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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The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Clara Tepania (1) Anna Rolette (2)
Clara Trepania and Anna Roulette in their Carlisle uniforms. Each student is indicated by a number and identified on the reverse side.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Thomas Hanbury and two children around 1908.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Female students and student nurses posed in a hospital room with beds and other furnishings.
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Two white men, presumably doctors, and six women, presumably nurses or nursing staff, standing on the porch and steps of the hospital. Five of the women are wearing nursing uniforms. One, not so dressed, is Native American.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption on the front of the postcard reads: Tewanima, "the marathon runner," 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
This postcard has the caption Taps Indian School Carlisle, Pa. This postcard is believed to have been produced at the school after the establishment of a photo studio there.
Although this postcard was never sent, there is a message written on the back: "To Donald from Catharine. We had an indian boy take us all through the Indian school."
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View of the Gymnasium after the addition of the bowling alley, showing the connection to the Girls' Quarters.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A typed label on the reverse of the image identifies it as an "'open air' summer trolley" on Pratt Avenue. The Leupp Art Studio is visible in the background.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption: One Of The Chief Causes Of The Government Inspection Into Corrupted Management Of Carlisle's Appropriations.
What Was The Outcome of That Gov. Inspection? This "Grafter" Was Fired . . .
Photo of Moses Friedman, a native of Cincinnati, O., The New Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School, who succeeds Supervisor Dickinson, on Wednesday, April 1, during the Carlisle Indian School Commencement. Supt. Friedman is 33 years old, and an authority on industrial training."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
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 1908. They are identified in a label attached below the photo. They are: 1) Elizabeth Baird 2) Josephine Charles 3) Louis F. Chingwa 4) Martha Cornsilk Rave 5) Morgan Crowsghost 6) Alice Denomie 7) Archie Dundas 8) Thomas Eagleman 9) John B. Farr 10) Eugene Geffe 11) Fritz Hendricks 12) Lucy Coulon House 13) Peter Hauser 14) Charles Huber 15) Florence D. Hunter 16) Louis Island 17) Flora E. Jones 18) Claudia McDonald 19) Theodore Owl 20) Ferris Paisano 21) Elizabeth Penny 22) Oscar Smith 23) Lottie Styles Hosie 24) Vera Wagner 25) Ira Walker 26) William Winnie, and 27) Mary E. Wolfe.
Note: Mary E. Wolfe is also known as Lizzie Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A white male doctor, a white female nurse, two female and one male student nurses are posed in an operating room with a male student patient.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A white male doctor, a white female nurse, two female and one male student nurses are posed in an operating room with a male student patient.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A white male doctor, a white female nurse, two female and one male student nurses are posed in an operating room with a male student patient.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption reads: Francis E. Luepp
This clipping is from the Waynesboro Blue Ridge Zephyr published on January 28, 1908.
Format: Drawing
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption on the front of the postcard reads: Girls Quarters, Campus and Summer House, Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. A note has been written on the front which reads "Having a nice time, but getting tired of country life, Elliott."
It has been addressed to Mrs. T. Myer, #1838 North 22nd St. Philadelphia.
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption on this postcard reads: BATTALION SCHOOL, CARLISLE, Pa.
The postcard was addressed to Dr. Zatae L. Straw, 627 Union St., Manchester, N. H.
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption on the front reads: Class Rooms, Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.
The postcard was addressed to Mr. D. P. Young, 42 E. Philadelphia St., York, Pa. The message reads: "Woo! Woo! Big Injun! Saw Rose Adler here so feel as if I were at home. Will have to come home Monday Eve. sometime around eight."
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View of the new Hospital Building with a woman seated on the front porch.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of one end of the Small Boys's Quarters.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the central campus, looking toward the side of the Girls' Quarters, the Gymnasium with the attached low building for the bowling alley, the Large Boys' Quarters and the Athletic Quarters. In the grass, nets have been set up and male students are holding rackets.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View taken looking north, with some students in front of the Girls' Quarters, the Large Boys' Quarters and the Athletic Quarters visible in the distance.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View taken looking south, showing the corner of the Teachers' Quarters, with the Academic Building and the Guard House in the distance. Several groups of people are standing on the sidewalks on the grounds.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A white teacher and female students posed seated on a bench and standing in groups on the grounds in front of the Girls' Quarters. A dog is sitting in front of the group on the bench.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Older and younger female students with a dog posed on the lawn of the central campus. Visible behind them, from left to right, are the Athletic Quarters, the Disciplinarian's Quarters, the Small Boys' Quarters and the Assistant Superintendent's Quarters.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society