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: Laundry.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: CARLISLE'S BASKET BALL TEAM, 1910.
Louis Dupuis stands second from the right.
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 1 (September 1911): 13.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: He runs the unloader at land. This is his Engline. Tow school boys are there the day they took this P. card.
View of Thomas L. Wasson stands with two unidentified "school boys" around 1910.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Although the newspaper caption reads "Family of John Kash Kash. A Well-To-Do Nez Perce Indian Minister," a direct descendant has indicated that pictured is the family of James Kash Kash.
This image appears in the Sunday Oregonian, which is published in Portland.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: One of the First of The Modern Indian Homes Built on The Reservation
This image appears in the Sunday Oregonian, which is published in Portland.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: here is a picture of us both and a little boy that is boarding with us at present. this is the corner of our house.
View of Sosipatra Suvaroff and her husband, Thomas L. Wasson, in Marshfield, Oregon around 1910.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Indian Farmer and His Stock
This image appears in the Sunday Oregonian, which is published in Portland.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reads: O. Caswell
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Benj. Caswell & family.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Chaplain of US Indian School Carlisle Pa 1900 - to 1918
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note reads: Laundry.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Laundry ELLA ALBERT INSTRUCTOR.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View of Olive Chisholm around 1910.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Ollie Chisholm
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Etta Crow Batson, Olivia Batson, Etta Batson, Robert Batson, and Alfred Batson around 1910.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Etta Crow Batson, Olivia Batson, Robert Batson, Etta Batson, and Alfred Batson.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: SAVAGE HOPI INDIANS ARE TRANSFORMED INTO MODEL STUDENTS
The sub-captions over the individual pictures read (top, then left to right): BAND OF HOPI INDIANS AS THEY LOOKED FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL; JOSHUA HERMEYESVA; ARCHIE QUAMALA AS HE LOOKS TODAY; LEWIS TEWANIMA, FAMOUS MARATHON RUNNER, WHO WAS A SAVAGE FIVE YEARS AGO.
The newspaper title and the date of publication are unknown.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: LEROY
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Ed. Brien, David Bird, Carlislers.
This postcard depicts two Carlisle athletes in formal clothing - Brien is standing, and Bird is seated.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: GARLOW
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note reads: Carlisle Indian game. I made a + at my foot.
The handwritten notes on the reverse side read: Roy Guyer Played opposit Jim Thorpe. Property of Mrs. Thelma K. Strahm.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: AT PRACTICE
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: PETE HOUSER
The correct spelling of the name, however, is HAUSER.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: CALAC PASSING
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: BRACKLIN CALAC GUYON WELCH VETTERNACK
The individuals in this photograph are Edward Bracklin, Peter Calac, Joseph Guyon, Gus Welch, and George Vetternack.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: WHEELOCK
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: GARLOW
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: NEWASHE
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: ARCASA
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection