Images

Staff dining area, with tables set with tablecloths and a coffee urn on a side table. Radiator in the background along with exposed light bulb hanging from the ceiling.

This postcard is believed to have been produced at the school after the establishment of a photo studio there.

A panorama photo (10" x 50") of the Carlisle Indian School campus, facing east.

The caption reads: U.S. INDIAN SCHOOL. CARLISLE, PENNA.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Dr C.A. McNutt St Joseph Missouri.

Photograph of Louise Provost McNutt and Dr. C.A. McNutt that McNutt sent to Superintendent Moses Friedman on December 12, 1909.

Martin D. Archiquette, band instructor, and a group of students at the Indian School of Fort Simcoe, Washington.

The handwritten note reads: C. L. Butler chief engineer in electric-lighting of steam-heating plant, with air-compresser in the rear.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: I was standing in the pumphouse door.

Edwin A. Smith with Lucy. N. Jones.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Please return this to Edgar H. Rickard Lewiston, N.Y. R. F. D. 19

Edgar H. Rickard with his daughter and son.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Thos. A. Metoxen and Family. Oneida Wis. Also an athlete in time - baseball.

Thomas A. Metoxen with his wife Elizabeth Sickles and their four children.

The caption on this postcard reads: CARPENTER SHOP AND TAILORING DEPT, INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

The postcard was addressed to Miss Gillie M. Atherton, Greencastle, Pa.

The message reads: "Reach home safe and sound. I am well hoping you are the same. got done about 8 o'clock. Sunday being work hard on Monday done forget on Saturday and soon form a true friend H. J. B."

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Home and family of Mr. and Mrs. John Tahquette, Cherokee Reservation. Mrs. Tahquette (Annie George) is a graduate of the Carlisle Indian School and Mr. Tahquette is an ex student of a southern college.

Annie George Tahquette holding an infant with John A. Tahquette and six children in front of their house in Cherokee, North Carolina.

View of Charles W. Buck and his wife, Spyna Devereaux, around 1909. Both Charles and Spyna attended the Carlisle Indian School. 

View of Charles and Spyna Buck's daughter around 1909.

The caption reads: Bertha Cassel an applicant to enter the Carlisle Indian School from Mayagüez Porto Rico

The caption on the front of the card reads: Marching into Dining Room, Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.

The postcard was addressed to Miss Marion Peters, Middletown, Pa.

The message reads: "Dear Cousin Marion, I'm sorry I didn't see you while I was at Grandpas. But I hope I will next summer. We have been enjoying the orange [?] very much. [?] most to Pittsburg and I'll mail this. Lovingly Cousin Charles."

This postcard has the caption GIRLS' QUARTERS AND GYMNASIUM - INDIAN SCHOOL - CARLISLE PA. This postcard is believed to have been produced at the school after the establishment of a photo studio there.

The postcard was sent to Geraldine Hammond on February 3, 1909. Alonzo, the sender, wrote "Hello Gerry I suppose you are looking for an answer. I send this postal because I am pushed for time I will write soon From Alonzo"

The caption on the front reads: Printing Office, Carlisle Indian School. This postcard is believed to have been produced at the school after the establishment of a photo studio there.

The postcard was addressed to Miss Mayme Miller, Schaefferstown, Lebanon Co. Pa.

The message reads: "Thursday Afternoon. Mayme: Returned from the south at large after twelve today and all well. Find it quite cold but think I shall like a little fresh air after a week of [?]. With best wishes. Anna H."

The headline reads: IT'S NO WONDER TEWANINA CAN RUN.

Lewis Tewanima in Carlisle Track uniform along with cartoons.

This image appears in The Globe and Commercial Advertiser on March 13, 1909.

Studio portrait of Carlysle Greenbrier dressed as a pilgrim, posed with a spinning wheel, looking at the camera. She played the role of Priscilla in the play "The Captain of Plymouth." The performance took place at the school March 29-31, 1909.

Ten male students and five female students, in costumes, standing and seated with one white male teacher. 

This image is from the series taken of the cast members of the school's production of  the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. The white man is presumably Claude Stauffer, the school's Director of Music. These students are probably among those listed as playing the "Principal Characters" in the play, who were: Montreville Yuda, Albert Scott, John White, Lewis Runnels, Harry Wheeler, Dewitt Wheeler, Edward Wolfe, James Mumblehead, Lewis White, Michael Chabitnoy, Carlysle Greenbrier, Emma Esanetuck, and Ernestine Venne. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has several copies of this image, including one from the scrapbook of student Montreville Yuda, who played Miles Standish.

Note: There were two students named James Mumblehead attending the school in 1909: James W. Mumblehead and James B. Mumblehead. It is unclear which student took part in this production.

Group portrait of twenty-three female students wearing costumes. They are the "Puritan Maidens Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program lists a total of twenty-three female students playing Puritan roles, including the Puritan Maidens, the Sextette of Plymouth Daisies, and two Principal Characters. Therefore, these students probably are: Edith Ranco, Thirza Bernel, Josphine Nash, Julia Jackson, Josephine Smith, Rosa La Rose, Elizabeth Penny, Christiana Garbriel, Mary Cooke (either Mary Cook who entered the school in 1901 or Mary Belle Cooke who entered in 1906, Clara Trepania, Nona Crowe, Bertha Hawk, Adaline Greenbrier, Agnes Waite, Ramona Waggoner, Texie Tubbs, Dolly Stone, Laura Tubbs, Fleta Renville, Daphne Waggoner, Minnie White, Carlysle Greenbrier, and Ernestine Venne. 

Studio portrait of Carlysle Greenbrier dressed as a pilgrim, posed with a spinning wheel, looking down at her hands. She played the role of Priscilla in the play "The Captain of Plymouth." The performance took place at the school March 29-31, 1909.

Group portrait of eight male students wearing costumes. They are the "Braves' Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program lists eleven students in the Braves Chorus: Ernest Quickbear, Lyford John, Thomas Rowland, George Gates, David Oldman (also known as David Little Oldman), Albert Duster, Wilford Minthorn, Charles Warbonnet, David Woundedeye, Bruce Goesback, and Benjamin Penny.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has another copy of this image: PA-CH3-112. 

Portrait of a male student wearing a pilgrim costume, including shoes with buckles, a wide white color and a prominent hat. 

This is student Montreville Yuda who played the part of Miles Standish in the school's production of "The Captain of Plymouth." 

Group portrait of male and female students on stage wearing costumes. They are the cast of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The caption written below this image was supplied by Cumberland County Historical Society staff. 

Note: There were two students named James Mumblehead attending the school in 1909: James W. Mumblehead and James B. Mumblehead. It is unclear which student took part in this production. Likewise, there were two Mary Cook's in attendance at the school in 1909.

Group portrait of nine male students wearing costumes. They are the "Citizens' Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program for the play lists nine students as members of the Citizens' Chorus: John Runsclose, Joseph Tarbell, Frank Marques, William Corbett, Howard Pierce, Joseph Forte, Levi Williams, Philip Cornelius, and David White. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has another copy of this image PA-CH-115.