Images

Studio portrait of Rose White Thunder (left) and Hope Blue Teeth (right). 

Studio portrait of Frank Hudson (standing) and Clarence White Thunder (seated). Hudson is wearing a school uniform.

Studio portrait of Charles D. Wheelock (seated at left) and Dennison Wheelock (standing at right). Dennison is wearing a school uniform.

Studio portrait of Nelson Caught the Eagle and an unidentifield young man.

Studio portrait of Norman Casadore.

Studio portrait of Justin Head and Donald Water. Both are wearing what appear to be cadet hats, but not school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Norman Casadore.

Studio portrait of Edmund Guerrier, Laura Standing Elk, and Julia Bent. Guerrier was an interpreter for the U.S. government.

Studio portrait of Job Hunterboy (standing at left) and Norman Casadore (seated at right).

Studio portrait of Eben Beads and Brian Early Bird wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Lucy Jourdan.

Studio portrait of Lizzie Dubray. 

Studio portrait of Hattie Long Wolf (Hattie Porcupine) possibly wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Frank Dorian. 

Studio portrait of Luke Phillips, Howard Logan, Frank Lock, Samuel Townsend, Roland Fish, Henry Kendall, and Richard Davis. All are wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of John Elm. 

A handwritten caption written along the side of the image probably reads: John Elm.

Studio portrait of Isaac Cutter. 

Studio portrait of Isaac Cutter (standing at left) and Constant Bread (seated at right); Bread is wearing a school uniform. 

Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably says: I. Cutter and Constant Bread.

Studio portrait of Samuel Keryte wearing school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Ernest Hogee (left), Bishop Eatennah (center), and Oswald Smith (right). All are wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Henry Morning wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of twelve male students in school uniforms. 

Previous cataloging interprets part of the caption as saying student Howard Logan is in this group. 

Studio portrait of Wilkie Sharp.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-063c and PA-CH1-078e.

Studio portrait of Peter Cornelius (left) and William Baird. 

A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Peter Cornelius and William Baird.

Group photograph of the students and teachers of the Martinsburg Indian School at the Juniata Collegiate Institute, Martinsburg, Pennsylvania. The students in the image are members of the Osage and Oneida Nations; some had been transferred to the Martinsburg school from the Carlisle Indian School, while others were sent from their reservations. The school operated under a federal contract from 1885 to 1888, at which time some students were returned home and others were transferred back to the Carlisle Indian School.

The man standing on the far left of the image is likely the school's founder and principal, Philip Howard Bridenbaugh. The children sitting on the left porch are likely his children. One of the women sitting on the step of that porch is likely Bridenbaugh's wife, Catherine Oellig Bridenbaugh. The woman standing on the left porch is likely the school's matron, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Griffith. One of the men standing on the right porch is likely Calvin Skyles, an instructor at the school.

This image was taken by Harvey A. McKillip, a photographer originally from Martinsburg who relocated to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. McKillip was the uncle of Calvin Skyles, one of the school's instructors. The image was taken sometime between May 1 and May 13, 1886.

The undated news clipping at the top of the image reads: Martinsburg's Indian School and Student Body. This copy of an original photograph presented to the Martinsburg Community Library by Ira H. Keagy of Altoona shows the Indian boys and girls from the South West and their instructors in front of the school building which stood on E. Allegheny Street, east of Walnut Street, Martinsburg. The photograph was taken in 1890, and at the left is Prof. Bridenbaugh, who became a great favorite with the Indian students. The school was closed several years after this picture was taken. The building has long since been torn down to make room for modern homes. [NOTE: The date of 1890 suggested in this clipping is incorrect, as the school had already closed by that time.]

The caption at the bottom of the image reads: McKillip, Photographs, Crayons, Copying, Viewing, Frames, Easels, Etc. INSTANT PROCESS USED. Bloomsburg, PA.

A handwritten note on the reverse of the image reads: Donated by Ira H. Keagy, Altoona.