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 caption reads: Kickapoo Wigwam, McLoud, Okla.
The handwritten note reads: This is Henry Murdock summer house.
The reverse side contains a short note from George B. Kishketon to Superintendent Moses Friedman sent from McLoud, Oklahoma on September 20, 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: BARK-HOUSE. SAC AND FOX INDIANS.
The printed note reads: GEO. E. CORNISH, ARKANSAS CITY, KANS.
The reverse side includes a short note from George B. Kishketon to Superintendent Moses Friedman sent from McLoud, Oklahoma on September 20, 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads Entrance to Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads Dining Hall, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads Green House at Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View of a boy with gun walking towards a house.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: [illegible] I have no Photos of my self that I can find.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads Academic Building, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads Sewing Room, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads Dispensary at Hospital, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads Library, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Rose Simpson
Rose Simpson standing beside an unidentified woman.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Portrait of Edward Bracklin in football uniform standing on an athletic field.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The headline reads: Carlisle Indian Girls Root for Carlisle Football Heroes.
A. Ella Johnson and other Carlisle students in the stands of a Carlisle football team.
This image appears in the Wichita Beacon in Wichita, Kansas.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Joseph S. Ball in 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
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 reads: Nan
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: 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
View of two men working to brand a bull. It is not clear which individual is Benjamin D. Penny.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Benjamin D. Penny's family around 1910. It is not clear which individual is Benjamin D. Penny.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Although the newspaper caption reads "Family of John Kash Kash. A Well-To-Do Nez Perce Indian Minister," a direct descendant has indicated that pictured is the family of James Kash Kash.
This image appears in the Sunday Oregonian, which is published in Portland.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
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
View of Herbert R. Bradby while a student at the Carlisle Indian School around 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Wm Hodge.
William M. Hodge (right) in his school uniform and Louis Vilnave.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: "Goliath Big jim" James Driver.
View of James B. Driver (Goliath Bigjim)'s with his delivery wagon, which he used in and around Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: James Driver
View inside of James Driver (Goliath Bigjim)'s bakery with Driver and bread oven in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration