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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Male students posed repairing one of the school's stone fences.
This image, with the caption REPAIRING FARM FENCES, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.32].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: SHOE SHOP - SEWING TOPS.
This image, with the caption SHOE SHOP - SEWING TOPS, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 34].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Male students seated at tables and sewing machines in the Tailor Shop.
The Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress contains a print of this photograph: https://www.loc.gov/item/2018661659/
This image with the caption TAILOR SHOP - COAT MAKING, HAND WORK appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 39].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: WAGON MAKING, WOODWORK SECTION.
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
Two male students posed in the carriage shop, with another man, probably the instructor, looking on.
This image, with the caption CARRIAGE PAINTING, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 42].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: GENERAL PRACTICE IN GYMNASIUM.
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
Male students posed in the gymnasium.
This image, with the caption BOYS' WAND DRILL, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.63]
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: CORNER IN DISPENSARY.
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
The caption reads: NORMAL ROOM.
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
The caption reads: FOURTH GRADE, DRAWING LESSON.
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
The caption reads: FIFTH GRADE, ADVANCED.
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
The caption reads: SEVENTH GRADE.
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
The caption reads: EIGHTH GRADE.
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
Seven male students posed with a white female teacher in the Sloyd classroom.
This image, with the caption SLOYD CLASS, ADVANCED, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.84].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of William Jollie in a uniform holding a sousaphone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lillie Cornelius.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of John Wizi, Thomas Saul, and Alfred Saul. All are wearing dark-colored turtleneck sweaters and dark blazers.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Frank Yarlot & George Pradt. School friends of Mothers.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
James E. Johnson in his Carlisle football uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The poster reads: COMING! THE CARLISLE INDIAN BASE BALL CLUB
PRESENTING PRINCESS HIAWATHA CHAMPION LADY PITCHER AND A BASE BALL GAME AT NIGHT.
Team photo of the Carlisle Indian Baseball club with the team in their Carlisle uniforms.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Nikefer Shoushick.
Inscription on back reads, "to Viola Cooper, Nikifer Shouchuk. Remember your friend, I alway remember you, Sept. 10, 1905."
Shoushick attended the school from 1901 until 1904. This photo must have been given to Cooper after his departure.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: 13-25-04 and 14A-07-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Willard Gansworth in a uniform holding a flute.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Frank Yarlot in a uniform holding a cornet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Photograph of a photograph of five male students in track clothing, posed outside, holding a banner from the "University of Pennsylvania 9th Annual Relay Races, 1903" with the participating teams listed. Frank Mt. Pleasant is standing at the far left.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Jollie in a uniform holding a sousaphone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center