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 Brig George.
A note on the back of the image reads: "Miss J.M. Cooper, from your friend, Mr. Brigam George."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Howard Jones.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mission P.O.
Benjamin Wheelock and Ida Powlas Wheelock with three of their children.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Bigtree and Charlotte Bigtree. George is wearing his school uniform.
Note: 1904 was the only year the two were both attending Carlisle, therefore we assume that is the date of the photo.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mamie Down and an unidentified young woman, both wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of two male students in uniforms standing in front of a building. On the building are hanging two banners, one for Carlisle and one for Wesleyan. The building may not be on the school grounds.
Note on reverse side reads: from Doctor Morgan 12/3/04
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View of George E. Thomas in his football uniform around 1905.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mr. & Mrs. T. Hanbury
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student, possibly Josiah Charles.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Thomas C. Flynn with his wife, Rosa Butch Flynn, around 1905.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: John Feather
Portrait of John Feather in a suit and tie.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of a male student, probably Thomas Saul.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: BENDER, PHILA. AMER.
This baseball card dates from when Charles Albert Bender played for the Philadelphia Athletics.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Artwork
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
Harness Instructor Milton I. Zeigler (left) in a classroom with a student around 1905.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Arthur Mandan in uniform holding a trumpet.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: ANNA ELIZABETH Zeigler MILTON I Zeigler CARLISLE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL HARNESS INSTRUCTOR
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: MILTON I ZIEGLER CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL - HARNESS INSTRUCTOR
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing a v-neck cardigan sweater.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Group portrait of nineteen baseball players in uniform, one male student not in uniform, and two white men, posed with baseball equipment, next to the bleachers on the athletic field.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Group portrait of twenty-nine women, presumably all female students, wearing large hats, posed on the school grounds.
This portrait may have taken as they were gathered to return home (a "home party").
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Group portrait of twenty-nine women, presumably all female students, wearing large hats, posed on the school grounds.
This portrait may have taken as they were gathered to return home (a "home party").
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a print of this image (13-13-02).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A workshop with pieces of furniture waiting to be assembled, possibly at Carlisle Indian School.
The provenance of this photograph is unknown, and it is not clear why the Historical Society believes it to be a shop at the Indian School.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society