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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Photograph of Elizabeth Fish, also known as Lizzie Fish, standing outside.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The Mishler family, including former Carlisle Indian School student Louis Mishler, take a family portrait around 1910.

Standing: Louis Mishler

Sitting, left to right: Lillian Isabelle Elizabeth Mishler, Clarence Harrison Mishler, Anna Johnson Mishler

This image was digitized from the private collection of Pat Monroe, descendant of Louis Mishler.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Private Collection

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Nan Saunooke

Nana Saunooke in the auditorium of the school with four other women.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The caption reads Green House at 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 Farmer and His Stock

This image appears in the Sunday Oregonian, which is published in Portland.

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: AT PRACTICE

This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection

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: Carlisle Indian game. I made a + at my foot.

The handwritten notes on the reverse side read: Roy Guyer Played opposit Jim Thorpe. Property of Mrs. Thelma K. Strahm.

This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: This is the front of my house.  This is me and my father.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

View of Herbert R. Bradby while a student at the Carlisle Indian School around 1910.

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 caption reads: Kickapoo Wigwam, McLoud, Okla.

The handwritten note reads: This is Henry Murdock summer house.

The reverse side contains a short note from George B. Kishketon to Superintendent Moses Friedman sent from McLoud, Oklahoma on September 20, 1910.

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: "Goliath Big jim" James Driver.

View of James B. Driver (Goliath Bigjim)'s with his delivery wagon, which he used in and around Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Joel Wheelock in football uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: GARLOW

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: Ed. Brien, David Bird, Carlislers.

This postcard depicts two Carlisle athletes in formal clothing - Brien is standing, and Bird is seated.

This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection

The caption reads Printing Office, 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: Harry Bonser

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The headline reads: ARRANGING FOR CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN INDIANS

The caption reads: MRS. ROSA LA FLESCHE

The note reads: One of the leading women of her race, a graduate of Carlisle and long in the government service. She has been in Columbus, all summer arranging the preliminaries for the Indian Congress to meet here in October. Mrs. La Flesche is a Chippewa.

This image appears in the Columbus Dispatch published in Columbus, Ohio on September 17, 1911.

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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

View of two men working to brand a bull. It is not clear which individual is Benjamin D. Penny.

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The caption on this postcard reads: GYMNASIUM, ALL INDIANS EXCEPT INSTRUCTOR. CARLISLE, Pa.

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.

 

Format: Postcard (Commercial)

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: David Little Oldman.

This photograph is of David Little Oldman plowing his field with the assistance of horses and another man.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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 handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Davis Lovejoy

View of Davis Lovejoy's farm in Walthill, Nebraska.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration