The Images section features photographs, postcards, and different types of artwork, as well as reproductions of images that appeared in newspapers, magazines, and other publications. These images all reflect the Carlisle Indian School students, facilities, and staff. Images available here are drawn from files housed at the U. S. National Archives, from collections of Carlisle Indian School materials housed at various archival repositories, and from a variety of published sources. Visitors to this website are also invited to share copies of photographs from their own personal and family collections; please contact us if you have images you would like to contribute.
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The handwritten label on the slide reads: The Dining Hall
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Maggie Trombly and Mary Beaulieu.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Goliath Bigjim.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Eddie Albert in school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Paul Hayne.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an Osage chief.
This chief is also in the group of Osage chiefs in PA-CH1-075b and with students in NAA73481.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Martha Sickles.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student wearing a nurse's uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Benedict Jozhe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten label on the slide reads: Art Class at Work. Printed on the label is the manufacturer of the slide C. T. Milligan, 728 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 12. No prints of this image have yet been located.
Because no prints or negatives of this image have yet been found, we believe this photograph was probably taken by student photographer John Leslie.
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View of Robert B. Johnson as a student at the Carlisle Indian School around 1895.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten label on the slide reads: Gymnasium at Play
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of three male and four female students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten label on the slide reads: School Assembled
This image is similar to other earlier photographs where the entire student body was gathered on the school grounds and arranged in a careful formation.
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Eva Rogers, Rosalie Doctor, and Jeanette Rice.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mary Wilkinson wearing school uniform.
Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Caption: THE PUPIL TEACHERS.
One of the most helpful features of the School is the normal training given students who show ability, and desire to qualify as teachers. This department becomes more and more important each year as the students thus trained increase in number and go out to fill positions in other schools.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 13. No prints of this image have yet been located.
Because no prints or negatives of this image have yet been found, we believe this photograph was probably taken by student photographer John Leslie.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Henry Red Kettle and George Bacon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Robert Elige Crow.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Caption: THE ART CLASS.
A large number of the pupils show decided ability in drawing from models and nature, and working with clay. For the school year beginning September 1st, 1895, a course in Sloyd for the younger pupils will be added to this department.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 12. No prints of this image have yet been located.
Because no prints or negatives of this image have yet been found, we believe this photograph was probably taken by student photographer John Leslie.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Henry Red Kettle wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of six female students, identified by the caption as "Grad girls of 95." This would identify them as Henrietta Fremont, Susie McDougal, Ida La Chapelle, Alice Lambert, Melissa Green, and Laura Long.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: After School.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Michael Couture.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society