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 home of Dr. Caleb M. Sickles. Caleb and Mabel Sickles (third and second from the right) in addition to Raymond Sickles (on far right) and one other man and woman. A child is sitting next to Caleb Sickles.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note reads: Adam F. Johnson

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: I have no picture of my house now. But will send one when I have it taken. Adam F. Johnson, 2020 R. R. One, Swanton, Ill.

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

Emma Eversman Wheelock and two children.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

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 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: THORPE

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: BIRD  LIBBY  (BALL)

A second handwritten note on the reverse side is illegible.

This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection

The attached printed note reads: Thomas St. Germaine, a former commercial student and foot-ball player, has entered the senior law class at Yale and is now playing with the Yale scrubs.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

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 handwritten note on the reverse side reads: 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: Pine Ridge - S.D. William C. Girton. Ass't Add'l Farmer. and his wife Fanny Girton.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: CALAC KICKING

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: POWELL

This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection

Interior of a dining room with round tables and bentwood chairs. 

A caption on the reverse identifies it as "Carlisle Indian School Dining Room." A note in the Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging observes that the chandeliers appear to be gas converted to electric lights. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Male students posed shoveling coal into boilers with white instructor or supervisor looking on. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Two male students posed standing either putting bread into or taking it out of an oven in the school bakery. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

View of a completed carriage in the school's Carriage Shop. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Male and female students posed working at desks and some working with fabric on a vertical loom. On black boards are examples of Native-style design motifs. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1910. They are identified in a label attached below the photo. They are: 1) Margaret B. Burd 2) Stella Bear 3) Stacey Beck Hardy 4) John Bastian 5) Inex Brown 6) Johnson Enos 7) Louis George 8) Adeline Greenbrier 9) Carlyle G. Charles 10) Levi Hillman 11) Raymond Hitchcok 12) Sarah Hoxie 13) Louise Kenney 14) Joseph Loudbear 15) William Nelson 16) Mary Redthunder 17) Selina Twoguns 18) Fannie Keokuk 19) Katie Wolfe, and 20) Eveyln Pierce. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

A field near the school with male students posed working in the foreground and female students in the background. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

A field near the school with female students wearing sun hats posed working.

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

A view of fields with male students posed working. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

A view of fields, probably on or near the school grounds, with female students wearing straw hats posed working. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland County Historical Society's A. A. Line Collection, which contains images either taken or collected by Line. At some point, either during Line's lifetime or later, images from other photographers, including apparently Everett Strong, were integrated into the Line Collection without appropriate attribution. This image is similar to those attributed to Strong. Therefore at this time we cannot be sure which photographer was responsible for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

View of a completed carriage in the school's Carriage Shop. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society