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 reads: Kelly.
Herman Kelly in a white tie and suit.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Flinchum
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Willis
Isaac Willis in a suit and tie.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Hatch.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Wilmet.
Mary Wilmet in a white shirt and glasses.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Peters Pinconning Mich.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Schingler
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Cooke
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Raiche
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Sutton
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: GERMAN HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The title reads: GERMAN HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.
St. Nicholas Avenue, Stanhope and Stockholm Streets
J. Edward Stohlmann, Superintendent.
The caption reads: THE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES CONNECTED WITH THIS INSTITUTION offers a three years' course of training to young women who have had one year in High School or its equivalent.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Lieut. S. C. LONG-LANCE
Sylvester C. Long Lance in military uniform.
This image of Sylvester Long Lance appears in an article in the New York World on February 25, 1917.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Jerome Feather.
Jerome Feather in his Infantry uniform after joining the military on June 1, 1917.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Isaac Willis in his U.S. Naval uniform from the U.S.S. Kentucky.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The top caption reads: Sylvester Chahuska Long Lance, a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, college graduate and champion athlete, now First Lieutenant of "Princess Pat's," who fought at Vimy Ridge, at present lies severely wounded in a base hospital, "somewhere in France."
The bottom caption reads: Cadet Long Lance, athletic and literary prize medallist, graduate of Carlisle and St. John's in his military school uniform.
These images of Sylvester Long Lance appear in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette on July 22, 1917.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Earl Wilber
Earl Wilber in his U.S. Army Uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: WOODSIDE PARK
The reverse side includes a short note from James Garlow to Nellie R. Denny.
Woodside Park is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Wm. Littlewolfe
William Little Wolfe in his naval uniform that was included in a letter to someone at Carlisle while stationed on the U.S.S. Texas on November 23, 1917.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Pete Calac
The headline reads: Will Lead Wesleyan
The article begins: Pete Calac, the famous Indian football player who has played on the West Virginia Wesleyan team for the past two seasons, was selected last night by his team mates, at the annual football banquet which was held at the New Valley Hotel, to pilot the Wesleyan team of 1918.
Peter Calac in his football uniform.
This image appears in an article of the Wheeling Register on December 13, 1917.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Indian Athlete To Quit Game
The caption reads: JIM THORPE.
Jim Thorpe in a suit and tie wearing a hat.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: "ON UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM." UNION PACIFIC SHOPS AND PARK, NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
The reverse side includes a short note from Stephen Reuben to John Francis, Jr sent from Carlisle, Pennsylvania on May 17, 1918.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: On the Hike
The reverse side contains a note from Chauncey Powless to the Superintendent of the school regarding his military service during World War I. Sent from Camp Merrit, New Jersey on February 20, 1918.
Image of soldiers in uniform with equipment.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Hall of Fame, University Heights, New York.
The reverse side includes a note from John Welch to Jacob Duran sent from Brooklyn, New York on the U.S.S. Zuiderdisk on May 11, 1918.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Cavalry Stable, Fort Riley, Kansas.
The reverse side includes a note from Fred Skenandore to William and Nellie Denny sent from St. Louis on May 5, 1918.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration