1880-1889

Studio portrait of Kent Black Bear (seated) and Dana Long Wolf (standing), both holding straw boater hats.

Studio portrait of Kent Black Bear (seated) and Dana Long Wolf (standing), both holding straw boater hats. 

Portrait of Kent Black Bear in native clothing and feather headdress posed on a horse on the school grounds.

Studio portrait of Laura Standing Elk.

Studio portrait of Elizabeth Day and Katie Day, both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Elizabeth Day and Katie Day, both wearing school uniforms. 

Studio portrait of Luther Standing Bear and Willard Standing Bear.

The caption reads: Luther and Willard

Studio portrait of Luther Standing Bear holding a cornet. 

Studio portrait of Luther Standing Bear holding a cornet.

Studio portrait of Mack Kutepi wearing school uniform. 

Male students, not in uniform, posed in a line, many holding baskets or buckets and forked sticks. At right are white men and women, posed next to and on the porches of a dormitory building. 

It has been suggested the forked sticks were used for some kind of harvesting, perhaps of apples. 

Studio portrait of Martha Bordeaux. 

View of a bedroom or a sitting room. 

The caption on the reverse identifies it as the room of Mary R. Hyde, employed as a matron at the school between 1880 and 1885. 

Studio portrait of Max Spotted Tail wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Minnie Atkins probably wearing a school uniform.

The caption reads: Minnie Atkins

Studio portrait of Neahthah Seger.

Studio portrait of Ota Chief Eagle.

Studio portrait of Phillips Bob Tail. A handwritten caption written along the side of the image probably reads: Philips Bobtail. 

Studio portrait of Pinkie Datish [?].

Studio portrait of Red Cloud, a Sioux chief. 

Student newspapers reported that Red Cloud visited the school in January of 1883. This photo was probably taken during that visit. 

The Cumberland County historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-057Bc and CS-CH-026.

Studio portrait of visiting chief Red Cloud. This image is dated to January 1883, which coincides with a visit to the school as reported in the school paper. 

Studio portrait of Red Cloud, a Sioux chief, with Special Agent Townsend and an unidentified male student. 

The school newspapers reported a visit to the school by Red Cloud and Agent Townsend in January 1883. 

Studio portrait of Red Cloud, a Sioux chief, with Special Agent Townsend and an unidentified male student. 

The school newspapers reported a visit to the school by Red Cloud and Agent Townsend in January 1883. 

Studio portrait of Rosa Dion probably wearing school uniform. 

Full-length studio portrait of Rose White Thunder wearing an elk-tooth dress and dentalium shell earrings.

The handwritten note reads: Rosa Whitethunder   Sioux   In her Indian dress.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: BS-CH-011.