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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Group portrait of twenty-four young men, some in school uniforms, some not, posed in rows on the steps of one of the school buildings. At least one, possibly two more are probably not students.
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a print of this image (13-07-02).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1905. They are identified in a label attached below the photo.
The following are not in the picture but are listed as class members: Osuna, Jose/Padin, Emiliano/Santaella, Maria/Rivera, Angela/Rexach (Ruiz), Manuel.
In the following, class members are identified by number:
1: Bender, Manuel, 2: Conners, Alice, 3: Wilson, Margaret, 4: Baker, Joseph, 5: Bruce, Ida, 6: Charles, Wilson, 7: Davis, Jesse, 8: George, Anna B., 9: George, Mary, 10: Temple, Rose, 11: Kadashan, Mary, 12: Heater, Alice, 13: Cornelius, Cornelia, 14: Janese, Adelia, 15: Johnson, Lillian, 16: Jacquez, Albert, 17: Welch, Florence, 18: Laughlin, Stella, 19: Machukay, Martin, 20: Jacques, Delfina, 21 Magee, Della, 22: Miller, Hattie, 23: Miguel, Patrick, 24: Johnson, Lucy M., 25: Nick, Tossie, 28: Pena, Nicholas, 29: Pierce, Bernice, 31: Knudsen, Rebecca, 33: Rodriguez, Antonio, 34: Santaella, Maria, 35: Schanandore, Lillian A., 36: Reinkin, Dora, 37: Smith, Roxana, 38: Stone, Ambrose, 39: Tutikoff, Polly, 40: Williams, Sarah, 41: Blythe, Stella, 42: Webster, Levi, 43: Welch, Bettie, 44: Bartlett, Edith, 45: White, Agnes, 46: Williams, Spencer.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The school band followed by the baseball team marching down a street in a residential area of Carlisle.
The identification of the baseball team is based on the captions on the front and back of the image. The rest of the information is not legible.
The reverse side has a ghost image of an unrelated baseball team.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of art instructor Angel De Cora in Native American clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture
Studio portrait of a female student. The handwritten note on the image says Lystia Wahahoo, Cherokee, Dec. 3, 1906.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture
Studio portrait of a female student. The handwritten caption says Hin to ake le win Sioux Carlisle Dec. 3 1906.
Note: There is no student listed by that name in the school records, but she may very well be included there under an Americanized name.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture
The handwritten note reads: W. Gardner
View of William J. Gardner in his Carlisle football uniform around 1906.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Reproduction of a studio photograph of Wilson Charles which appeared in The Arrow at the time of Charles' marriage to fellow student Elizabeth Knudsen. The photograph appeared in The Arrow, Vol. II, No. 32, 1906/04/06.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Isaac Gould and Paul Dirks.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Reproduction of a studio portrait of Elizabeth Knudsen which appeared in the Carlisle Arrow at the time of Knudsen's marriage to fellow student Wilson Charles. The image appears in The Arrow, Vol II, No. 32, 1906/04/06.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Tony Tillohash.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Gardner in football uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Emil Hauser around 1906.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of the graduating class of 1906 with inserted single photos of two female students.
Students are marked with white numbers corresponding to the typed list of names below.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption on the front of the card reads "Casino, Ocean Park, Long Branch, Cottrell, Photo." There is also a hand-written caption at the bottom which reads "Engaged for 1907 ten weeks at 10,000."
The postcard was addressed to Mrs. Wm. C. Park, Pine Bush, Orange Co., New York, and postmarked Sep. 11, 1906.
Format: Postcard (Advertising), Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption on the front of the postcard reads 23. The Carlisle Indian Band, Long Branch, N. J.
A message written below the caption on the front reads: "Don't make eyes at the one in the middle. I saw him first. Tracy."
The postcard was addressed to Miss Nellie Noyes[?]. Columbus Place Long Branch N. J.
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The school band and students assembled in formation on the grounds of the central campus with the Dining Hall, Band Stand, and Girls' Quarters in the background.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1907. They are identified in a label attached below the photo.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A corner of a room set up as a store with products, including prominently displayed Uneeda Biscuits from the National Biscuit Company, and scales and a roll on a glass-topped counter. There are banners and penants hanging on the wall.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of teacher Angel De Cora in Native American clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio of William Dietz, also known as Lone Star Dietz.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Six female students standing posed in a row on the school grounds.
In a related photo they are identified as a Sunday school class under instruction by the Allison Methodist Church in Carlisle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The school band and students assembled in formation on the grounds of the central campus with the Dining Hall, Band Stand, and Girls' Quarters in the background.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Six female students seated around the flag pole on the school grounds, with a woman identified as Blanche Dum, their Sunday school teacher from the Allison Methodist Church.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society