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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View of older male students standing around a fire wagon which is parked on a road beside a building on the school grounds.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The fire wagon inside its shed. The Cumberland County Historical Society identified this as "a hose wagon and hand pumper fire engines."
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the fire wagon in its shed, attached to a school building.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View from a sidewalk on campus through leafy trees to the porches of a quarters or residence.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Two white male doctors, a white female nurse, and a female student nurse attend two male students in beds on the sleeping porch of the school hospital.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A view of the central campus, obscured by tree branches. This photograph was probably taken from the Academic Building.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View taken from beside the Large Boys' Quarters, showing them on the right, the Gymnasium at left and the Boiler House in the center in the distance.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View taken from the northern end of the central campus, with the flag pole at left. Most of the buildings are obscured by trees, but the Guard House can be seen in the distance at right.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the central campus, with the Girls' Quarters and the Gymnasium in the center of the image, clearly illustrating how close to each other they were. The Large Boys' Quarters is visible behind the Gymnasium.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students posed working in the Carpenter Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-128 and 14B-14-02) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#84). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students posed in the paint shop with carriage wheel frames.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-123 and 14B-12-01) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#55). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students working in the Paint Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-122 and 14B-12-04) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#64). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students painting the exterior of a building on the school grounds.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-121 and 14B-12-05) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#38). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A view of the central campus, taken from the western end of the lawn, looking east. The Small Boys' Quarters can be seen at left and a figure is pushing a lawn mower in the center of the image.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students posted with sets of carriage wheels in the Paint Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-120 and 14B-12-02) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#56). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View looking south with the Academic Building on the right, the Guard House on the left and the Doctor's House visible in background in the gap between.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Rows of male students in uniform and female students in white dresses assembled around the flag pole, where the American flag is either being raised or lowered. The school band is present at right.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students working in the Paint Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-119 and 14B-12-03) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#80). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students posed shoeing a horse in the Blacksmith Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-126 and 14B-11-04) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#60). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students and instructor working in the Blacksmith Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-125 and 14B-11-02) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#22). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students and instructor working in the Blacksmith Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-124 and 14B-11-03) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#23). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the harness shop, with a large empty table in foreground and students working at benches around the perimeter.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-142 and 14B-11-05) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#15). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students laying a sidewalk in front of buildings (possibly the Small Boys' Quarters and the Assistant Superintendant's Quarters) on the school grounds.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-133 and 14B-10-03) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#31). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students at work in the masonry department.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-132 and 14B-10-02) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#42). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of Letort Spring and the Spring House on the Parker Farm. The Parker Farm was owned by the school and located north-east of the campus.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
