1900-1909

Group portrait of seven male students wearing costumes. They are the "Sailors' Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program for the play lists ten members of the Sailors' Chorus, only seven of whom are pictured here. The ten listed…

Group portrait of ten male students wearing costumes. They are the "Soldiers' Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program for the play lists twelve members of the Soldiers' Chorus, only ten of whom are pictured here. The students…

Portrait of a male student wearing a pilgrim costume, including shoes with buckles, a wide white color and a prominent hat. 

This is student Montreville Yuda who played the part of Miles Standish in the school's production of "The Captain of Plymouth." 

A real photo postcard with the caption "CLASS '09 C.I.S. Carlisle, Pa."

The back of the postcard is blank as the postcard was never sent.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Guy Brown our home 1909 Browns Valley Minn

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Samuel J. Brown and Gertrude Brown with two unidentified adults and six children outside his family's home in Browns Valley, Minnesota.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: July 16, 1909. Daniel W. Milk. Ponca Creek Issue Station.  Saint Charles, S. Dak.

Frank Mt. Pleasant as a member of the Dickinson College Varsity Football Team. He is seated in the center of the center row. 

This image is from the Microcosm, the yearbook of Dickinson College, for 1909-1910 academic year.

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: CAMPUS AND TENNIS COURT, INDIA SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

The postcard was sent to Master Guy Bowman, Halifax, R. D. #2. Pa. The message reads: "Dear cousin, will let you know we are all well, hope you are all the same, we was s o glad that Mehargue sent his picture to Mom, we…

The caption of this postcard reads: Administration Building.

This postcard was reportedly given by Richard Henry Pratt to Edna Emerick (librarian) in Rochester, NY who had arranged his visit on Thursday, Oct. 14, 1909 to speak about Carlisle. This and several other postcards had passed to a nephew.

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This postcard's caption reads: DINING HALL INDIAN SCHOOL CARLISLE, PA.

This postcard was reportedly given by Richard Henry Pratt to Edna Emerick (librarian) in Rochester, NY who had arranged his visit on Thursday, Oct. 14, 1909 to speak about Carlisle. This and several other postcards had passed to a nephew.…

Fourteen male student athletes posed in the photo studio with their white male coach, Pop Warner. They are the track team of 1909, posed with a trophy from the State Championship. 

Jim Thorpe is the fourth male student from the left in the back row. 

The printed note on the front side reads: 14 mo. old Guy Carroll McNutt.

This image of the son of Louise Provost McNutt and Dr. C. A. McNutt was included in a letter sent to Moses Friedman on December 12, 1909.

Seven female students posed holding six large laundry baskets between them on the sidewalk on the western side of the Laundry Building. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or…

Group portrait of thirty-six male students posed on the school grounds, none in uniform. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies this as a "home party" in 1912. 

CCHS has a negative of this version of the image (00311A#07) and a negative and print of a slightly different pose of the group (pose 1). 

Postcard of the new guard house, built on the opposite side of campus from the original guard house, near the Large Boys' Quarters. Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption "Modernized jail for the incorrigibles."