Images

Dr. Obadiah Given posed in the dispensary of the hospital. 

Note: School records show Dr. Given worked at the school between 1884 and 1889. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-080b and BS-CH-050.

School nurse Margaret Wilson and Dr. Obadiah Given posed with a student lying in a bed in the ward of the school hospital. 

Note: School records show Wilson worked at the school from 1881 until 1889. Given was employed there from 1884 to 1889. 

View of young male and female students wearing uniforms seated at desks in a schoolroom. There is a row of male students standing at the rear in front of a chalk board. The students have their faces turned to the photographer.  

Studio portrait of three male students and nineteen female students. 

Students Thomas Blackbear and Henry Standing Bear are probably in the group. 

View of the chapel after additions were made to both sides of the building. Four students, one female, are posed near the front door. 

View of female students arranged in rows, with barbells lifted above their shoulders, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing the same dark-colored bloomers and long-sleeved tops. Most are also wearing large white bows. There are three men observing from the balcony. 

View of female students arranged in rows, holding narrow poles or sticks behind their shoulders, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing the same dark-colored bloomers and long-sleeved tops. Most are also wearing large white bows. There are three men observing from the balcony. 

View of female students posed around the gymnasium, some holding Indian clubs, some near parallel bars and rope ladders. The students are all wearing the same dark-colored bloomers and long-sleeved tops. Most are also wearing large white bows. There are also female students roller skating on the balcony above. 

Group portrait of a group of white women of different ages, probably teachers, posed on the school grounds. 

View of male students arranged in rows, each with two raised Indian clubs, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing white shirts with suspenders. 

View of male students arranged in rows, each with outstretched arms, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing white shirts with suspenders. 

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt. 

View of male students posed around the gymnasium, some with Indian clubs, some in boxing stances. The students are all wearing white shirts with suspenders. 

Studio portrait of Alfred J. Standing, Assistant Superintendent of the School. 

According to school records, Standing was employed at the school from 1881 until at least 1901. 

View of the Small Boys' Quarters with several younger male students standing in front, some with brooms. 

View of the Large Boys' Quarters, likely taken not long after construction.

Portrait of a large group of male and female students in school uniforms posed on the school grounds.

The caption identifies them as "Chiricahua Apaches four months after arriving at Carlisle." This would date the photo to March 1887. 

The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle Barracks, PA also has a copy of this image: Carlisle Indian Industrial School Photograph Collection, Box 1, Folder 17. 

Portrait of a large group of male and female students in school uniforms posed on the school grounds. 

A print of this image from the collections at Princeton identify it as "Chiricahua Apaches four months after arriving at Carlisle." This would date the photo to March 1887. 

Studio portrait of eight male and three female students, all wearing school uniforms. The printed title identifies them as Chiricahua Apaches Four Months After Arriving at Carlisle. 

The students are identified by name in the printed caption below. 

Studio portrait of eight male and three female Chiricahua Apache students, all wearing school uniforms. They are the group of students who arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886, taken four months later. 

A researcher has identified them as: back row, left to right, Hugh Chee, Frederick Skahsejah (Eskelsejah), Clement Seanilzay, Samson Noran; front row, left to right, Ernest Hogee, Humphrey Eschavzey, Margaret Yates (Standing), Beatrice Kaihtel (known at the school as Beatrice Morton), Jeanette Pagostetahn (known at the school as Janette Woods), Bishop Eatennah, Basil Ekarden. 

Portrait of male and female Native Americans posed on the steps of a building. The caption says that they are "Apaches from Fort Marion, Florida, as they arrived April 30, 1887." 

The Cumberland County Historicial Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-052 and 12-18-01.

Group of Chiricahua Apache as they arrived from Fort Marion in Florida on April 30, 1887.

Studio portrait of Preston Three Bears (at left) and Nicholas Ruleau (at right).

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the date May 1887.

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with a group of white adults and students posed on the porch of a building on the school grounds. 

This print of this image identifies the other white man as Inspector Morris A. Thomas and one of the white women as Mrs. Osgood (Sarah E. Osgood). The school newspaper for May 1887 reports separate visits from both Thomas and Osgood. 

Pose 1 of this image has two small white children (a boy and a girl) in the front right in front of the male students in school uniforms. These two children are not in this version. 

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with a group of white adults and students posed on the porch of a building on the school grounds. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society's version of this image identifies the other white man as Inspector Morris A. Thomas and one of the white women as Mrs. Osgood (Sarah E. Osgood). The school newspaper for May 1887 reports separate visits from both Thomas and Osgood. 

Version #1 of this image has two small white children (a boy and a girl) in the front right in front of the male students in school uniforms. These two children are not in this version.