Images

Group portrait of thirty-six male students posed on the school grounds, none in uniform. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies this as a "home party" in 1912. 

CCHS has a negative of this version of the image (00311A#06) and a print and negative of a slightly different pose of the group (pose 2).

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: Leupp Art Studio and Main Entrance, Indian School, CARLISLE, Pa.

It was sent to Mrs. Catharine Freeland, Newport, Perry Co., Pa.

The message reads "Dear Aunt Kate, I will send you a card I arived safe, Sarah and Saide met me at the train! Sarah has got right good agane I had ben sick a few days but am well again. We war out to visit the indian school on Thursday it is a lovly place Sadie went to Harrisburg to day to stay a few days then I will get to hear from home from aunt Beckie our idress 125 E. Louther St."

The headline reads: World's Greatest Athlete and His Trophies

Jim Thorpe and his trophies for winning the 1912 Olympic decathlon and penthalon.

This image appears in the Star, a newspaper published in Fort Worth, Texas.

The headline reads: ATHLETE AND TROPHIES

Jim Thorpe and his trophies for winning the 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon.

The headline reads: Olympic Victors Welcomed by 1,000s Throngs Cheer Athletes ...

View of a parade honoring the American Olympic champions in 1912 in New York City.

The headline reads: Jim Thorpe's Pentathlon and Decathlon Prizes Garnered at the Olympiad on Exhibition at Wanamaker's.

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: Carlisle, Pa. Band and Battlion. Indian School.

The card has been addressed to Mr. Fred Bachman, Hazelton, Pa. The message reads: "I am glad to hear from you. There is a vacant chair in S. S. I hope it will soon be occupied by you. H. W. K."

The headline reads: Carlisle Indians Form Remarkable Student Government

The caption reads: Top, to left, Gustave Welch, president of school nation; right, school city shown electing its officers, with no chance for ballot-box stuffing; second row, left school supreme court, left to right, William Garlow, Nan Saunooke, Cora Bizette,, Edison Mt. Pleasant; right, Indian boys elected to office, left to right, Abram Colonhaski, secretary of war; Clifford Taylor, lieutenant governor senior State; William Garlow, supreme court justice; Alex. Arcasa, secretary of agriculture; Sylvester Long, vice president; Gustave Welch, president; Edison Mt. Pleasant, supreme court justice. Bottom, Bizette, supreme court justice; Anna Hauser, secretary of the treasury, and Agnes Waite, secretary of state.

The caption reads: WALLACE DENNY ASS'T. DISCIPLINARIAN

The handwritten note reads: Dec. 1912

The reverse side includes a note from Clarence L. Butler to Moses Friedman sent from St. Maries, Idaho on January 3, 1913.

Crowd of people on the porch of the home of Clarence L. Butler.

Nelson Mt. Pleasant stands in front of a steam locomotive around 1913.

The younger sister and brother of Tony B. M. Tommie on a riverbank.

The handwritten note reads: TONEY'S CAMP NEW RIVER FLA

Four individuals in the camp of Tony B. M. Tommie in New River, Florida.

The caption reads: ATHLETIC FIELD AT KAMP KOHUT, OXFORD ME

The reverse side includes a note from Clement Vigil to William Denny from Oxford, Maine on August 26, 1918.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mrs. J. J. Henderson and Son.

The younger sister and younger brothers of Tony B. M. Tommie.

The headline reads: An Indian Football Hero Now Chief of His Tribe

The caption reads: E. L. ROGERS AND HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.

This image of Edward L. Rogers and Mayme Ballton Rogers with their three children appears in the Richmond Palladium on September 3, 1913.

Studio portrait of Mikey Tahdooahnippah and David Iron Elk. 

View of Oscar B. Nateroak in a traditional winter coat around 1913.

Cora Elm around 1913.

The caption reads: Threshing Near Peever, S.D.

The reverse side includes a note from Reuben Hopkins to Moses Friedman sent from Peever, South Dakota on June 3, 1913.

The headline reads: Moving Pictures to Snap Passing of Thorpe in Happy Bondage

The caption reads: MISS MARGARET IVA MILLER

The subheader reads: Carlisle Indian School Battalion of Cadets and Girl Students Will Be Prominent Factors in the Wedding of Great Athlete and Cherokee Maiden.

The caption reads: EAGLE EYE Full Blooded Indian Raised in South Dakota, Born in 1892. The verses on the other side were written for him. SUNSHINE BORN 1898  BENJAMIN BORN 1910

The reverse side contains the verses titlted "A LONG INDIAN" which begins: A lone Indian sat in his little canoe; He sang as he sailed o'er the water so blue; He sang of the days when this land was their own, Before the pale faces among them were known.

The headline reads: OLYMPIC VICTORS IN 1913 CHALMERS

The caption reads: JAMES THORPE THE WONDERFUL, CARLISLE INDIAN ATHLETE, AT THE WHEEL OF THE NEW CHALMERS "THIRTY-SIX." ON THE SEAT BESIDE THORPE IS FRED KELLEY, THE CALIFORNIAN, WHO WON THE 110-METRE HURDLE RACE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES AT STOCKHOLM.

Studio portrait of Cat Barnoskie wearing a school uniform.