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 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
View of a sidewalk on campus with the Academic Building on the left and the rear section of the Teachers's Quarters on the 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 sidewalk, lined with trees, looking toward the Assistant Superintendant's Quarters, with the Small Boys Quarters beyond.
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 showing the Hospital in the distance with the Doctor's House on the left and one of the Staff Housing buildings on the right.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A white male doctor and two nurses attend a patient on a table in the operating room of the school hospital.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Three female student nurses attend a male student patient in a ward in the school hospital.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Two white male doctors, one white female nurse and a female student nurse attending a patient in a room in the school hospital.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A white female nurse and a female student nurse attend two female students in beds on the sleeping porch of the school hospital.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A white female nurse and a female student nurse attend three female student patients in beds in a hospital ward. Another female student, apparently a visitor, sits in a chair beside of the beds.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the Hospital Building with the Doctor's House at left.
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 looking down Pratt Avenue from the Central Campus, with the Dining Hall at left, the Laundry Building at right, and the Leupp Art Studio in the distance in the center.
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 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
The headline reads: John Wa-Lat-Zi, Great Carlisle Fullback and Trackman Again Reduced to Semi-Savage State by "Firewater"
John Wallatsie in his rodeo outfit.
The image of John Wallatsie appears in The Journal.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Josiah Redwolf around 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Fred Sickles
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: J. H. Lonestar. Shell Lake, Wis.
View of John H. Lonestar with his wife, Rebecca Hart Lonestar, and his two children around 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Dr C.A. McNutt St Joseph Missouri.
Photograph of Louise Provost McNutt and Dr. C.A. McNutt that McNutt sent to Superintendent Moses Friedman on December 12, 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Francis Shakonaby
View of Francis Shakonaby while standing on the grounds of the Carlisle Indian School around 1909. The woman next to Shakonaby has not been identified.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Please return this to Edgar H. Rickard Lewiston, N.Y. R. F. D. 19
Edgar H. Rickard with his daughter and son.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Edwin A. Smith with Lucy. N. Jones.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The title reads: THE UNITED STATES INDIAN BAND THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL INDIAN BAND IN THE WORLD
The caption reads: JAMES RILEY WHEELOCK (ONEIDA) DIRECTOR
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: THE UNITED STATES INDIAN BAND AS THEY WILL APPEAR AT THE CHAUTAUQUA
The printed note reads: TALENT FURNISHED THROUGH INTERSTATE LYCEUM SYSTEM, COLUMBUS. OHIO
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Sara Monteith
Sarah Celia Monteith and ten unidentified Carlisle students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The letterhead reads: Wheelock AND HIS CONCERT BAND
PERMANENT OFFICE - PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The caption reads: JAMES RILEY WHEELOCK; DIRECTOR.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Mr & Mrs King with their colts.
Ellen and Charles King with four colts and a dog.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
