Images

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

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. 

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, 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. 

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

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 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. 

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. 

Portrait of male and female Native Americans posed on the steps of a building. The caption says that they are "Apaches as they arrived from Fort Marion, Florida, April 30, 1887." 

The Cumberland County Historicial Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-052 and 12-18-01. 

Studio portrait of Preston Three Bears (at left) and Nicholas Ruleau (at right).

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the date May 1887.

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with a group of white adults and students posed on the porch of a building on the school grounds. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society's version of this image identifies the other white man as Inspector Morris A. Thomas and one of the white women as Mrs. Osgood (Sarah E. Osgood). The school newspaper for May 1887 reports separate visits from both Thomas and Osgood. 

This image has two small white children (a boy and a girl) in the front right in front of the male students in school uniforms. These two children are not in other versions of this image. 

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with a group of white adults and students posed on the porch of a building on the school grounds. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society's version of this image identifies the other white man as Inspector Morris A. Thomas and one of the white women as Mrs. Osgood (Sarah E. Osgood). The school newspaper for May 1887 reports separate visits from both Thomas and Osgood. 

Version #1 of this image has two small white children (a boy and a girl) in the front right in front of the male students in school uniforms. These two children are not in this version. 

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with a group of white adults and students posed on the porch of a building on the school grounds. 

This print of this image identifies the other white man as Inspector Morris A. Thomas and one of the white women as Mrs. Osgood (Sarah E. Osgood). The school newspaper for May 1887 reports separate visits from both Thomas and Osgood. 

Pose 1 of this image has two small white children (a boy and a girl) in the front right in front of the male students in school uniforms. These two children are not in this version. 

Studio portrait of Phillip White (Phillips Bob Tail) in school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Rudolph Esenday and Knox Nostlin, both wearing school uniforms.

Note: Earlier cataloging indicates a date of June 1887 is part of the caption written on this image.

Studio portrait of Paul Black Bear wearing non-native clothing, dated July 11, 1887. 

The caption reads: #596 Paul Black Bear 7 11/87

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (front row, left to right): Etta Robertson, Rose Howell, Jessie Spread Hands, Jennie Mitchell, and Elizabeth Wind; (back row, left to right): Nellie Carey, Phoebe Howell, Annie Thomas, and Lillie Wind.

The caption for this image gives a date of 8/1887 and identifies them as students of Dr. Norcoss.

Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf. 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains the date August 1887.

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (front row, left to right): Etta Robertson, Rose Howell, Jessie Spread Hands, Jennie Mitchell, and Elizabeth Wind; (back row, left to right): Nellie Carey, Phobebe Howell, Annie Thomas, and Lillie Wind.

The caption for the National Anthropological Archives copy of this image provides a date of 8/1887 and identifies them as students of Dr. Norcross. 

Note: Dr. George Norcross was the pastor at Carlisle Second Presbyterian Church from December 1868 to January 1909.

Studio portrait of Charles Smith (Charles Red Hawk) with two unidentified young men in native dress. 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates a date of August 1887 in the handwritten caption. Smith arrived on August 12, 1887 so this image may have been taken shortly after his arrival.

A parade down Market Street in Philadelphia, with the school band leading a group of Carlisle students on floats in the distance, with crowds and buildings on both sides of the street. The photograph was probably taken on September 15, 1887 when the band and students marched in a parade in Philadelphia to commemorate the centennial of the adoption of the Constitution. Press reaction to the school's representation in the parade is quoted in The Indian Helper Vol. 3, No. 7, September 23, 1887.