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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Edison Mount Pleasant on stage.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: L N. Gansworth
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of Stephen Glori's apartment building, The Hudsonia, in New York City in 1911. Glori marks the location of his apartment with a "X."
The reverse side includes a note from Glori to Superintendent Moses Friedman.
Format: Postcard (Commercial)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Virginia Boone
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Pearl Bonser
Pearl Bonser with a group of students sitting on the steps of a building.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Willard Comstock's mother's home
The house of Inez Comstock the mother of Carlisle student Willard Comstock in Chicago, Illinois.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Edison
Edison Mount Pleasant on stage.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: ARRANGING INDIAN CONFERENCE
The caption reads: MRS. ROSA BE LA FLESCHE.
The note reads: Three-quarter blood Chippewa, proud of her race, who is here arranging for the coming conference on betterment of conditions among her people. he is corresponding secretary and treasurer of the American Indian Association.
This image appears in the Columbus Ohio State Journal published in Columbus, Ohio on June 1, 1911.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction, Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Julius Warren.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
House of Mary Perry Paisano and the family's small store in Casa Blanca, New Mexico, included with a returned student survey sent to the school in 1911.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Daphne Waggoner looking down in a white dress.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: This was taken right after the summer vacation.
View of Bird C. Seward's wagon around 1911.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: AIR AND EFFICIENT EDUCATION- MR. WATT'S IDEA IN PRACTICE IN A CHICAGO SCHOOLROOM
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 2 (October 1911): 56.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Portrait of Joseph Bergie in a football uniform standing in a field.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joseph Bergie in football uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of a piano inside Charles Buck's house, which was located in Browning, Montana.
The reverse side includes a short note from Buck to Superintendent Moses Friedman.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Anna Dibo
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Annie Dibo
View of Annie Dibo standing next to a house around 1911.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Minnie White
Minnie White with a group of students sitting on the steps of a building.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Minnie White
Minnie White with a group of female students in uniforms and hats.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: JAMES REILY WHEELOCK
Portrait of James Riley Wheelock.
This image appears in The Telegraph, which is published in Harrisburg.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed note on the reverse side reads: Margaretta Reed George
Lewis George
Married August 30, 1911.
Margaretta Reed George and Lewis George in a car.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The reverse side of the postcard includes a note from Louis Felix to Superintendent Moses Friedman.
Felix's house is located in Prior Lake, Minnesota.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: INDIAN ATHLETE AND CHEROKEE BRIDE -TO-BE.
The captions read: Miss MARGARET IVA MILLER. JAMES THORPE.
This image appears in the Philadelphia North American in October 1911.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Five women and one man on the stage set up in the school gymnasium. One of the women is likely Minnie White, since the photo is located in her file.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration