Images

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: Julia Elmore

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Studio portrait of an unidentified male student in school uniform. 

The postcard was produced and marketed by local photographer M. J. Hoover.

Format: Postcard (Commercial), Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The reverse side contains a note from Joseph Sheehan.

The 1909 Frederick, Maryland Y.M.C.A football team in uniform.

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The title reads: THE UNITED STATES INDIAN BAND THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL INDIAN BAND IN THE WORLD

The caption reads: JAMES RILEY WHEELOCK (ONEIDA) DIRECTOR

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The caption reads: THE UNITED STATES INDIAN BAND AS THEY WILL APPEAR AT THE CHAUTAUQUA

The printed note reads: TALENT FURNISHED THROUGH INTERSTATE LYCEUM SYSTEM, COLUMBUS. OHIO

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Portrait of Peter J. Jordan in suit.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The letterhead reads: Wheelock AND HIS CONCERT BAND
PERMANENT OFFICE - PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The caption reads: JAMES RILEY WHEELOCK; DIRECTOR.

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Julia Elmore

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Sara Monteith

Sarah Celia Monteith and ten unidentified Carlisle students.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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.

 

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Ella Johnson

A. Ella Johnson and ten unidentified Carlisle students.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The caption reads: EAGLE CHIEF, PONCA.

The printed note reads: PUBLISHED AND COPYRIGHTED 1909 BY GEO. B. CORNISH ARKANSAS CITY, KANS.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Dear Mrs Denny,
I suppose you will be rather surprised to hear from me
This is a picture of my father, they have him as a Ponca here but he is a Pawnee
Hope you + Mr Denny are both well. As I am the same.
Best regards to all my friends.
Yours Respectfully F. Eaglechief.

Sent by Flora Eaglechief to Nellie R. Denny sent on January 25, 1911 of a photo of her father Eagle Chief.

Format: Postcard (Commercial)

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Lillian Complainville Keller    Oliver Curtis Keller

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Children of Mr. + Mrs. Keller

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Annie George Tahquette Cherokee, Swain Co. N. C.

Annie George Tahquette with John A. Tahquette with one other woman and two children in front of their house in Cherokee, North Carolina.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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

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

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The handwritten note reads: Oliver Brown and his pony

The reverse side includes a short note from Oliver Brown to his mother Eliza Bell Brown.  

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Fred Sickles

Format: Postcard (Real Photo)

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The printed caption reads: GIRLS AT DUMB BELL WORK AT INDIAN SCHOOL, Carlisle, Pa.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Here is the Place we dance. I tell you it goes dandy. Sincerly, Jacob Paul Carlisle, Pa.

Note sent to Elizabeth Young in Roxbury, New Jersey from Jacob Paul in 1909.

Format: Postcard (Commercial)

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Guy Brown Wife + child 1909

Browns Valley Minn

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration