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: here is a picture of us both and a little boy that is boarding with us at present. this is the corner of our house.
View of Sosipatra Suvaroff and her husband, Thomas L. Wasson, in Marshfield, Oregon around 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: PETE HOUSER
The correct spelling of the name, however, is HAUSER.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Thomas King & family; Wyandotte, Okla.
A seasonal greeting card from Thomas King, his wife (Mary Long), and their four children around 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: SAVAGE HOPI INDIANS ARE TRANSFORMED INTO MODEL STUDENTS
The sub-captions over the individual pictures read (top, then left to right): BAND OF HOPI INDIANS AS THEY LOOKED FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL; JOSHUA HERMEYESVA; ARCHIE QUAMALA AS HE LOOKS TODAY; LEWIS TEWANIMA, FAMOUS MARATHON RUNNER, WHO WAS A SAVAGE FIVE YEARS AGO.
The newspaper title and the date of publication are unknown.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Etta Crow Batson, Olivia Batson, Etta Batson, Robert Batson, and Alfred Batson around 1910.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Etta Crow Batson, Olivia Batson, Robert Batson, Etta Batson, and Alfred Batson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Sarah Hoxie
Sara Hoxie wearing white dress and a large hat with a flower in the front.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Pine Ridge - S.D. William C. Girton. Ass't Add'l Farmer. and his wife Fanny Girton.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Frank Cook
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The Mishler family, including former Carlisle Indian School student Louis Mishler, take a family portrait around 1910.
Standing: Louis Mishler
Sitting, left to right: Lillian Isabelle Elizabeth Mishler, Clarence Harrison Mishler, Anna Johnson Mishler
This image was digitized from the private collection of Pat Monroe, descendant of Louis Mishler.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Private Collection
View of Benjamin D. Penny's family around 1910. It is not clear which individual is Benjamin D. Penny.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Harry Bonser
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed note reads: WILLIAM HAZLETT AND FAMILY.
William Hazlett, his wife Nora Guy Hazlett, their three children and a dog.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed caption reads: FARM OF WILLIAM HAZLETT.
William Hazlett's farm. Three men, one woman, and two children in the foreground with buildings in the background.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Hazlett's farm
William Hazlett's farm. Three men, one woman, and two children in the foreground with buildings in the background.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Anna Morton Lubo
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mary Redthunder
Mary Redthunder with an unidentifed male child.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of two men working to brand a bull. It is not clear which individual is Benjamin D. Penny.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Mary Miller Dodge with Alpheus D. Dodge, Charlotte Dodge and an unidentified individual with a dog in front of a house.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Alpheus D. Dodge and Charlotte Dodge in front of a house with a dog.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: FOR STATE SENATOR
The caption reads: Wm. HAZLETT, of Ft. Cobb, Okla Candidate for State Senator for the 15th District.
Portrait of William Hazlett.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Emma Eversman Wheelock and two children.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of a boy with gun walking towards a house.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: [illegible] I have no Photos of my self that I can find.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The home of Dr. Caleb M. Sickles. Caleb and Mabel Sickles (third and second from the right) in addition to Raymond Sickles (on far right) and one other man and woman. A child is sitting next to Caleb Sickles.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The dental office of Dr. Caleb M. Sickles. Sickles is working on a patient. Doctor of Dental Surgery diploma from Ohio Medical University and the graduating Ohio Medical University Dental Class of 1904 is on the wall.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Portrait of Dr. Caleb M. Sickles in a suit.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration