Images

Studio portrait of Howard E. Gansworth. This photo was scanned from a program for a dinner held by the Carlisle Indian School Alumni Association held on April 2, 1908. It is not clear when this photo was taken. 

Studio portrait of Johnson Owl.

Studio portrait of Charlotte (here Lottie) Harris.

The headline reads: Many Indians in the City; Adopt White Man's Ways

The first caption reads: Frank A. Kennedy, Seneca, Who Has Become an Automobile Expert.

The second caption reads: Ezra L. Jacobs of Brooklyn, A Seneca Indian and Descendant of Chief Cornplanter, Who Has Served in the Regular Army and Seen Phillippine Service.

Studio portrait of Mary Pradt and Zenobia Garcia.

Studio portrait of Anna Buck and Cooki Glook. 

Studio portrait of Maud Snyder.

A large group of male and female students posed on the school grounds.

This image, with the caption PORTO RICAN GROUP, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 99].

This image is a later print made by the Cumberland County Historical Society from an unidentified source. 

Studio portrait of Mr. Terrance with two male students and seven female students. The caption identifies Terrance and that the students were from the Mohawk nation. 

There is a Mr. Terrance mentioned in the student newspapers as being from the Mohawk nation and having three children of his own at the school. 

Studio portrait of James Browndog. A handwritten caption written along the side of the image probably reads: James Brown Dog.

Studio portrait of Hattie Acklin. 

Studio portrait of Laura Ammon.

Studio portrait of Julio Fernandez wearing school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Mabel Greely. 

Studio portrait of Charles Bent. 

Studio portrait of Raleigh Jackson (left) and Elijah Wheelock (right), both wearing school uniforms.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Laundry.

This photo may have been taken in advance of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY. Joel Bernice Ettinger, director of the band, is standing in the center holding the baton. James Riley Wheelock, future band director, is seated just to his right.

This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).

Studio portrait of the graduating class of 1901. 

The students are identified with white numbers corresponding to the typed label below the photograph. They are:1. Peters, Nellie,  2. Palmer, Jessie,  3. Johnson, Mark,  4. Johnson, Dollie,  5. Baine, John,  6. Powlas, Alice,  7. Beaver, Frank,  8. Brown, Samuel J.,  9.  Goyituey, Anna,  10. Coates, Henrietta,  11. Wasson, Jennie, 12. Ferris, George,  13. Gansworth, Alberta,  14. Gansworth, Willard,  15. Mishler, Stella,  16. Tibbetts, Luzena,  17. Johnson, James, E.,  18. LaChapelle, Joseph,  19. Parnell, Anna,  20. McIntosh, Donald,  21. Moore, Edwin,  22. Nash, Augusta,  23. Parker, Mattie,  24. Niles, Herman,  25. Palmer, Simon,  26. LaChapelle, Pearl,  27. Powlas, John,  28. Pratt, Arthur,  29. Rickard, Edgar,  30. Denny, Elnora,  31. Moore, Edwin,  32. Spieche, Alonza,  33. Swallow, Ida,  34. Tapia, Antonio,  35. Temple, Wingate,  36. Warren, Eugene,  37. Willing, Edward G.,  38 Sturm, Ella, 39.  Moses, Myron

Note: Edwin Smith, a member of this graduating class, is not included in the photo.

School band leading male students marching down Pennsylvania Avenue, with the U. S. Capital in the background, with the caption that this is the inauguration of President McKinley. 

Three male students and a white male instructor posed in the shoe shop. 

In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Johnston visited the school in the spring of that year and took at least one hundred photographs. When the school closed in 1918, two albums of Johnston's photographs were sent to the Pennsylvania State Museum, which transferred them to the Cumberland County Historical Society in 1934. This is one of the images from those albums.

This image with the caption SHOE SHOP - SOLING AND FINISHING SOLES appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.35].

Two male students posed shoveling coal in the Boiler House while a white man looks on. 

In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Johnston visited the school in the spring of that year and took at least one hundred photographs. 

This image with the caption BOILER HOUSE appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 16]. 

Four male students posed standing, working at tables in harness shop. 

In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Johnston visited the school in the spring of that year and took at least one hundred photographs. When the school closed in 1918, two albums of Johnston's photographs were sent to the Pennsylvania State Museum, which transferred them to the Cumberland County Historical Society in 1934. This is one of the images from those albums.

This image with the caption HARNESS SHOP - CUTTING PARTS appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 44]. 

Male students posed standing at tables in the shoe shop, repairing shoes. 

In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Johnston visited the school in the spring of that year and took at least one hundred photographs. When the school closed in 1918, two albums of Johnston's photographs were sent to the Pennsylvania State Museum, which transferred them to the Cumberland County Historical Society in 1934. This is one of the images from those albums.

The Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress also contains a print of this photograph: https://www.loc.gov/item/2018661658/  

This image with the caption SHOE SHOP - REPAIR DEPARTMENT appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 36]. 

Students posed in a classroom with a white female teacher. Two female and two male students are writing on the blackboard at the back of the room. Each has a name written in front of them. They are, left to right, Theresa Brown, Olaf Gray, John Deloria, and Lena George. 

Cataloging by the Cumberland County Historical Society identifies the teacher as Margaret Roberts. 

In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Johnston visited the school in the spring of that year and took at least one hundred photographs. When the school closed in 1918, two albums of Johnston's photographs were sent to the Pennsylvania State Museum, which transferred them to the Cumberland County Historical Society in 1934. This is one of the images from those albums.

The Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress also contains a print of this photograph. A copy of that print is available for download from the Library of Congress website: https://www.loc.gov/item/2004676453/.  

This image with the caption SECOND GRADE, ADULT appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 71].