Images

Studio portrait of Martin L. Smith.

Studio portrait of Joe Pawnee wearing a uniform and holding a bugle.

View of male students arranged in rows, each with two raised Indian clubs, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing white shirts with suspenders. 

View of the Large Boys' Quarters, likely taken not long after construction.

View of male students posed around the gymnasium, some with Indian clubs, some in boxing stances. The students are all wearing white shirts with suspenders. 

Studio portrait of James B. Garcia. 

View of male students arranged in rows, each with outstretched arms, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing white shirts with suspenders. 

View of young male and female students wearing uniforms seated at desks in a schoolroom. There is a row of male students standing at the rear in front of a chalk board. The students have their faces turned to the photographer.  

School nurse Margaret Wilson and Dr. Obadiah Given posed with a student lying in a bed in the ward of the school hospital. 

Note: School records show Wilson worked at the school from 1881 until 1889. Given was employed there from 1884 to 1889. 

Dr. Obadiah Given posed in the dispensary of the hospital. 

Note: School records show Dr. Given worked at the school between 1884 and 1889. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-080b and BS-CH-050.

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt. 

Studio portrait of seventeen unidentified male students posed with two white boys. The caption identifies them as Miss Fisher's class. School records show Effie or Elspeth Fisher taught at the school intermittently between 1881 and 1892. 

View of the chapel after additions were made to both sides of the building. Four students, one female, are posed near the front door. 

Studio portrait of three male students and nineteen female students. 

Students Thomas Blackbear and Henry Standing Bear are probably in the group. 

View of female students posed around the gymnasium, some holding Indian clubs, some near parallel bars and rope ladders. The students are all wearing the same dark-colored bloomers and long-sleeved tops. Most are also wearing large white bows. There are also female students roller skating on the balcony above. 

View of female students arranged in rows, holding narrow poles or sticks behind their shoulders, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing the same dark-colored bloomers and long-sleeved tops. Most are also wearing large white bows. There are three men observing from the balcony. 

Group portrait of a group of white women of different ages, probably teachers, posed on the school grounds. 

View of female students arranged in rows, with barbells lifted above their shoulders, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing the same dark-colored bloomers and long-sleeved tops. Most are also wearing large white bows. There are three men observing from the balcony. 

Studio portrait of Alfred J. Standing, Assistant Superintendent of the School. 

According to school records, Standing was employed at the school from 1881 until at least 1901. 

View of the Small Boys' Quarters with several younger male students standing in front, some with brooms. 

View of the Small Boys' Quarters with several younger male students standing in front, some with brooms. 

Studio portrait of eight male and three female students, all wearing school uniforms. The printed title identifies them as Chiricahua Apaches Four Months After Arriving at Carlisle. 

The students are identified by name in the printed caption below. 

Portrait of a large group of male and female students in school uniforms posed on the school grounds. 

A print of this image from the collections at Princeton identify it as "Chiricahua Apaches four months after arriving at Carlisle." This would date the photo to March 1887. 

Portrait of a large group of male and female students in school uniforms posed on the school grounds.

The caption identifies them as "Chiricahua Apaches four months after arriving at Carlisle." This would date the photo to March 1887. 

The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle Barracks, PA also has a copy of this image: Carlisle Indian Industrial School Photograph Collection, Box 1, Folder 17. 

Studio portrait of eight male and three female Chiricahua Apache students, all wearing school uniforms. They are the group of students who arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886, taken four months later. 

A researcher has identified them as: back row, left to right, Hugh Chee, Frederick Skahsejah (Eskelsejah), Clement Seanilzay, Samson Noran; front row, left to right, Ernest Hogee, Humphrey Eschavzey, Margaret Yates (Standing), Beatrice Kaihtel (known at the school as Beatrice Morton), Jeanette Pagostetahn (known at the school as Janette Woods), Bishop Eatennah, Basil Ekarden.