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 handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Fred Blythe
Fred Blythe in uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Guy Littlejohn in his U.S. Army uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Aniseto Ortego.
Aniseto Orgeto in uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Indian Officer in Army
The caption reads: CAPTAIN "GUS" WELSH
The article reads: "Gus" Welsh, Indian athlete and graduate of Carlisle school, who has been made a captain in the United States, cavalry, is the first Indian to receive this honor. He was an official at the Carlisle school when the war broke out, and received his military training at the first Fort Niagara camp.
This image appears in the Bookford Republic published in Bookford, Illinois on June 14, 1918.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: American Indians with Allies
The article reads: New York Sun: Gus Welsh, at left, is the first American Indian to be made a captain in the United States army. He was a former Carlisle and Dickinson football and athletic star. A feature of the fortieth annual commencement of the Carlisle Indian school was the announcement that Welsh has just been made a cavalry captain. He was an official at the Carlisle school when the war broke out, and received his military training at the first Fort Niagara camp, have been graduated as a second lieutenant. He has been stationed at Camp Meade.
Flowberth W. Richester, at right, was the first Indian aviator to join the Lafayette escadrille.
This image appears in the Des Moines Register published in Des Moines, Iowa on June 18, 1918.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: THE KIND GROWN IN MAINE.
The reverse side includes a note from Virgil Clement to Wallace Denny sent from Portland, Maine on June 10, 1918.
Three potatoes on a Maine Central Railway bed.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Main Street, Racine, Wis.
The reverse includes a note from Julia Heaney to Wallace Denny sent from Racine, Wisconsin on June 1, 1918.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: NAVAL TRAINING STATION. BARRACKS C., NEWPORT. R. I.
The reverse side includes a note from John M. Martineau to John Francis sent from Newport, Rhode Island in April 1918.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed title reads: BALTIMORE OUR BALTIMORE
The top caption reads: FORT McHENRY
The bottom caption reads: FRANCIS SCOTT KEY MONUMENT
The reverse side includes a note from Joseph S. Shellian to John Francis Jr. sent from Baltimore, Maryland on July 1, 1918.
Fort McHenry and the Francis Scott Key Monument with the flag of Baltimore City and the first verse of Baltimore our Baltimore.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: SOUTH SIDE OF CENTER SQUARE BY NIGHT, EASTON, PA.
The reverse side includes a note from Green George.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Tresle, Dam and Lehigh River, near Greater Island Park, Easton, Pa.
The reverse side includes a note from Green George.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Warren Foundry, Phillipsburg, N. J.
The handwritten note reads: I was working in here somewhere.
The reverse side includes a note from Green George.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Frank Verigan in a formal suit with tie.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Paris
Marion Paris in a formal suit and tie.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Corporal S. Patterson.
Spencer Patterson in his U.S. Army uniform holding a gun at his side.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Andrew Cuellar. This is probably his year book picture, class of 1918.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alice Gardner wearing non-native clothing. This image was probably taken when she graduated in 1918.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption reads: "JIM" THORPE was the greatest All-American football team ever devised. When he played with Carlisle a dozen years ago, there was no real defense against his vicious rushes, and hte player whom he tackled generally woke up some hours afterward, with the question, "How many were killed?" on his lips. Jim went from football to Stockholm, where he collected a trunkful of medals at the Olympic Games; and from there to the New York Giants. He is not so good at baseball as he was at football-fortunately for Ty Cobb.
Jim Thorpe swings in a baseball bat in his baseball uniform.
This image appears in Every Week on January 26, 1918.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: SEWING ROOM, INDIAN SCHOOL CARLISLE, PA.
The reverse side includes a note from Charles Littlechief to John Francis Jr. sent from Solen, North Dakota, dated February 18, 1918.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: INDIAN AND JAP GIRL IN CAMPAIGN FOR HOME
The subhead reads: "THE HUMMING BIRD" AND YSAU TAKAZAWA
The caption reads: These two young women, one an Indian and the other a Japanese are working for the $150,000 fund being raised for the Home from Christian Workers of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. The girls have been highly successful in their collections.
This image appears in the Evening Bulletin published in Philadelphia, PA on March 25, 1918.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of the entrace to the grounds at Pratt Avenue, with automobiles, staff residences, and Leupp Art Studio visible.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption reads: SYLVESTER C. LONG-LANCE
This image of Sylvester C. Long-Lance appears in an article of the New York Herald on June 21, 1919.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption on this postcard reads: BOYS AT HEAVY GYMNASTICS AT INDIAN SCHOOL. CARLISLE, Pa.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption on this postcard reads: GYMNASIUM, ALL INDIANS EXCEPT INSTRUCTOR. CARLISLE, Pa.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: CARLISLE INDIANS AT DEVIL’S DEN, BATTLEFIELD OF GETTYSBURG PA.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections