Images

Studio portrait of John Wizi, Thomas Saul, and Alfred Saul. All are wearing dark-colored turtleneck sweaters and dark blazers. 

Photograph of a photograph of five male students in track clothing, posed outside, holding a banner from the "University of Pennsylvania 9th Annual Relay Races, 1903" with the participating teams listed.  

Sewing instructor Elizabeth Searight posed outdoors with twelve female students wearing school uniforms. 

Searight worked at the school from roughtly 1901 to 1915. 

Twelve female students wearing dark uniforms with "1903" on the front and baseball-style caps. They are posed in a semicircle, the three in the middle with their feet on a basketball with "1903" written on it. 

Photograph of a studio portrait of a large group of male and female students. At least one person, a male student, appears to have been added to the photograph after it was taken. The handwritten caption seems to say "Class 1903." 

The National Anthropological Archives has two versions of this image, both photographs of a photograph: NAA 73661; Photo Lot 81-12 06843500 and NAA 73663; Photo Lot 81-12 06843700. 

A composite collection of individual portraits of the school band's members, each posed with their instrument. The only person identified is the Band Master, James Riley Wheelock. 

Note: It is not clear that this is the School Band. It may be the United States Indian Band, an independent band formed by J.R. Wheelock after he left the school.

Group portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with a large number of male and female Native Americans and a few white people. There are some children in the group. 

Among the group is former student White Buffalo, and it seems likely this is a group of former students who returned, along with Pratt, to attend the school's commencement in 1903, as described in this issue of The Red Man and Helper: RedMan-Helper_v03n26-n27.pdf (dickinson.edu)

Studio photograph of the graduating class of 1903.

Studio portrait of student Nikefer Shoushick with Dan Stauffer, both dressed in elaborate Indian costumes. 

Note: This is a scan of a photograph in the possession of Robert Weigle, Sr. of Carlisle.  The following was written on the back of the photo.

"Dan Stauffer, Fanny Keesecker's brother and Kieffer Shushuck an Indian he knew at the Carlisle Indian School before the school closed about 1914.
                                                                                                   Guy L. Keesecker
P. S. Fanny was my mother.  Fanny Stauffer married Clem Keesecker, Feb. 24, 1897.
                                                                                                    Guy Keesecker
March 9, (?)"

Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1904. They are identified in a label attached below the photo.

The label notes that Martha Enos was part of the graduating class but not included in the photo.

Group portrait of eighteen male students, most in baseball uniforms, posed with Glenn Warner and baseball equipment on a field. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies the second person from the left in the second row as Fritz Hendricks.

Studio portrait of George Bigtree and Charlotte Bigtree. George is wearing his school uniform. 

Note: 1904 was the only year the two were both attending Carlisle, therefore we assume that is the date of the photo. 

Studio portrait of Howard Jones. 

Studio portrait of Brig George. 

A note on the back of the image reads: "Miss J.M. Cooper, from your friend, Mr. Brigam George." 

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mission P.O.

Benjamin Wheelock and Ida Powlas Wheelock with three of their children.

Studio portrait of James G. Dickson wearing uniform. 

Inscribed on reverse: "James G. Dickson to Miss R. Rinker, Dec. 24, 1904, A Merry Christmas and happy New Year." 

Studio portrait of Mamie Down and an unidentified young woman, both wearing non-native clothing. 

Portrait of a bearded white man and a Native American man, identified on the photo's mat as General O. O. Howard and Chief Joseph. 

A note on the reverse suggests that this image was taken in 1904 when the two men were both speakers at the school's commencement exercises.

Portrait of two male students in uniforms standing in front of a building. On the building are hanging two banners, one for Carlisle and one for Wesleyan. The building may not be on the school grounds.

Note on reverse side reads: from Doctor Morgan 12/3/04

Harness Instructor Milton I. Zeigler (left) in a classroom with a student around 1905.

Studio portrait of Arthur Mandan in uniform holding a trumpet.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: John Feather

Portrait of John Feather in a suit and tie.

Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: ANNA ELIZABETH Zeigler    MILTON I Zeigler    CARLISLE    CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL    HARNESS INSTRUCTOR

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: MILTON I ZIEGLER CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL - HARNESS INSTRUCTOR