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Librarian and Students in School Library, 1901

Students posed with librarian in the corner of the school library. 

In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Johnston visited the school in the spring of that year and took at…

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Carlisle Indian School Library, c.1910

The caption reads Library, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.

This image appears in a fold-out booklet of postcard views titled Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).

Format:
Postcard (Commercial)
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
a real photo postcard, view of the school library, large plant in the foreground, in middleground to the left there are three tables with students looking at books, the background is a set of shelves to the right and a window and door to the left

There is no caption on the front side of this postcard, but there is the name GUSTAVE HENSEL, CARLISLE, PA.

Although this postcard was never sent, someone has addressed it to "Elizabeth R. Kirk, Delaware Hospital, Wilmington, Del."

They have written the following message: "Jan. 18, 1814. Dear Elizabeth, How are you…

Format:
Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; view of interior of the library, a large plant sits in the foreground, in the middleground (to the left) are three tables of students looking down at study materials, in the background to the right are shelves of books and to the left is a window and door

The caption on the front reads: LIBRARY, INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

The postcard was addressed to Mr. Chas Yelletts Montgomery Barber Shop Norristown, Pa. The message reads: "love to you, Am having a nice time every body was surprised to see me, hope you are well, love from Margaret 43 Baltimore St. Carlisle Pa."

Format:
Postcard (Commercial)
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections