The caption on this postcard reads: CARPENTER SHOP AND TAILORING DEPT, INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.
The postcard was addressed to Miss Gillie M. Atherton, Greencastle, Pa.
The message reads: "Reach home safe and sound. I am well hoping you are the same. got done about 8 o'clock. Sunday being work hard on Monday done forget on Saturday and soon form a true friend H. J. B."
The caption on this postcard reads: Academic Building, Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.
The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.
The caption on this postcard reads: Carlisle, Pa., Marching into School Room, Indian School.
The postcard was addressed to Mr. Pierce Knaub, Dillsburg, Pa., RFD. No. 1
The message reads: "Dear Father, I and the children have been alone every since we came home. John has been working at Newport last week. and this week. Maud"
The caption on this postcard reads: Instruction Buildings, Carlisle Indian School. Carlisle, Pa.
The "Amateur Sport" section includes a photograph of the Carlisle Indian School's football team.
This two page excerpt is from Harper's Weekly vol. 41, no. 2092 (January 1897): 93-94.
The "Amateur Sport" section includes several photographs of the Carlisle Indian School's game against Yale on October 24, 1896 at Manhattan Field.
This two page excerpt is from Harper's Weekly vol. 40, no. 2081 (October 1896).
Caption: SKATING ON THE CONEDOGWINET.
Within a short distance of the School is the Conedogwinet Creek; in Summer a beautiful place for fishing and bathing, and in Winter, when the ice is good, a famous skating resort. The picture shows the Indian students and employees on the ice during holiday week.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 34. No prints of this image have yet been located.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: PIEGAN CHIEFS (BLACKFOOT CONFEDERACY) VISITING CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL (ca. 1891).
Front Seated Left - Running Crane, Chief of Lone Eaters.
Front Seated Center - Little Dog, Chief of the Black Patched Moccasins Bands.
Seated Center Left - White Grass.
Right of Center - White Calf, Head Chief of Piegans in Montana.
Far Right - Little Plume.
Standing Left - Four Horns.
Standing Center - Brocky.
Standing Right - Bear Chief.
A composite of 16 photographs of the school. The captions read: Small Boys’ Quarters, Ass’t. Supt’s. Quarters, Superintendent’s Quarters, Chapel, Guard House, Hospital, Disciplinarian’s Quarters, Band Stand, After School, School Building, Large Boys’ Quarters, Christmas Dinner, School Room, Office & Teachers’ Quarters, Gymnasium, Girls’ Quarters, Girls’ Industrial Hall and Dining-room, Shops.
Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with school employees and their families posed on the school grounds.
The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image has information provided by the daughter of one of the employees, who donated the photograph. She says it was taken on June 17, 1886. For further information, see that copy in Related Images.