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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View of the shoe shop showing machinery and students working.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-136 and 14B-13-01) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#02). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students working in the Paint Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-119 and 14B-12-03) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#80). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the shoe shop showing tables with shoes on them, machinery, and students at work.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two prints of this image (14B-12-06 and PA-CH3-137). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because both the prints (and others in the series) are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. 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 tailor shop showing long work tables. An instructor and students are working at the rear of the room.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two prints of this image (14B-13-02 and PA-CH3-134). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because both the prints (and others in the series) are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. 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 tailor shop showing students working at long tables.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-135 and 14B-13-03) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#73). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the mechanical drafting classroom showing students working at rows of desks.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-138 and 14B-10-04) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#08). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption on this postcard reads: Educated Eskimos, of Alaska, Graduates of Carlisle University.
This postcard has not been sent. A symbol on the back indicates that it was connected to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, 1909.
This postcard is reproduced and colorized from a photograph of former Carlisle students Anna Buck (standing) and Mollie Dalilak (seated).
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View of students at work in the masonry department.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-132 and 14B-10-02) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#42). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students laying a sidewalk in front of buildings (possibly the Small Boys' Quarters and the Assistant Superintendant's Quarters) on the school grounds.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-133 and 14B-10-03) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#31). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students posed in the paint shop with carriage wheel frames.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-123 and 14B-12-01) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#55). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. 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 students working in the masonry department.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-131 and 14B-10-01) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#83). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students working in the Paint Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-122 and 14B-12-04) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#64). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. 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 students and instructor working in the Blacksmith Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-124 and 14B-11-03) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#23). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. 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 students and instructor working in the Blacksmith Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image; two are prints (PA-CH3-125 and 14B-11-02) and one is a glass plate negative (00314A#22). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the two prints are in collections associated with the school's photographer Everett Strong, we believe it was taken by Strong. Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption: Carlisle Graduate 1910, World War Veteran, Football Coach Uni. of Ariz.
Lyons . . . (R.H.B.) (Chippewa) Captain Football Team 1909
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the Printing Office.
Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909. P
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The fire wagon inside its shed. The Cumberland County Historical Society identified this as "a hose wagon and hand pumper fire engines."
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 fire wagon in its shed, attached to a school building.
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 from a sidewalk on campus through leafy trees to the porches of a quarters or residence.
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 Dining Hall with female students 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 a corner of the central campus with the Athletic Quarters at left and the Disciplinarian's Quarters at right. The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging identifies "fire hydrants in the foreground and a hand-operated water pump from an underground cistern at left."
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 Adminstration Building, with leafy trees and shrubs in front, and with a boy on the front staircase.
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 eastern end of the Teachers' Quarters, showing sidewalks and an empty 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
View of the Boiler House with a water tower behind it. A group of male students in standing in front, and the Store House can be seen in the background.
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 Guard House.
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
