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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The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Guy Brown our home 1909 Browns Valley Minn

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Samuel J. Brown and Gertrude Brown with two unidentified adults and six children outside his family's home in Browns Valley, Minnesota.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

A real photo postcard with the caption "CLASS '09 C.I.S. Carlisle, Pa."

The back of the postcard is blank as the postcard was never sent.

 

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: July 16, 1909. Daniel W. Milk. Ponca Creek Issue Station.  Saint Charles, S. Dak.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Frank Mt. Pleasant as a member of the Dickinson College Varsity Football Team. He is seated in the center of the center row. 

This image is from the Microcosm, the yearbook of Dickinson College, for 1909-1910 academic year.

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: CAMPUS AND TENNIS COURT, INDIA SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

The postcard was sent to Master Guy Bowman, Halifax, R. D. #2. Pa. The message reads: "Dear cousin, will let you know we are all well, hope you are all the same, we was s o glad that Mehargue sent his picture to Mom, we wish you wold [sic] all get your pictures taken & send them to us, that is a fine foto, the Carlisle Fair is next week, Mom & I wanted to go but I guess we can't and miss go to Harrisburg, answer soon, as ever your cousin Marie Keite"

 

Format: Postcard (Commercial)

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The caption of this postcard reads: Administration Building.

This postcard was reportedly given by Richard Henry Pratt to Edna Emerick (librarian) in Rochester, NY who had arranged his visit on Thursday, Oct. 14, 1909 to speak about Carlisle. This and several other postcards had passed to a nephew.

 

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

This postcard's caption reads: DINING HALL INDIAN SCHOOL CARLISLE, PA.

This postcard was reportedly given by Richard Henry Pratt to Edna Emerick (librarian) in Rochester, NY who had arranged his visit on Thursday, Oct. 14, 1909 to speak about Carlisle. This and several other postcards had passed to a nephew.

 

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Fourteen male student athletes posed in the photo studio with their white male coach, Pop Warner. They are the track team of 1909, posed with a trophy from the State Championship. 

Jim Thorpe is the fourth male student from the left in the back row. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

The printed note on the front side reads: 14 mo. old Guy Carroll McNutt.

This image of the son of Louise Provost McNutt and Dr. C. A. McNutt was included in a letter sent to Moses Friedman on December 12, 1909.

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The caption reads: JAMES THORPE (INDIAN)   FROM THE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL   THE WORLD’S CHAMPION ATHLETE.

 

Format: Postcard (Commercial), Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Mary Miller Dodge with Alpheus D. Dodge, Charlotte Dodge and an unidentified individual with a dog in front of a house.

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The printed caption reads: FARM OF WILLIAM HAZLETT.

William Hazlett's farm. Three men, one woman, and two children in the foreground with buildings in the background.

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Anna Morton Lubo

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Peter J. Jordan in his football uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Cass Lake school girls Ages 12 - 15 years.

Eleven girls in uniform from the Cass Lake Indian School.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The top handwritten note reads: Orchard of Stephen Reuben. Carlisle returned student of 1893.

The caption reads: Orchard Planted by a Nez Perce Indian Orchardist of Stephen Reuben. 1,250 different kind of fruit trees.

This image appears in the Sunday Oregonian, which is published in Portland.

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Nan Saunooke

Nana Saunooke in the auditorium of the school with four other women.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: You will see me with my Haying gang.  I am in front with the first team, at the M. V. Freight Yard. Geo. Conner.

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Hazlett's farm

William Hazlett's farm. Three men, one woman, and two children in the foreground with buildings in the background.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: David Little Oldman.

This photograph is of David Little Oldman plowing his field with the assistance of horses and another man.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten caption on the reverse reads: D. Little Oldman.

This photo shows David Little Oldman shoeing a horse at a blacksmith's shop "in which he was regularly employed... at $75 per month."  This information was taken from a letter contained in Little Oldman's student file.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Leupp Art Studio at the Carlisle Indian School with blankets outside, along with four people and a sign reading "No Admittance on Sunday"

Format: Stereograph

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Ellen Grinnell

A group of woman and a man stand outside an unidentified building. Ellen Grinnell is identified by the "X" in this photograph.

Note: A researcher suggested that Ellen Grinnell is likely a member of the Hidatsa Nation.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mrs. Katrina Scott and Daughters, St. Xavier, Montana 

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The caption reads Dispensary at Hospital, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.

This image appears in a fold-out booklet of postcard views titled Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).

Format: Postcard (Commercial)

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections