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 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 Willard Gansworth in a uniform holding a flute.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Thomas Griffin in a uniform holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Raleigh (Rollo) Jackson in a uniform holding a trombone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Alva Johnson in a uniform and holding a bass clarinet.
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 Tiffany Bender wearing a uniform holding a brass instrument.
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 Samuel Brushel in a uniform with a French horn.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Peter Chatfield in a uniform holding a trombone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Louis F. Bear in a uniform holding a tuba.
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
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 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 James King in a uniform holding a cornet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Monroe Coulon in a uniform holding a French horn.
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 Thomas Eagleman in a uniform holding bass clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
A composite collection of individual portraits of the school band's members, each posed with their instrument. The only person identified is the Band Master, James Riley Wheelock.
Note: The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center has prints of the photographs of the individual students with identification. These are now posted on this site.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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 Henry Thomas wearing a uniform and holding a cornet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Joseph Ruiz in a unform holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Joseph Sauve in a uniform with a trombone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Alex Sauve in a uniform and holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center