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 of the school's Printing Shop.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
This image with the caption SCHOOL HERD appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 93].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Large group of male students in athletic clothing, posed on the grounds in front of a fence.
This image, with the caption TRACK TEAM, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.97].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Sherman Chadlesome.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption reads: SEVENTH GRADE.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Salem Moses.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption reads: FIFTH GRADE, ADVANCED.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: Band Stand and Girls Quarters, Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.
The handwritten note on the front reads: Juliette Smith Carlisle Pa
The postcard is addressed to Marba Marlin in Roxbourgh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: EIGHTH GRADE.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: NINTH GRADE, JUNIOR CLASS.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Frank Campeau.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Calistro Antonio Lugo wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Seven male students posed with a white female teacher in the Sloyd classroom.
This image, with the caption SLOYD CLASS, ADVANCED, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.84].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Caroline Helms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James Browndog wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jonas Jackson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A formal portrait of the graduating class of 1902, apparently with separate images of students not present when it was taken inserted later. The students are identified as: 1. Fielder, Isaac, 2. Lewis, Anna, 3. Mooney, Thomas, 4. Baird, Genus, 5. Bender, Charles, 6. Jamison, Elnora, 7. Coleman, Charles, 8. Metoxen, Melinda, 9. Miller, Clara, 10. Powlas, Katie, 11. Cusick, Charles12. Creager, Katie, 13. DeRosier, Jennie, 14. Ebert, Theresa, 15. Hare, Nelson, 16. Harris, Charlotte, 17. Saint Cyr, Lillian, 18. Seneca, Letha, 19. Walker, Thomas Mani, 20. Wheelock, Ida, 21. Miller, Samuel, 22. Miller, John H., 23. Mitten, Minerva, 24. Mt. Pleasant, William, 25. Nash, Pelagie, 26. Nash, Violetta, 27. Nauwagesic, Eliza, 28. Paul, William, 29. Peake, George, 30. Petoskey, Cornelius, 31. Sickles, Florence, 32. Jannies, Josephine, 33. Sickles, Arthur, 34. Smith, Fred E., 35. Tibbetts, Fred, 36. Warren, Grace, 37. Rogers, Louise, 38. Waterman, Lillian, 39. Wheelock, Martin, 40. King, Inez, 41. Bruce, Mary, 42. Wolf, Haely
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James E. Johnson wearing football clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Three male students sitting on the shore of a pond, possibly fishing. There is a wooden rail fence in the left foreground and trees around the pond.
This image, with the caption SPRING AT FARM, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902). [p.95]
The Cumberland County Historical Society has a copy of this photograph: 12-09-01.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: INDIVIDUAL LESSON IN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
A male student posed in a field with a plow drawn by two horses.
This image, with the caption FARM SCENE, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.94].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Charles Cusick.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Male and female students posed in semi-circle watching a tree being planted, presumably as part of the Arbor Day observances.
This image, with the caption TREE PLANTING, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.90].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Students and visitors in groups on the school grounds.
This image, with the caption ARBOR DAY EXERCISES, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 89].
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: WAGON MAKING, WOODWORK SECTION.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections