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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The caption reads: LOUIS TEWANIMA MARATHON RUNNER
The printed note reads: He is a full - blood Hopi Indian who came to Carlisle five years ago unable to speak English, with long hair and opposed to education. He is now one of the most studious and progressive students in the school. He is considered by experts as America's greatest long-distance runner and will represent the United States in the Olympic Games.
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 10 (June 1912): 448.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: JAMES THORPE ALL - ROUND ATHLETE
The printed note reads: Thorpe is a student of the Carlisle Indian School and last year was selected for the All-American football team. He has been selected to represent the United States in six events in the Olympic Games in Sweden, and is considered as a good candidate for honors for the all-round world's championship as an athlete.
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 10 (June 1912): 448.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: HOME OF WILLIAM HAZLETT, CARLISLE '95. FORT COBB, OKLAHOMA
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 10 (June 1912): 449.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads:
1. HOME OF WILLIAM PETOSKEY, A RETURNED STUDENT, AT PETOSKEY, MICH. - HE IS A CHIPPEWA, A MINISTER AND AN INFLUENTIAL MAN AMONG HIS PEOPLE.
2. HOME OF WILLIAM WHITE, A DIGGER INDIAN, EDUCATED AT CARLISLE, AS WAS HIS WIFE. - HE IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN.
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 10 (June 1912): 450.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: HOME OF DENNISON WHEELOCK, '90
The printed note reads: MR. WHEELOCK IS A SUCCESSFUL ATTORNEY AND REAL ESTATE DEALER, LIVES AT WEST DEPERE, WIS., AND IS A FORCE AMONG THE ONEIDAS HIS WIFE WAS ALSO EDUCATED AT CARLISLE
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 10 (June 1912): 475.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: HOME OF THE WARRENS, WHITE EARTH, MINN.
The printed note reads: BUILT BY MRS. IDA WARREN TOBIN AND HER SISTER AND BROTHERS. - ALL EDUCATED AT CARLISLE AND DOING WELL
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 10 (June 1912): 476.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: HOME OF JAMES E. JOHNSON, CLASS 1901
The printed note reads: DR. JOHNSON HAS A WELL ESTABLISHED DENTAL PRACTICE IN SAN JUAM, P. R. HIS WIFE IS ALSO A CARLISLE GRADUATE. HE IS A STOCKBRIDGE INDIAN AND WHILE AT SCHOOL WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN QUARTERBACK.
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 10 (June 1912): 476.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: HOMES OF OMAHA INDIANS WHO WHERE AT CARLISLE
The printed note reads: 1. HARVEY WARNER, POSTMASTER AT MACY, NEB., OWNS A STORE AND VALUABLE PROPERTY. 2. CHRISTOPHER TYNDALL, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN. 3. LEVI LEVERING, IN BUSINESS AND ACTIVE CHURCH WORK. 4. JOSEPH HAMILTON, PROSPEROUS FARMER. 5. JENNIE LOVING, HOUSEWIFE.
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 10 (June 1912): 477.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: HOMES OF INDIANS EDUCATED AT CARLISLE
The printed note reads: ABNER ST. CYR, WINNEBAGO, NEB. JOSEPH DUBRAY, SIOUX, REVINIA, S. D. JAMES WALDO, KIOWA, ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA MRS. LAURA PEDRICK, KIOWA, ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA. LEVI ST. CYR, WINNEBAGO, WINNEBAGO, NEB. WM. SPRINGER, OMAHA, WALTHILL, NEBRASKA
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 10 (June 1912): 478.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The printed note reads: Lake Cleveland, Idaho
Sent by Nora McFarland to Moses Friedman regarding a financial transaction and providing an update on her family. Sent from Sweet Water, Idaho on July 14, 1912.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: World's Greatest Athlete and His Trophies
Jim Thorpe and his trophies for winning the 1912 Olympic decathlon and penthalon.
This image appears in the Star, a newspaper published in Fort Worth, Texas.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: ATHLETE AND TROPHIES
Jim Thorpe and his trophies for winning the 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Olympic Victors Welcomed by 1,000s Throngs Cheer Athletes ...
View of a parade honoring the American Olympic champions in 1912 in New York City.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Jim Thorpe's Pentathlon and Decathlon Prizes Garnered at the Olympiad on Exhibition at Wanamaker's.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Goucher College and First M. E. Church, Baltimore, Md.
The reverse side contains a note from Joseph S. Sheehan to Moses Friedman sent from Baltimore, Maryland on October 1, 1912.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Carlisle Indians Form Remarkable Student Government
The caption reads: Top, to left, Gustave Welch, president of school nation; right, school city shown electing its officers, with no chance for ballot-box stuffing; second row, left school supreme court, left to right, William Garlow, Nan Saunooke, Cora Bizette,, Edison Mt. Pleasant; right, Indian boys elected to office, left to right, Abram Colonhaski, secretary of war; Clifford Taylor, lieutenant governor senior State; William Garlow, supreme court justice; Alex. Arcasa, secretary of agriculture; Sylvester Long, vice president; Gustave Welch, president; Edison Mt. Pleasant, supreme court justice. Bottom, Bizette, supreme court justice; Anna Hauser, secretary of the treasury, and Agnes Waite, secretary of state.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: WALLACE DENNY ASS'T. DISCIPLINARIAN
The handwritten note reads: Dec. 1912
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Oscar B. Nateroak in a traditional winter coat around 1913.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Bertha Day Clifford Leeds Ella Leeds
Image of Clifford Leeds with his sister and cousin.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Indians beat Dartmouth in the greatest upset of 1913 season. Credit John Steckbeck (fabulous Redman).
The printed note on the reverse side reads: J. HORACE McFARLAND CO. HARRISBURG, PA. ART AND ENGRAVING MAY 1, 1951
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Nelson Mt. Pleasant stands in front of a steam locomotive around 1913.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Cora Elm around 1913.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed note reads: Power House and Coal Yard, National Soldiers' Home, Va.
Sent by Chester A. Printup on the U.S.S. Virginia to Moses Friedman on October 12, 1913.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed caption reads: Inner Harbor, Buffalo, N. Y.
The printed note reads: COMPLIMENTS OF J. N. ADAM & CO.
The reverse side includes a note from Anna Moses to Moses Friedman.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Cadillac Square looking West, Detriot, Michigan
The printed note on the reverse side: CADILLAC SQUARE, LOOKING WEST FROM COUNTY BUILDING, DETRIO, MICH.
Cadillac Square runs east from Camus Martius to County Building and was named after the founder of Detroit, Antoine Laumet De La Mothe Cadillac Cadillac chair is located on the West, which was formerly the site of the Old City Hall, built in 1835 and occupied until 1871 as the seat of Civic Authority. Cadillac arrived in Detroit July 24th, 1701. On that day, under the patronage of Louis XIV, and protected by the Flag of France, the City of Detroit, then called Fort Pontchartrain, as founded.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: I will be home to-night sometime. I wish you success what ever you undertake Good bye From your friend John Jackson
Note from John Jackson to Moses Friedman sent on September 6, 1913.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration