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 a corner of the central campus with the Athletic Quarters at left and the Disciplinarian's Quarters at right. The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging identifies "fire hydrants in the foreground and a hand-operated water pump from an underground cistern 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 of the Adminstration Building, with leafy trees and shrubs in front, and with a boy on the front staircase.
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 harness shop, with a large empty table in foreground and students working at benches around the perimeter.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-142 and 14B-11-05) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#15). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the Boiler House with a water tower behind it. A group of male students in standing in front, and the Store House can be seen in the background.
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 Guard House.
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 Printing Office.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909. P
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the new Hospital Building with a woman seated on the front porch.
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
A group of female students and a few boys posed in front of the Laundry Building.
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
Older and younger female students with a dog posed on the lawn of the central campus. Visible behind them, from left to right, are the Athletic Quarters, the Disciplinarian's Quarters, the Small Boys' Quarters and the Assistant Superintendent's Quarters.
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
A panoramic photo postcard of the school grounds, taken from the central campus looking north.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this postcard. The front and reverse images posted here are from different cards.
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
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
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
Two white male doctors, a white female nurse, and a female student nurse attend two male students in beds on the sleeping porch of 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
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
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
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: 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: Dr C.A. McNutt St Joseph Missouri.
Photograph of Louise Provost McNutt and Dr. C.A. McNutt that McNutt sent to Superintendent Moses Friedman on December 12, 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Julia Elmore
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Julia Elmore
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Fred Sickles
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
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
The handwritten note reads: Mr & Mrs King with their colts.
Ellen and Charles King with four colts and a dog.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
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