Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, U.S. INDIAN SCHOOL CARLISLE PA

The only words on the back are standard instructions for placement of the address.

The caption on this postcard reads: Carlisle, Pa., Bakery and Bakers, Indian School.

This postcard was sent to Mr. John P. Miller, Burnham, Pa. Mifflin Co. The message reads: "Dear Son, I am still looking for that letter now write to me at once as I am anxious to hear from you. Mother"

The caption on the front reads: CAMPUS IN WINTER, U.S. INDIAN SCHOOL CARLISLE PA.

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write the address.

The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF 1900.

This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).

The printed note reads: Thompson, Redwater, Wheelock, Scott, Warner, Seneca, Miller, Scholder, Pierce, Roberts, Warren, Metoxen, Johnson, Smith, Hudson, Rogers, Sickles.

This image with the caption FOOTBALL TEAM OF 1900 appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: CARLYLE COLLEGE

First Indian College for Women

Aunt Pearl

Note: Image donated by Claudia Washburn.

The printed note reads: Photographed by J. N. CHOATE, No. 21 W. Main St., Carlisle.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle PA

Stereoscopic card showing Richard Henry Pratt and his family outside in the snow, in front of the Superintendent's Quarters at the…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Pupils bedroom

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Maud Sampson

Studio portrait of an unidentified male student in a pinstripe suit and tie.

There is no caption on the front of the postcard nor is there anything written on the back. (The back has remnants of glue though.)

Group of Chiricahua Apache as they arrived from Fort Marion in Florida on April 30, 1887.

The caption reads: THE FAMOUS INDIAN BAND OF 1901.

This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).

Male and female students posed holding sheets of music with white female choir director and accompanist at right. 

Johnston took two very similar photographs of the choir. The other one is linked in Related Images.

This image with the caption CHOIR appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle,…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Shoe Shop. Repairing.

Note: The Library of Congress has a copy of this photo in its Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection: https://www.loc.gov/item/2006675679/  

View of the central school campus. 

This image, with the caption BAND STAND, DINING HALL, TEACHERS' QUARTERS, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 12].

This image with the caption SCHOOL HERD appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 93]. 

View looking down on the school grounds where male and female students are assembled in rows. 

This image, with the caption CAMPUS AND STUDENT BODY, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.10].

The caption reads: COLONEL PRATT.

This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p. 7].

The caption reads: FOURTH GRADE, DRAWING LESSON.

This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).

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).

Male students seated at tables and sewing machines in the Tailor Shop. 

The Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress contains a print of this photograph: https://www.loc.gov/item/2018661659/…

Male students posed in the gymnasium.

This image, with the caption BOYS' WAND DRILL, appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.63] 

The caption reads: CORNER IN DISPENSARY.

This image appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902).

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]…