Images

Studio portrait of Lizzie Walton, probably wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Red Shirt, a Sioux chief.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-019c and CS-CH-108.

Studio portrait of Raymond Stewart. 

Studio portrait of Anna Laura (Pretty Woman) wearing native dress. 

Note: This is an example of Choate taking a photograph of another photograph. Previous cataloging says she is wearing an elk-tooth dress, blanket, and dentalium shell earrings. 

Indian School students Amos Lone Hill, Joseph Gun, Philip (Kills), Ellwood Dorian, Carlos, Walter Matches, Oscar Bull Bear, and Ralph Iron Eagle Feather and staff members Samuel Wetzel and E.B. Strait working on the roof of one of the school buildings.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: CS-CH-096 and 14-07-02.

View of the side of the Large Boys' Quarters, showing the row of trees and path in front of the building. The view was probably taken looking towards the northwest, with the fence in the background marking the boundary of the school campus. 

Studio portrait of teacher Mary Hyde and eight female students. The students are: Ann Laura (back left), Hattie Long Wolf (back middle), Rebecca Big Star (back right), Alice Wynn (middle row left), Grace Cook (middle row right), Mabel Doanmoe (bottom left), Stella Berht (bottom center), and Ruth (Looking Woman) (bottom right). The girls all appear to be wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose, Anna Laura, Justine La Framboise, and Nancy Renville, all wearing school-issued print dresses.

Studio portrait of two visiting chiefs. 

Cataloging from the Cumberland County Historical Society, presumably based on information scratched on the negatives, indicates they are "Nachisi and New Mexico, Apache." 

Image of a slate such as those used by students. This slate shows a drawing of a man shooting an arrow at a bird next to a tree, math problems, the name "Luther Otakte," and an example of writing referring to teacher Miss Burgess. Along the side is written "Choate Photographer." 

It is probable but not certain that all the work on this slate was done by student Luther Standing Bear (Sioux nation) who was also known by the name Ota Kte. This slate is not dated, but in another image, almost certainly taken at the same date, the slate has a copy of a letter dated June 25, 1880, so this slate has been dated to 1880 also.  

Studio portrait of Spotted Tail, a Sioux chief, described as being "after his return from Washington." 

Note: This image was sold by photographer J.N. Choate (#23 on the list of photos being sold). It is here that it is described as being "after his return from Washington." 

Studio portrait of Charles Kawboodle.

This glass plate negative of Young Spotted Tail, eldest son of Chief Spotted Tail, seems to be an image of an earlier photograph. It is not clear if Young Spotted Tail ever visited Carlisle. John Choate may have taken this photographic print because he had lost or broken his own original negative of this image, but what is more likely is that the photographic print was the product of another photographer entirely, and Choate simply wished to make a copy for personal use or for sale.

Portrait of a group of Native American men, white men, with one male student and two female students posed in front of a dormitory building on the school grounds. Richard Henry Pratt is standing at the far left. The caption in the album states that they are from the Great Nemaha Agency and that the photo was taken on February 25, 1880.

Portrait of a group of Native American men, white men, with one male student and two female students posed in front of a dormitory building on the school grounds. Richard Henry Pratt is standing at the far left.

The caption in the album for the Cumberland County Historical Society version of this image states that they are from the Great Nemaha Agency and that the photo was taken on February 25, 1880. 

Studio portrait of Bernard (Hawk Charging Daylight) (standing at left), Horace (Horse) (standing at right), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy) (seated at left), John Renville (seated in center), and Rufus (Strikes the Enemy) (seated at right). All are wearing school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society dates this image to March, 1880. They have six copies of the image: 10-B-08.1-.3; 13-08-01, and PA-CH1-021a.

Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose, Ella Hippy, Fanny (Knife Holder), Mabel Doanmoe, and Laura Doanmoe.

One of the Cumberland County Historical Society's versions of this image (10-B-04) provides a date of March 1880. 

Studio portrait of five male students and four female students, identified in the caption as being from the Arapaho nation. The caption provides a date of March 1880.

Studio portrait of ten unidentified male students wearing school uniforms. 

The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies them as from the Cheyenne nation and dates it to March 1880. 

Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students in school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Kiowa nation and provides a date of March 1880. 

Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students in school uniform. 

The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's version of this image identifies the students as from the Kiowa nation and provides a date of March 1880. 

Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students in school uniforms. 

The caption identifies them as being from the Cheyenne nation and provides a date of March 1880.

Studio portratit of ten unidentified male students in school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Cheyenne nation and provides a date of March 1880. 

Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose, Ella Hippy, Fanny (Knife Holder), Mabel Doanmoe, and Laura Doanmoe.

The caption identifies Lucy Black Shortnose as Lucy Cheyenne and Fanny (Knife Holder) as Fanny Kawboodle. 

The caption for another version of this image (10-B-04) provides a date of March 1880.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has four copies of this image: PA-CH1-022a, 10-B-04, and CS-CH-062.1-.2. 

Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students in school uniforms. 

The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's version of this image identifies the students as from the Cheyenne nation and provides a date of March 1880.