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 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 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: THORPE
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 handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Frank Cook
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: BARK-HOUSE. SAC AND FOX INDIANS.
The printed note reads: GEO. E. CORNISH, ARKANSAS CITY, KANS.
The reverse side includes a short note from George B. Kishketon to Superintendent Moses Friedman sent from McLoud, Oklahoma on September 20, 1910.
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
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
View of a boy with gun walking towards a house.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: [illegible] I have no Photos of my self that I can find.
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
View of Arthur Finley in suit and tie.
This small photograph is attached to Finley's returned student survey.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Wm Petoskey, a Chippewa, ex-student, Petoskey Mich.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: This is our Church - Presbyterian Church of Council. My family is all well. Your truly, G. N. Sitaraugok.
This Presbyterian Church is located in Council City, Alaska.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Rose Simpson
Rose Simpson standing beside an unidentified woman.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Leupp Art Studio at the Carlisle Indian School with blankets outside, along with four people and a sign reading "No Admittance on Sunday"
Format: Stereograph
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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 reads: O. Caswell
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Benj. Caswell & family.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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 caption reads: One of the First of The Modern Indian Homes Built on The Reservation
This image appears in the Sunday Oregonian, which is published in Portland.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Although the newspaper caption reads "Family of John Kash Kash. A Well-To-Do Nez Perce Indian Minister," a direct descendant has indicated that pictured is the family of James Kash Kash.
This image appears in the Sunday Oregonian, which is published in Portland.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten notes reads: Warner Jas. Thorpe Tewanima Friedman
Jim Thorpe shaking hands with Moses Friedman while Glenn "Pop" Warner, Lewis Tewanima, and a crowd look on.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Jim Thorpe around 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: John Frost, Grey Cliff, Mont.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
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
