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 Benjamin D. Penny's family around 1910. It is not clear which individual is Benjamin D. Penny.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
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
View of two men working to brand a bull. It is not clear which individual is Benjamin D. Penny.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads Dining Hall, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in a fold-out booklet of postcard views titled Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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 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 caption reads: LONE STAR'S WIFE IN HER TRIBAL DRESS.
The printed note reads: Our artists in portraying Indians too often "try to improve upon the native dress, and it is evident," says an Indian artist, "that they do not use the native costume as a model, but trust to their imagination."
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Herbert R. Bradby while a student at the Carlisle Indian School around 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Wm Hodge.
William M. Hodge (right) in his school uniform and Louis Vilnave.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
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
View of Joseph S. Ball in 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: "Goliath Big jim" James Driver.
View of James B. Driver (Goliath Bigjim)'s with his delivery wagon, which he used in and around Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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: 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
Joel Wheelock in football uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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 headline reads: ARRANGING FOR CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN INDIANS
The caption reads: MRS. ROSA LA FLESCHE
The note reads: One of the leading women of her race, a graduate of Carlisle and long in the government service. She has been in Columbus, all summer arranging the preliminaries for the Indian Congress to meet here in October. Mrs. La Flesche is a Chippewa.
This image appears in the Columbus Dispatch published in Columbus, Ohio on September 17, 1911.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: James Driver
View inside of James Driver (Goliath Bigjim)'s bakery with Driver and bread oven in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: James Driver
View of James Driver (Goliath Bigjim) next to his bakery and delivery wagon in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten caption on the reverse reads: D. Little Oldman.
This photo shows David Little Oldman shoeing a horse at a blacksmith's shop "in which he was regularly employed... at $75 per month." This information was taken from a letter contained in Little Oldman's student file.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Nannie Saunooke Screamer around 1910. Both Nannie and her husband, Manus Screamer, were students at the Carlisle Indian School.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mary Redthunder
Mary Redthunder with an unidentifed male child.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: D. Little Oldman.
This photograph is of David Little Oldman plowing his field with the assistance of horses and another man.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Carlisle Indian Girls Root for Carlisle Football Heroes.
A. Ella Johnson and other Carlisle students in the stands of a Carlisle football team.
This image appears in the Wichita Beacon in Wichita, Kansas.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Frank Cook
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
