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: ARCASA 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: ARCASA
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 printed note on the reverse side reads: Garlow kicking
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
Football player Peter J. Jordan. The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: JORDAN
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
View of Alexander Arcasa around 1910.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The handwritten notes on the reverse side reads: BRACKLIN Bracklin [illegible] half
This image is of Edward Bracklin, a member of the football team, in football uniform standing on an athletic field.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
Wounded Eye poses for a picture around 1910.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
Pictured is football player Scott J. Porter, also known as Little Boy. The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: LITTLE BOY
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: WARNER & THORPE
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The Carlisle football player in this photograph has not been identified.
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: BERGIE
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The Carlisle Football player in this photograph has not been identified.
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: THORPE AND WELCH
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
The Mishler family, including former Carlisle Indian School student Louis Mishler, take a family portrait around 1910.
Standing: Louis Mishler
Sitting, left to right: Lillian Isabelle Elizabeth Mishler, Clarence Harrison Mishler, Anna Johnson Mishler
This image was digitized from the private collection of Pat Monroe, descendant of Louis Mishler.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Private Collection
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 reads: Katie Callsen
Group of 16 young women, 1 child, and 1 older woman on the steps of a building, with 1 woman standing next to the steps.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads Dining Hall, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1910).
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads Entrance to Indian School, Carlisle, PA.
This image appears in 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: David 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 handwritten note on the reverse side reads: David 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 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 handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Charles Bender
Charles Albert Bender in his Philadelphia Athletics uniform having just thrown a baseball.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Mary Miller Dodge with Alpheus D. Dodge, Charlotte Dodge and an unidentified individual with a dog in front of a house.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration