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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Studio portrait of Joseph Murdock, likely taken during one of his times on outing in Columbia County, near Bloomsburg, PA, between 1900 and 1903.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Jos. Payawesa Sr. & Jr.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Juan B. Vavages and Thomas Kenay.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified female students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of Charles Dillon in football uniform posing in a field.
Note: CCHS has two copies of this image 15-09-01 and 00318C#01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nannie Sturm and Ella Sturm.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Reuben Jones.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joe B. Luna and Calistro Antonio Lugo.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The printed note reads: Thompson, Redwater, Wheelock, Scott, Warner, Seneca, Miller, Scholder, Pierce, Roberts, Warren, Metoxen, Johnson, Smith, Hudson, Rogers, Sickles.
This image with the caption FOOTBALL TEAM OF 1900 appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).
This image, with the caption FOOTBALL TEAM, also appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.98].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Katie Creager (left) and Seichu Atsye (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Juan Apachese and Carlos Eprico.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sosipatra Suvoroff and Irene Suvoroff.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Pasquala Anderson and Ida Swallow.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Ladeaux.
Note: Previous cataloging indicated the student's name in the hand written caption is George Laden.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Wallace Denny wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Pupils bedroom
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF 1900.
This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Angeline View.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH3-071g and 14A-10-02.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Hawley Pierce.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Hawley Pierce.
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a glass plate negative of this image (00327B).
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of the football team. In the version of this image in publications, the players are identified: (L to R): Isaac Seneca (Seneca), William G. Thompson (Coach), Thaddeus Redwater (Cheyenne), Martin Wheelock (Oneida), Frank Scott (Seneca), Glenn Scoby "Pop" Warner (Coach), Jonas Metoxen (Oneida), James E. Johnson (Stockbridge), Artie Miller (Stockbrige), Joseph Scholder (Mission), Bemus Pierce (Seneca), Caleb M. Sickles (Oneida), Edwin Smith (Kallam), Frank Hudson (Pueblo), Edward Lowell Rogers (Chippewa).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
View of the rear of the Industrial Workshop Building, with a few male students in the foreground.
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Male students posed working at tables in the wagonmaking shop.
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Two male students posed working at laying bricks in a wall in a shop building.
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Male students posed working at machines and standing at tables in the shoe shop.
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society