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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Large group of male students in athletic clothing, posed on the grounds in front of a fence.

This image, with the caption TRACK TEAM, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.97].

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

This image with the caption CAMPUS, OFFICE, AND SCHOOL BUILDINGS appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.11].

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The caption reads: COLONEL PRATT.

This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 7].

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

This image with the caption SCHOOL HERD appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 93]. 

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of James Browndog wearing school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

The caption reads: INDIVIDUAL LESSON IN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.

This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Students and visitors in groups on the school grounds. 

This image, with the caption ARBOR DAY EXERCISES, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 89].

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Male and female students posed in semi-circle watching a tree being planted, presumably as part of the Arbor Day observances. 

This image, with the caption TREE PLANTING, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.90].

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Sherman Chadlesome.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

A male student posed in a field with a plow drawn by two horses.

This image, with the caption FARM SCENE, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.94].

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Nikefer Shoushick. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Three male students sitting on the shore of a pond, possibly fishing. There is a wooden rail fence in the left foreground and trees around the pond.

This image, with the caption SPRING AT FARM, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902). [p.95]

The Cumberland County Historical Society has a copy of this photograph: 12-09-01.

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Frank Campeau.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

View of the central school campus. 

This image, with the caption BAND STAND, DINING HALL, TEACHERS' QUARTERS, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 12].

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The caption reads: Band Stand and Girls Quarters, Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.

The handwritten note on the front reads: Juliette Smith Carlisle Pa

The postcard is addressed to Marba Marlin in Roxbourgh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Format: Postcard (Commercial)

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Charles Cusick. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Ephriam Alexander in traditional clothing, including fur coat and fur-trimmed boots. 

Note: School administrative documents consistently use the spelling "Ephriam," but his name is spelled "Ephraim" in several articles in the school newspapers.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Rose La Forge (back, center), Katie Helen Adams, Charlotte Geisdorff (down front), and three other young women. A family member has identified Pelagie Nash (second from the right, over Charlotte's left shoulder).

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Caroline Helms.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Jonas Jackson.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of James E. Johnson wearing football clothing.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Salem Moses.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

The caption reads: NINTH GRADE, JUNIOR CLASS.

This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Six male and one female student posed as if working in the school's mailing department.

This image, with the caption MAIL DEPARTMENT,  appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.27].

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Six male students posed in the carpenter shop.

This image, with the caption SAWING AND PLANING,  appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.31].

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections