Images



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 handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Annie George Tahquette Cherokee, Swain Co. N. C.

Annie George Tahquette with John A. Tahquette with one other woman and two children in front of their house in Cherokee, North Carolina.

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 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 on the reverse side reads: Thos. A. Metoxen and Family. Oneida Wis. Also an athlete in time - baseball.

Thomas A. Metoxen with his wife Elizabeth Sickles and their four children.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

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 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 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 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

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: Ella Johnson

A. Ella Johnson and ten unidentified Carlisle students.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Guy Brown Wife + child 1909

Browns Valley Minn

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The caption reads: EAGLE CHIEF, PONCA.

The printed note reads: PUBLISHED AND COPYRIGHTED 1909 BY GEO. B. CORNISH ARKANSAS CITY, KANS.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Dear Mrs Denny,
I suppose you will be rather surprised to hear from me
This is a picture of my father, they have him as a Ponca here but he is a Pawnee
Hope you + Mr Denny are both well. As I am the same.
Best regards to all my friends.
Yours Respectfully F. Eaglechief.

Sent by Flora Eaglechief to Nellie R. Denny sent on January 25, 1911 of a photo of her father Eagle Chief.

Format: Postcard (Commercial)

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration