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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Studio portrait of Thomas Griffin in a uniform holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Twelve female students wearing dark uniforms with "1903" on the front and baseball-style caps. They are posed in a semicircle, the three in the middle with their feet on a basketball with "1903" written on it.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Henry Tatiyopa wearing a uniform and holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of John F. Susep in a uniform holding a tuba.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Daniel Tortuga wearing a uniform and holding a saxophone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Alfred M. Venne in a uniform and 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 Elijah Wheelock in a uniform posed holding a trombone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Phineas Wheelock in a uniform posed holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of George Willard in a uniform posed holding a bassoon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Spencer Williams in a uniform with a trombone.
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
Studio portrait of Truman Doxtator in a uniform posed with a drum and timpani.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Daniel Eagle in a uniform posed with a bass drum and a cymbal.
According to the school newspaper from March 8, 1901, the image on the drum is that of Chief Wolf Robe (Cheyenne), and the likeness was painted by William Elmer, a Carlisle resident who had studied art in Germany.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Eugene Fisher in a uniform holding a sousaphone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of William Jollie in a uniform holding a sousaphone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Manuel ("Mannie") Bender in a uniform posed with a cornet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Chiltoski Nick in a uniform holding a French horn.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Pedro Enrique Musignac (identified here as Peter Musique) in a uniform holding a piccolo.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Lawrence Mitchell in a uniform holding a baritone saxophone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Charles McKee in a uniform holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Ben Mashunkashey in a uniform, holding a snare drum and drumsticks.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Henry Markistum in a uniform and holding a cornet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of William Mahone in a uniform and holding a trumpet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of James King in a uniform holding a cornet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center