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 reads: Parker
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Peters Pinconning Mich.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Lieut. S. C. LONG-LANCE
Sylvester C. Long Lance in military uniform.
This image of Sylvester Long Lance appears in an article in the New York World on February 25, 1917.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Jerome Feather.
Jerome Feather in his Infantry uniform after joining the military on June 1, 1917.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Isaac Willis in his U.S. Naval uniform from the U.S.S. Kentucky.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The top caption reads: Sylvester Chahuska Long Lance, a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, college graduate and champion athlete, now First Lieutenant of "Princess Pat's," who fought at Vimy Ridge, at present lies severely wounded in a base hospital, "somewhere in France."
The bottom caption reads: Cadet Long Lance, athletic and literary prize medallist, graduate of Carlisle and St. John's in his military school uniform.
These images of Sylvester Long Lance appear in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette on July 22, 1917.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Earl Wilber
Earl Wilber in his U.S. Army Uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View of the State Sanitorium in Mt. Alto, Pennsylvania in mid-August 1917.
The reverse side includes a handwritten note from Joseph Denny to Mr. C. V. Peel.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Wm. Littlewolfe
William Little Wolfe in his naval uniform that was included in a letter to someone at Carlisle while stationed on the U.S.S. Texas on November 23, 1917.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Pete Calac
The headline reads: Will Lead Wesleyan
The article begins: Pete Calac, the famous Indian football player who has played on the West Virginia Wesleyan team for the past two seasons, was selected last night by his team mates, at the annual football banquet which was held at the New Valley Hotel, to pilot the Wesleyan team of 1918.
Peter Calac in his football uniform.
This image appears in an article of the West Virginia Wheeling Register on December 13, 1917.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Indian Athlete To Quit Game
The caption reads: JIM THORPE.
Jim Thorpe in a suit and tie wearing a hat.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: American Indians with Allies
The article reads: New York Sun: Gus Welsh, at left, is the first American Indian to be made a captain in the United States army. He was a former Carlisle and Dickinson football and athletic star. A feature of the fortieth annual commencement of the Carlisle Indian school was the announcement that Welsh has just been made a cavalry captain. He was an official at the Carlisle school when the war broke out, and received his military training at the first Fort Niagara camp, have been graduated as a second lieutenant. He has been stationed at Camp Meade.
Flowberth W. Richester, at right, was the first Indian aviator to join the Lafayette escadrille.
This image appears in the Des Moines Register published in Des Moines, Iowa on June 18, 1918.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: Indian Officer in Army
The caption reads: CAPTAIN "GUS" WELSH
The article reads: "Gus" Welsh, Indian athlete and graduate of Carlisle school, who has been made a captain in the United States, cavalry, is the first Indian to receive this honor. He was an official at the Carlisle school when the war broke out, and received his military training at the first Fort Niagara camp.
This image appears in the Bookford Republic published in Bookford, Illinois on June 14, 1918.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Aniseto Ortego.
Aniseto Orgeto in uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Andrew Cuellar. This is probably his year book picture, class of 1918.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Guy Littlejohn in his U.S. Army uniform around 1918.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Fred Blythe
Fred Blythe in uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Paris
Marion Paris in a formal suit and tie.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Corporal S. Patterson.
Spencer Patterson in his U.S. Army uniform holding a gun at his side.
Format: Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Frank Verigan in a formal suit with tie.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Alice Gardner wearing non-native clothing. This image was probably taken when she graduated in 1918.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Thirty-eight male students posed in front of a building in uniform with instruments.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Portrait of six male students in uniform, two holding flags.
This print has annotations with the students' names. The photograph is also included on page 35 of the Yearbook of the Carlisle Indian School, 1918. That caption reads: "Color Sergeants. Charles Sutton (American flag): Alex Jorden (Carlisle Standard of red and gold). Color guards, left to right: Laurence Kennedy, William Bennet, Joseph Smoke, and Theodore Thomas."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption: World War Veteran, Lawyer, Athlete. Gus Welch (Chippewa).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption reads: "JIM" THORPE was the greatest All-American football team ever devised. When he played with Carlisle a dozen years ago, there was no real defense against his vicious rushes, and hte player whom he tackled generally woke up some hours afterward, with the question, "How many were killed?" on his lips. Jim went from football to Stockholm, where he collected a trunkful of medals at the Olympic Games; and from there to the New York Giants. He is not so good at baseball as he was at football-fortunately for Ty Cobb.
Jim Thorpe swings in a baseball bat in his baseball uniform.
This image appears in Every Week on January 26, 1918.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration