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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Studio portrait of Angeline View.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH3-071g and 14A-10-02.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Katie Creager (left) and Seichu Atsye (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Ladeaux.
Note: Previous cataloging indicated the student's name in the hand written caption is George Laden.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of David Abraham.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Jos. Payawesa Sr. & Jr.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Joseph Murdock, likely taken during one of his times on outing in Columbia County, near Bloomsburg, PA, between 1900 and 1903.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified female students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Juan Apachese and Carlos Eprico.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Pupils bedroom
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: CARLYLE COLLEGE
First Indian College for Women
Aunt Pearl
Note: Image donated by Claudia Washburn.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student wearing a hat.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Electa Hill.
Note: It is not known if this is Electa C. Hill or Electa D. Hill, who both attended the school at the same time and were of similar age.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Pasquala Anderson and Ida Swallow.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sosipatra Suvoroff and Irene Suvoroff.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note reads: C. Dillon
View of Charles Dillon in his Carlisle football uniform around 1900.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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 Carlisle Indian School.
Format: Stereograph
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of four unidentified male students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Male students in uniform, including what appears to be a small group of the school band at left, posed at the edge of the school grounds in front of a fence. The handwritten caption states "showing farm buildings in the distance."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Several younger male students wearing uniforms posed reading newspapers at a table with many piles of newspapers--the Reading Room in the Small Boys' Quarters.
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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.
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
A large group of female students posed on the steps of a school building with one older white woman. Some students in the front row hold a banner that says "YWCA."
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a print of this image (13-15-01).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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.
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Four female teachers seated on the grass on the school grounds. One is holding open some sheet music. They are identified on the reverse of the photo as Anne H. Stewart, Jessie L. McIntire, Annie B. Moore and Jeannette Senseney.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Group portrait of thirty-seven women, presumably all female students, wearing large hats, posed on the school grounds in front of the flag pole.
This portrait may have taken as they were gathered to return home (a "home party").
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the school grounds showing the teachers' quarters and the band stand.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society