Nez Perce

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School Football Team 1896.

Although this photo is not captioned, John Steckbeck in Fabulous Redmen (1951) lists the 1896 team as: Frank Cayou, Harrison, Frank Hudson, Jacob Jamison, Delos Lonewolf, David McFarland, Jonas Metoxen, Artie Miller,…

Studio portrait of Lillian Complainville.

Studio portrait of David McFarland.

Studio portrait of Augusta Nash (back row left), Louise Rogers (back row right), Violetta Nash (front row left), and Alice Hayes (front row right).

Studio portrait of Ralph Armstrong.

Studio portrait of the graduating class of 1898. Students are marked with white numbers that correspond to the typed caption below the image. 

Studio portrait of Alice Hayes.

Studio portrait of Anna Parnell.

Studio portrait of fifteen male students and nineteen female students, the graduating class of 1899. According to the label on this photo they are: 

Back row: Christian Eastman, Annie Gesis, Joseph Gouge (here J. Jennings Gouge), George Hazlett, Sarah Williams, Chauncey Archiquette, Eliza Smith (here E. Lillian Smith),…

Photograph of a photograph of former student Stephen Reuben in a feathered headess with a horse. The photograph is lableled: "Stephen Reuben, Carlisle Student, 4th of July Celebration, Spalding Idaho." 

Studio portrait of the graduating class of 1901. 

The students are identified with white numbers corresponding to the typed label below the photograph.

Note: Edwin Smith, a member of this graduating class, is not included in the photo.

Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1904. They are identified in a label attached below the photo.

The label notes that Martha Enos was part of the graduating class but not included in the photo.

Studio portrait of James G. Dickson wearing uniform. 

Inscribed on reverse: "James G. Dickson to Miss R. Rinker, Dec. 24, 1904, A Merry Christmas and happy New Year." 

Portrait of a bearded white man and a Native American man, identified on the photo's mat as General O. O. Howard and Chief Joseph. 

A note on the reverse suggests that this image was taken in 1904 when the two men were both speakers at the school's commencement exercises.

The caption on the front reads: Elisabeth Penny Tribe Nez Perce Indian School Carlisle, Pa.

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

Harry W. Wheeler around 1908.

The caption on this postcard reads: Nez Perce Indian Pupils in Native Dress Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.

The postcard is addressed to a Miss Harriet Atwood in Minetto, Oswego County, New York. It was sent August 12, 1908.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Children of Mr. + Mrs. Keller

View of Josiah Redwolf around 1909.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Lillian Complainville Keller    Oliver Curtis Keller

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Sara Monteith

Sarah Celia Monteith and ten unidentified Carlisle students.

Group portrait of twelve female students wearing costumes, standing and facing forward. They are the "Indian Squaws," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909.

According to the program for the performance, these students are Jane Butler, Shela Guthrie Brown…

Group portrait of twelve female students wearing costumes, standing, turned so that the prop "papooses" containing dolls they are wearing on their backs are visible. They are the "Indian Squaws," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909.

According to the…

Group portrait of twelve female students wearing costumes, kneeling and holding prop "papooses" containing dolls in front of them. They are the "Indian Squaws," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909.

According to the program for the performance, these…

Group portrait of twenty-three female students wearing costumes. They are the "Puritan Maidens Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program lists a total of twenty-three female students playing Puritan roles, including the Puritan…