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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Lon Randolph Speeche playing outside with his sister Andrae Speeche. Children of Alonzo Speeche.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Mr. Stephen K. Murray and wife. Cut meat, S. D.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Robert Hudnall the son of Carlisle student Leonard Hyden Hudnall and Myrtle Osman.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Lyman Madison.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Compliments of Mr. and Mrs. King
View of Ellen Hansell King and her husband, Charles King, around 1915.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption: First "All-American Boy Scout Troop" In America. Scout Organizer Red Horse and Supt. Friedman.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Four men standing outside wearing football clothing. They are identified in a handwritten caption below as, from left to right: Coach Kelley, Gus Welch, John McGillis, and Pete Callac.
This photo appears in the Carlisle Arrow on October 15, 1915.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
There is no caption on the front of this postcard, which is from a collection of materials that belonged to Naomi Greensky.
There are a few numbers or symbols written on the back.
Format: Postcard (Commercial), Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption of this postcard reads: INDIAN SCHOOL HOSPITAL, CARLISLE, PA. This postcard was produced by "Commercialchrome" around 1915, but it was not mailed until 1921.
The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Wm. H. Bachman, 120. W. Fourth St., Hazelton, Pa. The message reads: "Carlisle, Pa., Mar. 31, 1921, Dear Mother, Arrived safely in Carlisle at 8.20. P.M. yesterday. That's a good route to come, all fast trains after leaving Pottsville. Love to all, Fred."
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The building originally constructed as the Leupp Indian Art Studio had been repurposed as the Alumni Hall by the time this photo was taken, sometime around 1915. The words "Alumni Hall" appear above the door on the left side of the photo.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption on the front reads: SKATING POND AND ENTRANCE TO INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA. This postcard was produced by "Commericalchrome" around 1915.
The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption on the front of the postcard reads: PRINTING OFFICE, U. S. INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA. This postcard was produced by "Commericalchrome" around 1915.
The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The headline reads: AMERICAN INDIAN IS FIGHTING FOR ALLIES
The printed caption reads: Lieut. Long Lance.
Sylvester Long Lance in military uniform.
This image appears in the New York Post on February 12, 1915.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Well-known Nez Perces.
The printed note reads:
Standing -- Rev. E. J. Conner and James Kash Kash.
Sitting -- Kip-kip-pa-li-can and Black Eagle.
This image appears courtesy of the Redman in The Nez Perce Indian vol. 1, no. 21 (April 1915): 1.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
This image is from a newspaper article about James M. Phillips as he was elected Mayor of Aberdeen, Washington, in 1915.
This article appears in the Tacoma Ledger on April 18, 1915.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Our camp, Turkey Foot Lake. Ohio, Summit Co. Fourth of July week - 1915
Mr. Brown Eagle - Cook
Mr. Roy H. Cross
Mr. Arthur W. Durr
Mr. Gene Smith
Mr. George Smith
Mr. James Y. Black.
Akron, O.
Four men in front of a tent with woods in the background.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten caption reads: Taken August 30, 1915.
The reverse side includes quotes from Woodrow Wilson and Abraham Lincoln and the home addresses of Moses P. Kogechiwan.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption on the front reads: LIBRARY, INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.
The postcard was addressed to Mr. Chas Yelletts Montgomery Barber Shop Norristown, Pa. The message reads: "love to you, Am having a nice time every body was surprised to see me, hope you are well, love from Margaret 43 Baltimore St. Carlisle Pa."
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Childers and children Clarence, Eloise, and Ruby. Broken Arrow Oklahoma, October 8, 1915.
View of D. B. and Mildred (Millie) McIntosh Childers with their three children.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Lillian Henry - Carlisle - Pa. Tribe - New York - Tuscarora
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side contains a note from John Kennedy to Oscar H. Lipps regarding having his son James Henry Kennedy coming home to help on the farm over the summer. Sent from Irving, New York in March 1916.
House, two barns, and the greenhouse of James Henry Kennedy and his father John Kennedy.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Fred J. Ettawageshik in formal suit.
The handwritten caption reads: Fred Ettawageshik (1916.)
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Corporal Robert James Tahamont member of the second infantry of Company C of the National Guard of New Jersey in 1916 in his overcoat uniform.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The reverse side includes a note from Paul Red Star to Oscar H. Lipps sent from Manderson, South Dakota on August 8, 1916.
Church in a field with horses and people.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of a male student, Corporal Robert James Tahamont, member of the second infantry of Company C of the National Guard of New Jersey, wearing his overcoat uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration