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 younger sister and younger brothers of Tony B. M. Tommie.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
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
The caption reads: EAGLE EYE Full Blooded Indian Raised in South Dakota, Born in 1892. The verses on the other side were written for him. SUNSHINE BORN 1898 BENJAMIN BORN 1910
The reverse side contains the verses titlted "A LONG INDIAN" which begins: A lone Indian sat in his little canoe; He sang as he sailed o'er the water so blue; He sang of the days when this land was their own, Before the pale faces among them were known.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: B. H. Tommie
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Nelson Mt. Pleasant stands in front of a steam locomotive around 1913.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Brother of Tony B. M. Tommie holding a bow standing in water.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: TONY'S CAMP NEW RIVER FLA
The camp of Tony B. M. Tommie.
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
Studio portrait of Robert Nash (center) and two unidentified male athletes. All three are wearing what appear to be track and field uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Brother of Tony B. M. Tommie standing on concrete blocks
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
Studio portrait of Mikey Tahdooahnippah and David Iron Elk.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The headline reads: OLYMPIC VICTORS IN 1913 CHALMERS
The caption reads: JAMES THORPE THE WONDERFUL, CARLISLE INDIAN ATHLETE, AT THE WHEEL OF THE NEW CHALMERS "THIRTY-SIX." ON THE SEAT BESIDE THORPE IS FRED KELLEY, THE CALIFORNIAN, WHO WON THE 110-METRE HURDLE RACE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES AT STOCKHOLM.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Threshing Near Peever, S.D.
The reverse side includes a note from Reuben Hopkins to Moses Friedman sent from Peever, South Dakota on June 3, 1913.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: ATHLETIC FIELD AT KAMP KOHUT, OXFORD ME
The reverse side includes a note from Clement Virgil to William Denny from Oxford, Maine on August 26, 1918.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: An Indian Football Hero Now Chief of His Tribe
The caption reads: E. L. ROGERS AND HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
This image of Edward L. Rogers and Mayme Ballton Rogers with their three children appears in the Richmond Palladium on September 3, 1913.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Moving Pictures to Snap Passing of Thorpe in Happy Bondage
The caption reads: MISS MARGARET IVA MILLER
The subheader reads: Carlisle Indian School Battalion of Cadets and Girl Students Will Be Prominent Factors in the Wedding of Great Athlete and Cherokee Maiden.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
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: Leslie William Boyd.
Leslie Boyd is James Boyd's son.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Female students Jeanette Pappin, Clemence Le Traille and Blanche Jollie with two male and two female visitors. These are members of a group of Blackfeet dignitaries visiting the school for its commencement in early April of 1913.
According to the school newspaper there were twelve people in this party of visitors. Eleven of them were identified in the paper: Chief Long Time Sleep, Medicine Owl and wife, Chief John Whitecalf, Chief Three Bears, Lazy Boy, John Two Guns and wife, Fred Big Top , Fish Wolf Robe, and Cecelia Ground.
A researcher has identifed one of the people in this photo as Two Guns Whitecalf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: BLACK FEET INDIANS FROM GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. COMMENCEMENT WEEK. INDIAN SCHOOL. CARLISLE. PA.
These are members of a group of Blackfeet dignitaries visiting the school for its commencement in early April of 1913.
According to the school newspaper there were twelve people in this party of visitors. Eleven of them were identified in the paper: Chief Long Time Sleep, Medicine Owl and wife, Chief John Whitecalf, Chief Three Bears, Lazy Boy, John Two Guns and wife, Fred Big Top , Fish Wolf Robe, and Cecelia Ground.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Female students Jeanette Pappin, Clemence Le Traille and Blanche Jollie with two male and two female visitors. These are members of a group of Blackfeet dignitaries visiting the school for its commencement in early April of 1913.
According to the school newspaper there were twelve people in this party of visitors. Eleven of them were identified in the paper: Chief Long Time Sleep, Medicine Owl and wife, Chief John Whitecalf, Chief Three Bears, Lazy Boy, John Two Guns and wife, Fred Big Top , Fish Wolf Robe, and Cecelia Ground.
A researcher has identifed one of the people in this photo as Two Guns Whitecalf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Female students Jeanette Pappin, Clemence Le Traille and Blanche Jollie with two male and two female visitors. These are members of a group of Blackfeet dignitaries visiting the school for its commencement in early April of 1913.
According to the school newspaper there were twelve people in this party of visitors. Eleven of them were identified in the paper: Chief Long Time Sleep, Medicine Owl and wife, Chief John Whitecalf, Chief Three Bears, Lazy Boy, John Two Guns and wife, Fred Big Top , Fish Wolf Robe, and Cecelia Ground.
A researcher has identifed one of the people in this photo as Two Guns Whitecalf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: CARLISLE STUDENT IN INDIAN DRESS
The handwritten note reads: Rose Lyons
The printed note reads: It isn't often that Indian students appear in native costume at Carlisle, but the accompanying cut is from a picture of Miss Star Eyes, who attracted much attention at this week's commencement by her pretty face and pic-turesque garb.
This image of Miss Star Eyes appears in the Harrisburg Telegraph on April 2, 1913.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Group portrait of nineteen female students, some with long braids and some with baseball equipment, posed in an outdoor setting.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society