Images

Studio portrait of Carrie Cornelius.

Studio portrait of three male students in band uniforms with brass instruments with three female students. The caption probably identifies them as Dennison Wheelock (seated left), Celicia Wheelock, William Baird, and Angelina Baird. 

Studio portrait of Edward Davis wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Peter Cornelius wearing a uniform holding a cornet. 

Studio portrait of Peter Cornelius wearing a uniform and holding a cornet. 

Studio portrait of Co-zed (Below). 

Studio portrait of Co-zed (Below). 

Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Below Cozed.

Studio portrait of Louis Caswell (left) and Benjamin Caswell (right).

Studio portrait of seven visiting chiefs with two older Native American men (possibly also chiefs) and three male students. 

Studio portrait of an infant posed in a cradleboard. 

Version 1 of this image (linked to in Related Images) is a glass plate negative of a photograph of a photograph with the handwritten caption "Kiowa Pappoose." This image may have been taken of page 34 of Album 2 of the "Indian School Albums" now in the collection of the Cumberland County Historical Society (PA-CH2-034b), or it may have been taken before the print was added to the album. 

This photograph was originally taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston, probably at the Hampton Institute in 1899 when Johnston was there taking photographs of the Native American students. The image in the album may be a copy of the Johnston image, included among the images of Carlisle students, or it may be a copy made by Choate of the Johnston image, copied here again by Choate. 

This version is a print produced by Choate's studio. There is no indication that Choate credited Johnston for the original image. This was one of the photographs offered as a premium beginning in 1890 to subscribers of the school's Indian Helper newspaper, as were other photographs produced by (the others originally taken by) Choate. Those advertisements refer to this image as "pretty faced pappoose in Indian cradle."

Copies of the Johnston image are held by the Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98519390/) and the Museum of Modern Art (https://www.moma.org/collection/works/57142). 

Studio portait of Fred Big Horse (right) and Felix Iron Eagle Feather (left), both wearing baseball clothing.

Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr holding a hat. 

The caption reads: LEVI ST CYR, WINNEBAGO. Entered Carlisle 1887, aged 16. Graduated 1891; learned the Printer's trade, and is now Assistant Printer in the Carlisle School Office - Is also a member of the band.

A composite of different Carlisle Indian School images from around 1890.

Studio portrait of Luther Dah-hah. 

A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Luther Dah-hah. 

Portrait of a large group of female students with one white woman in the center, posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds. The caption identifies them as the student group the Endeavor Society and dates the image to 1890. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-007 and 10-B-21. The caption for the latter copy names the group as the Endeavor Literary Society. 

Studio portrait of thirteen male and five female students. 

This appears to be a different version (people in different positions) of the graduating class of 1890. This is not the version that became the official photograph of the class. 

Studio portrait of Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf. 

Studio portrait of Sarah Walker. 

Studio portrait of twelve young male students, all in school uniforms. The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging identifies them as "Pueblo and other Indian students." 

The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle Barracks, PA has a copy of this image (Carlisle Indian Industrial School Photograph Collection, Box 1, Folder 18) which identifies them as "12 unidentified Chiricahua Apaches boys four months after their arrival, circa 1886." 

Studio portrait of sixteen male students and three female students. The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging identifies them as from the Arapaho Nation. No date is provided. 

Studio portrait of William Carefelle wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Frank Campeau.

Note: A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Frank Campeau.

Studio portrait of nine male students, identified by the caption as being from the Nez Perce nation.

Studio portrait of Rose Aubrey and Alice Aubrey.

Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Rose and Alice Aubrey.

Note: Rose was one year younger than Alice, and so is probably the girl on the left. 

Studio portrait of Benjamin Caswell.