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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Student James M. Welch in uniform posed with three women and one man. 

This was probably taken in the school's photo studio. 

Note: This is a scan of a postcard from a private collection. 

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

A view taken in the winter looking at the far northwestern part of the school grounds, showing many people standing on the bridge over the Letort Creek and many people skating on the frozen pond created by damming the creek. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Two female students posed seated at a desk and at a table, and another female student standing next to the desk, at one end of the sewing room. Nearby is a table with piles of printed materials, probably patterns or reference works. 

The Cumberland County Historical assigned this photograph the title "Dress Designing at the Carlisle Indian School." 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Female students posed standing wearing dresses while others work to fit the dresses for them.  The room is furnished with a dress form and a long mirror as well as the tables and chairs being used by the students. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Female students posed in the Sewing Room, some fitting dresses, some standing at tables, others seated at sewing machines. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Female students posed seated working at sewing machines, with a few posed standing at work tables. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Female students posed seated working at sewing machines, with a few posed standing at work tables, and one fitting a dress on another student in the front of the room. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Seven female students posed holding six large laundry baskets between them on the sidewalk on the western side of the Laundry Building. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Twelve female students posed on the school grounds. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society provides thirteen names for the people in this group, but recognizes that there are only twelve in the photo. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Posed group of a doctor, staff nurse, and student nurses demonstrating how to use ether on a patient. This image was taken in the operating suite of the newer school hospital, construction of which was completed in 1908.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Male and female students posed working at desks and some working with fabric on a vertical loom. On a bulletin board and black board are examples of Native-style design motifs. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Male students posed shoveling coal into boilers with white instructor or supervisor looking on. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Female students posed standing and ironing in a large open room. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

CCHS has two glass plate negatives of this image: 00314A#14 and 00314A#68. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

View looking down the center of a barn with rows of cows in stalls on either side. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Several cows eating hay beside their stalls in a barn. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing a fedora-style hat.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Male students, backs to the photographer, posed on milking stools, milking a row of cows in a barn.

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of an unidentified male student. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Interior of a dining room with round tables and bentwood chairs. 

A caption on the reverse identifies it as "Carlisle Indian School Dining Room." A note in the Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging observes that the chandeliers appear to be gas converted to electric lights. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

The Leupp Indian Art Studio. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Male student posed standing on a horse-drawn wagon with hay outside two barns, with cows in an enclosure next to one of the barns. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Male students posed with hoes tending a garden area next to the school greenhouse, with the rear of the Academic Building in the background. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society's description notes that the white male observing the students may be William Smith George, an instructor. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

A female student in uniform standing alone, with her hands behind her back, on a stage. 

This may have been part of the school's Annual Examination which took place at the end of the academic year. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Three female students working, bending over at sinks, with other female students and white female instructor posed standing, in the school's Laundry.

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Three female students posed sitting around a table in a student's bedroom. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society