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 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 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 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
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 older male students standing around a fire wagon which is parked on a road beside a building on the school 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
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
Views of students posed working in the Carpenter Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image; a print (14B-14-04) and a glass plate negative (00314A#75). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the print (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: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Views of students posed working in the Carpenter Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image; a print (14B-14-05) and a glass plate negative (00314A#77). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the print (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: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Views of students posed working in the Carpenter Shop.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image; a print (14B-14-06) and a glass plate negative (00314A#78). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the print (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: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students seated at tables in the printing office.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students standing at tables setting type in the print shop.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students seated at tables working in the printing office.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Students in the print shop, large table in the foreground and students standing at machines in the background.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of students standing at tables setting type in the print shop.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A female student and a white woman seated at desks, working in the office of the Print Shop.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Male students posed working the school's photo studio, with four female students posed as if to have their picture taken.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A display of items, such as baskets, and other items in a room decorated with Native-American motifs in the Leupp Art Studio. These items may have been made by students at the school and offered for sale.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image; a print (14B-16-02) and a glass plate negative (00315A#03). It was previously attributed to the photographer A. A. Line, but because the print (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: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A display of Native American-style rugs, baskets and objects in the Leupp Art Studio. They may be objects made by the students, being offered for sale.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A display of Native American-style objects, hanging on display. They may be objects made by the students, being offered for sale.
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
View of the Band Stand with the Dining Hall and Printing Office visible 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 quarry on the school grounds, with gravel grading machinery on the left, the Athletic Cage building in the center, and trade shops on the right.
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 Letort Spring and the Spring House on the Parker Farm. The Parker Farm was owned by the school and located north-east of the campus.
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 down Pratt Avenue from the Central Campus, with the Dining Hall at left, the Laundry Building at right, and the Leupp Art Studio in the distance in the center.
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 Hospital Building with the Doctor's House 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