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 handwritten note on the reverse side reads: James Driver
View inside of James Driver (Goliath Bigjim)'s bakery with Driver and bread oven in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Chaplain of US Indian School Carlisle Pa 1900 - to 1918
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The headline reads: Carlisle Indian Girls Root for Carlisle Football Heroes.
A. Ella Johnson and other Carlisle students in the stands of a Carlisle football team.
This image appears in the Wichita Beacon in Wichita, Kansas.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Mr. Friedman, I am Raymond Barnum Cummings and my dog Crystal.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Mattie Ried Luther with her husband Martin and two sons.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: 2900
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: James Driver
View of James Driver (Goliath Bigjim) next to his bakery and delivery wagon in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: THORPE
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: BIRD LIBBY (BALL)
A second handwritten note on the reverse side is illegible.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The caption reads Library, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in a fold-out booklet of postcard views titled Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads Dispensary at Hospital, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in a fold-out booklet of postcard views titled Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: HAUSER
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The caption reads Sewing Room, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in a fold-out booklet of postcard views titled Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads Academic Building, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in a fold-out booklet of postcard views titled Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: INDIAN PARADE. CHEYENNE RIVER INDIAN FAIR, DUPREE, SOUTH DAKOTA.
The reverse side includes a note from James Browndog to Superintendent Moses Friedman.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Alpheus D. Dodge and Charlotte Dodge in front of a house with a dog.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: CARLISLE'S BASKET BALL TEAM, 1910.
Louis Dupuis stands second from the right.
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 1 (September 1911): 13.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: He runs the unloader at land. This is his Engline. Tow school boys are there the day they took this P. card.
View of Thomas L. Wasson stands with two unidentified "school boys" around 1910.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: LONE STAR'S WIFE IN HER TRIBAL DRESS.
The printed note reads: Our artists in portraying Indians too often "try to improve upon the native dress, and it is evident," says an Indian artist, "that they do not use the native costume as a model, but trust to their imagination."
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: here is a picture of us both and a little boy that is boarding with us at present. this is the corner of our house.
View of Sosipatra Suvaroff and her husband, Thomas L. Wasson, in Marshfield, Oregon around 1910.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Joseph S. Ball in 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Mary Miller Dodge with Alpheus D. Dodge, Charlotte Dodge and an unidentified individual with a dog in front of a house.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Thomas King & family; Wyandotte, Okla.
A seasonal greeting card from Thomas King, his wife (Mary Long), and their four children around 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: SAVAGE HOPI INDIANS ARE TRANSFORMED INTO MODEL STUDENTS
The sub-captions over the individual pictures read (top, then left to right): BAND OF HOPI INDIANS AS THEY LOOKED FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL; JOSHUA HERMEYESVA; ARCHIE QUAMALA AS HE LOOKS TODAY; LEWIS TEWANIMA, FAMOUS MARATHON RUNNER, WHO WAS A SAVAGE FIVE YEARS AGO.
The newspaper title and the date of publication are unknown.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Etta Crow Batson, Olivia Batson, Etta Batson, Robert Batson, and Alfred Batson around 1910.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Etta Crow Batson, Olivia Batson, Robert Batson, Etta Batson, and Alfred Batson.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Olive Chisholm around 1910.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Ollie Chisholm
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration