Images

A view of students on the school grounds, some are in uniform, some are not. The male students are in the foreground, female students are in the distance. Some of the male students are standing, some are lying on the ground. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-082a, BS-CH-053, and 12-07-02G. One copy (PA-CH1-082a) has the caption Campus After School. 

Studio portrait of a visitor to the school, presumably a chief. He is identified on the reverse as Roan Horse from the Apache nation. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society's version of this image identifies him as Ai-sia-tiw-me or Comanche John. 

Note: A researcher has indicated that Comanche John was actually Comanche, but that he had run away to Mescalero Apache in 1879.

Formation of students on the northeastern end of the school grounds, near the enclosing fence with a farm in the distance. They are all male students in uniform, in rows with the band in the front. The location seems to be roughly where the athletic field was later laid out, to the east of the industrial workshops.

The guard house with a figure standing in the central doorway. 

View of the Small Boys' Quarters on the school grounds. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-081a and PA-CH2-085b. 

Students lined up along the road in front of the dining hall, as if in a parade. There are three wagons with horses, students in uniform, including some with instruments. There are two people leading the group, one in full feather headdress. 

View of the Dining Hall building. The caption identifies it as the "New Dining Hall." This building was built to replace the original building used as the dining hall when the school opened in 1879. 

Students working in the print shop. 

Note: NAA 73251 (see Related Images) shows the left side of the print shop. NAA 73577 (see Related Images) shows the right side of the print shop. In this image prints of both images are combined to create a panoramic image of the print shop. 

This image, with the caption Printing Office - Interior, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902)  [p. 24].

Students working in the print shop. 

Note: This image shows the right side of the print shop. NAA 73251 (see Related Images) shows the left side of the print shop. In NAA 73243 (see Related Images) prints of both images are combined to create a panoramic image of the print shop. 

White instructor in center, male students working at benches in the harness making shop. 

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-089c and BS-CH-046. 

Photograph of a photograph (tacked to a wooden surface) of students on parade on the school grounds. It is a large group of male students, in a formation of rows, some holding flags, with the band in front, and a student holding an American flag in the lead. Visible in the background are the Hospital, the Disciplinarian's Quarters, and the Small Boys' Quarters. 

There are currently no known prints of this photograph. 

Students in the shoe shop with white instructor standing in rear of the room. 

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-087e and BS-CH-048.

Students working in the print shop. 

Note: This image shows the left side of the print shop. NAA 73577 (see Related Images) shows the right side of the print shop. In NAA 73243 (see Related Images) prints of both images are combined to create a panoramic image of the print shop. 

The girls' quarters with female students on the porches, with the bandstand at right and the hospital building visible between them. 

View of a students wearing uniforms seated at desks in a classroom with a white female teacher and some students near the board at the front of the room. 

The caption identifies this as Miss Cutter's classroom. School records show Emma Cutter taught at the school from 1881 to 1896. 

Studio portrait of an unidentified male student in school uniform.

Studio portrait of Four identified male students. 

Studio portrait of five male students. 

There is a copy of this image at the Army Heritage Education Center in which the sitters are identified as (L to R): Percy Zadoka, Frank Everett, John Tatum, Harry Shirley, and Hortie Stevens.

Portrait of nineteen students, some in native clothing, probably taken upon arrival on the school grounds. In the back row at the far right is a male student in school uniform. 

Studio portrait of two men, seated in the center, wearing hats and white scarves, probably visitors, with five male students (one wearing a uniform), and a young girl. 

Studio portrait of teacher Alice M. Seabrook.

The girls' quarters with female students visible on the porches, with the bandstand at right and the hospital building visible between them. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-058B and 10A-C-03. 

View of the tailor shop showing students working with an instructor.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-086a and BS-CH-047. 

Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing a school uniform. 

A handwritten caption identifies this student as "Nephew of Red Cloud, Sioux." We have unable to verify which student this might have been. 

Studio portrait of school clerk Samuel H. Gould,.