Navy Building, Washington, D. C.
The reverse side contains a note from Marcos Carbajal to Oscar H. Lipps sent on August 29, 1914 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: United Gas Improvement Company Building, Broad & Arch Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
The reverse side contains a note from Marcos Carbajal to Oscar H. Lipps sent on May 7, 1914 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Theatre Odeon, Arctic, R. I.
The reverse side contains a note from Oliver Gregory to Nellie R. Denny sent on May 8, 1914 from Centreville, Rhode Island.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Apple Trees in Blossom
The reverse side contains a note from George Wyanaco to Oscar H. Lipps sent on October 3, 1914 from North Yakima, Washington.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Harry John holding two trowels with other tools on the ground.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Harry John holding two trowels with other tools on the ground.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Harry John outside a house with an unidentified women in the background.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Gladys Titus, 6 mo old.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: New York Life Building, St. Paul, Minn.
The reverse side includes a note from Leon Boutwell to Oscar H. Lipps from St. Paul, Minnesota on May 20, 1914.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas.
The reverse side contains a note from John A. Ortego to Oscar H. Lipps from Lawrence, Kansas on June 5, 1915. It is likely that John A. Ortego is the student also known as Aniseto Ortego.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: College Aveune, Appleton, Wis.
The reverse side contains a note from Melissa Cornelius to the Superintendent of the Carlisle school from West De Pere, Wisconsin on March 26, 1914.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Panoramic View of Indian School and Campus, Carlisle, PA.
The reverse side contains a note sent to Marie Belbeck sent from Carlisle, Pennsylvania on August 1, 1914.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: WEST ST. A. M. E. ZION CHURCH, CARLISLE, PA.
The reverse side includes a note from Mary Chief to Mrs. Brennan sent from Carlisle, Pennsylvania on October 15, 1914.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Panoramic View of Indian School and Campus, Carlisle, Pa.
The reverse side includes a note to Lillian Simons in Mashpee, Massachusetts from Billie. The note is sent from Carlisle, Pennsylvania on August 1, 1914.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The left caption reads: Catholic Church, Bemidji, Minn.
The right caption reads: Episcopal Church, Bemidji, Minn.
The reverse side contains a note from Rose Lyons to Oscar H. Lipps sent from Bemidji, Minnesota on July 2, 1914.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: 10446 East Hall, Dickinson College, CARLISLE, Pa.
The reverse side includes a note from Filario Tofoya to Clara Shunion sent from Carlisle, Pennsylvania on June 14, 1914.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Minnie White
Minnie White in the foreground with a house and barn in the background.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Eagles Mere Park, Pa. - The Forest Inn
The reverse side includes a note from Paul Bald Eagle to Oscar H. Lipps sent from Eagles Mere Park, Pennsylvania on June 19, 1914.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: OFFICERS OF CHEMAWA BATTALION, 1914.
The handwritten note reads: Ed Smith - Discip.
Edwin A. Smith with the Chemawa Battalion in uniform with other members.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Joseph S. Sheehan and wife.
Clipping is from the Baltimore America in 1914.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration