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 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: Aneta Pollard
Anita Pollard with an unidenified student.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Joel Wheelock in football uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Cass Lake school girls Ages 12 - 15 years.
Eleven girls in uniform from the Cass Lake Indian School.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Home of D. W. Wheelock. '90 West Depere, Wis.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Louis Vilnave
Louis Vilnave (left) and an William M. Hodge.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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 John D. LaJeunesse, Jr. around 1910.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: John Frost, Grey Cliff, Mont.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The reverse side reads: Robert Hamilton.
Robert H. J. Hamilton stands with four other individuals during an event around 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Alfred Blackwell around 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Photograph of Jerome Kennerly (The Calf takes a seat).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Wm. Hazletts family
William Hazlett, his wife Nora Guy Hazlett, their three children and a dog.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
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
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 handwritten note on the reverse side reads: from left to right: Jessy Tilden and Raph Tilden.
View of Samuel and Amy Tilden's children around 1910.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: INDIAN PARADE. CHEYENNE RIVER INDIAN FAIR, DUPREE, SOUTH DAKOTA.
The reverse side includes a note from James Browndog to Superintendent Moses Friedman.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of David and his wife, Bessie Flute, with their baby around 1910.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: W. M. Hazlett
The printed note reads: Candidate for nomination State Senator - 15th Senatorial District - Democratic ticket. Primary election, August 2, 1910.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Davis Lovejoy
View of Davis Lovejoy's farm in Walthill, Nebraska.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Dining room Benj. Cawell's residence
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The top handwritten note reads: Orchard of Stephen Reuben. Carlisle returned student of 1893.
The caption reads: Orchard Planted by a Nez Perce Indian Orchardist of Stephen Reuben. 1,250 different kind of fruit trees.
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: Jos. Ross.
Joseph Ross in a suit.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The dental office of Dr. Caleb M. Sickles. Sickles is working on a patient. Doctor of Dental Surgery diploma from Ohio Medical University and the graduating Ohio Medical University Dental Class of 1904 is on the wall.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Portrait of Dr. Caleb M. Sickles in a suit.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration