Workshops

View of the exterior of the school workshops with male students, one with a bicycle, in front of them. 

View of four buildings used as workshops on the school grounds.

A student, wearing a hat and holding an axe or hatchet, standing in the courtyard of the workshops. 

The written caption says: "Andrew Brohme, an Apache Indian, 21 years old, learning to be a carpenter at the Indian School at Carlisle, Penn. June 10, 1890." 

It seems almost certain that this is student Matthew Broom, a…

Caption: THE WORKSHOPS.

The old cavalry stables were remodeled as workshops, and serve the purpose well, being convenient, compact and roomy. Carlisle was the pioneer in Indian industrial education and has followed an original system of its own - producing the clothing, shoes, etc., necessary for the students,…

Four male students in room-like spaces, standing and plastering on wall areas. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including…

View of the rear of the Industrial Workshop Building, with a few male students in the foreground. 

Two male students posed working at laying bricks in a wall in a shop building. 

Two male students posed working at laying bricks in a wall in a shop building. 

Four male students posed standing at work tables. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies this as the Boiler Shop where "students are taught cutting and threading pipes."

In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document…

Two male students posed in the carriage shop, with another man, probably the instructor, looking on.

This image, with the caption CARRIAGE PAINTING, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 42].

A panorama photo (10" x 50") of the Carlisle Indian School campus, facing east.

The caption reads: U.S. INDIAN SCHOOL. CARLISLE, PENNA.

The caption on this postcard reads: CARPENTER SHOP AND TAILORING DEPT, INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

The postcard was addressed to Miss Gillie M. Atherton, Greencastle, Pa.

The message reads: "Reach home safe and sound. I am well hoping you are the same. got done about 8 o'clock. Sunday being work hard on Monday…

View of the quarry on the school grounds, with gravel grading machinery on the left, the Athletic Cage building in the center, and trade shops on the right. 

Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909. 

Male students in one of the industrial shops, identifed by the Historical Society as the Plumbing and Heating Training Shop. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later,…

Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption: 1) Tin Smith Shop 2) Dentistry 3) Cabinet Making 4) Machine Shop.

Correspondence discussing a request from Richard Henry Pratt for an appropriation of $19,080 to construct buildings, walks, and fences at the Indian School. The buildings to be constructed are a barn on the school farm, a storehouse, and a blacksmith and wagon shop.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies and materials as well as to pay for labor in the construction of an addition to the industrial shops at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt also encloses blueprints showing his plans for the addition.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the construction of the Carpenter, Shoe, and Tin Shops are underway and requests authority to purchase material for the addition of more Industrial Shops.