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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White female staff members posed using a two-sided saw on a log, while other staff members, including a black man, observe. Female students can be seen in the background with tents and the edge of the dining pavilion.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Female students posed standing and sitting in front of tents. In the foreground several girls pose as if building a campfire.
Several girls are wearing Native American-style clothing and accessories.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Female students posed standing and sitting in their campgrounds, with tents and a fire, at Camp Sells.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A posed group at Camp Sells, with white male and female staff on a log bridge, some carrying supplies. Some female students are sitting further back on the log bridge and standing in the water below. More female students and staff are sitting and standing on the shore in front of tents. A banner with "Camp Sells" is strung between two trees.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Female students posed standing and sitting in their campgrounds, with tents and a fire, at Camp Sells.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A posed group at Camp Sells, with male students sitting on and standing next to a log bridge. More male students and staff are sitting and standing on the shore, some leaning on shovels, in front of tents. A banner with "Camp Sells" is strung between two trees.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Male students posed standing and sitting in their campgrounds, with tents and a fire, at Camp Sells.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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
Female students posed standing and sitting in front of tents. In the foreground one girl in Native-style dress holds a boy and arrow and another is posed aiming what appears to be a rifle. One of the seated girls is wearing a Native-style headband. A white female teacher stands at far right.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Female students posed in rows, standing in front of the dining pavilion. In the foreground a black man stands beside an outdoor cooking grill with pots and pans on it. Another man stands, wiping his face, beside a pile of wood. At far left a female student in Native-style clothing poses with a boy and arrow. Behind her a female student wearing a Native-style headband poses aiming a rifle.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
On the grounds at Camp Sells, fourteen male students, a row standing and a row sitting, pose in the foreground and three male students are sitting and standing in the background.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption on the front of the postcard reads: Panoramic View of Indian School and Campus, Carlisle, Pa.
The address has been crossed out but reads "Miss R. Stetson, 860 N. 22nd St. Phila. Pa." The message on the back reads: " Dear Sister, Thought you might like to see the Indian School on a card. Spent Sunday in Harrisburg, Love Helen"
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The headline reads: VERSATILE INDIAN IS WONDER OF ATHLETICS
The captions read from top left to bottom right: PLAYING FOOTBALL RUNNING BROAD JUMP RUNNING 100 YARD DASH HIGH JUMPING AS A BASE BALL PITCHER BASKETBALL PUTTING THE SHOT HURDLING
These images appear in the New York World on January 4, 1913.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: THE THORPE BRIDAL PARTY.
The bridal party for the wedding of Jim Thorpe and Iva Miller.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption "Jim Thorpe's Historical Wedding. Ivy Miller (Choctaw) The Smiling Bride. October 1913."
Men standing in back row, left to right: Francis Bresette, Ribbon Boy; Charles Pratt, Usher; Joseph Guyon, Usher; Augustus Look-Around, Usher; Peter Calac, Usher; Edward Morrin, Usher.
Middle Row, left to right: Francis McMahon, Ribbon boy; William Hodge, Usher; Gus Welch, Best Man; Jim Thorpe, Groom; Philip Welmas, Usher; Edward Thorpe, Usher.
Women and girls standing in front, left to right: Teresa Barron, Flower Girl; Adele Minich, Flower Girl; Margaret Chilson, Maid of Honor; Hazel Nori, Ring Bearer; Iva Miller, Bride; Verna Nori, Flower Girl.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Superintendent Oscar Lipps.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the Superintendent's Quarters.
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 posed standing in front of an easel, apparently copying a painting of flowers.
The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging describes the image's label as being partially illegible, but seems to say that the student is Nettie Standing Bear.
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago).
This student was originally identified as Peter Calac, but the Cumberland County Historical Society has since identified him as August Lookaround.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption:
"Old War Horses of Old Carlisle"
"Their Accomplishments Never To Fade From the Memories Who Witnessed Their Deeds."
Philip Welmus..... (L.G.)
(Mission) 1910, '11, '12, '13, '14.
Three Worthy Members Of Carlisle's Hall Of Fame...................................
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption: Domestic Science? U Guessed It.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption: Wash Day!!!!! At Carlisle Too!
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption: 1914 Lacrosse Team of Carlisle Indian School -- Coach O'Neal in Center.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption: Famous Carlisle Indian School Trombone Choir of 1914.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption: Learning Dressing Making + Weaving.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society