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: Louis Vilnave
Louis Vilnave (left) and an William M. Hodge.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Home of D. W. Wheelock. '90 West Depere, Wis.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Cass Lake school girls Ages 12 - 15 years.
Eleven girls in uniform from the Cass Lake Indian School.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Benj. Caswell
Robert & Oliver Caswell's bed room.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Benj. Caswell
Margaret Caswell's bedroom
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Parlor of Benjamin Caswell's residence.
Room in Benjamin Caswell's house including a piano, pillows, and chairs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Dining room Benj. Cawell's residence
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: W. M. Hazlett
The printed note reads: Candidate for nomination State Senator - 15th Senatorial District - Democratic ticket. Primary election, August 2, 1910.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Wm. Hazletts family
William Hazlett, his wife Nora Guy Hazlett, their three children and a dog.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads Academic Building, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten notes reads: Warner Jas. Thorpe Tewanima Friedman
Jim Thorpe shaking hands with Moses Friedman while Glenn "Pop" Warner, Lewis Tewanima, and a crowd look on.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Although the newspaper caption reads "Family of John Kash Kash. A Well-To-Do Nez Perce Indian Minister," a direct descendant has indicated that pictured is the family of James Kash Kash.
This image appears in the Sunday Oregonian, which is published in Portland.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads Entrance to Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads Dining Hall, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: Indian Farmer and His Stock
This image appears in the Sunday Oregonian, which is published in Portland.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: One of the First of The Modern Indian Homes Built on The Reservation
This image appears in the Sunday Oregonian, which is published in Portland.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads Green House at Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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: Charles Bender
Charles Albert Bender in his Philadelphia Athletics uniform having just thrown a baseball.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads Printing Office, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Posed group of a doctor, staff nurse, and student nurses demonstrating how to use ether on a patient. This image was taken in the operating suite of the newer school hospital, construction of which was completed in 1908.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Interior of a dining room with round tables and bentwood chairs.
A caption on the reverse identifies it as "Carlisle Indian School Dining Room." A note in the Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging observes that the chandeliers appear to be gas converted to electric lights.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The Leupp Indian Art Studio.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption on the front of the postcard reads: INDIAN SCHOOL, PARADE GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS, CARLISLE, PA.
The postcard was addressed to Johnny Miller, Dillsburg, Pa. The message reads: "Johnny boy be a good boy and daddy will bring something along for you Sat. Daddy."
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View of the campus from the northwest, showing the Le Tort Creek, trolley and trolley tracks on Pratt Avenue, as well as the entrace gates, Leupp Art Studio, staff residences, and the backs of buildings such as the dining hall, laundry, and boiler house.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society