1880-1889

Portrait of a large group of male and female students in school uniforms posed on the school grounds.

The caption identifies them as "Chiricahua Apaches four months after arriving at Carlisle." This would date the photo to March 1887. 

Portrait of male and female Native Americans posed on the steps of a building. The caption says that they are "Apaches as they arrived from Fort Marion, Florida, April 30, 1887." 

The Cumberland County Historicial Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-052 and 12-18-01. 

Studio portrait of Preston Three Bears (at left) and Nicholas Ruleau (at right).

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the date May 1887.

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with a group of white adults and students posed on the porch of a building on the school grounds. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society's version of this image identifies the other white man as Inspector Morris A. Thomas and one of the white women as Mrs. Osgood (Sarah E. Osgood). The school…

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with a group of white adults and students posed on the porch of a building on the school grounds. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society's version of this image identifies the other white man as Inspector Morris A. Thomas and one of the white women as Mrs. Osgood (Sarah E. Osgood). The school…

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with a group of white adults and students posed on the porch of a building on the school grounds. 

This print of this image identifies the other white man as Inspector Morris A. Thomas and one of the white women as Mrs. Osgood (Sarah E. Osgood). The school newspaper for May 1887 reports separate visits…

Studio portrait of Phillip White (Phillips Bob Tail) in school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Rudolph Esenday and Knox Nostlin, both wearing school uniforms.

Note: Earlier cataloging indicates a date of June 1887 is part of the caption written on this image.

Studio portrait of Paul Black Bear wearing non-native clothing, dated July 11, 1887. 

The caption reads: #596 Paul Black Bear 7 11/87

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (front row, left to right): Etta Robertson, Rose Howell, Jessie Spread Hands, Jennie Mitchell, and Elizabeth Wind; (back row, left to right): Nellie Carey, Phoebe Howell, Annie Thomas, and Lillie Wind.

The caption for this image gives a date of 8/1887…

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (front row, left to right): Etta Robertson, Rose Howell, Jessie Spread Hands, Jennie Mitchell, and Elizabeth Wind; (back row, left to right): Nellie Carey, Phobebe Howell, Annie Thomas, and Lillie Wind.

The caption for the National Anthropological Archives…

Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf. 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains the date August 1887.

Studio portrait of Charles Smith (Charles Red Hawk) with two unidentified young men in native dress. 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates a date of August 1887 in the handwritten caption. Smith arrived on August 12, 1887 so this image may have been taken shortly after his arrival.

A parade down Market Street in Philadelphia, with Indian chiefs on horseback in the middle and a group of Carlisle students in the distance, with crowds and buildings on both sides of the street. The photograph was probably taken on September 15, 1887 when the band and students marched in a parade in Philadelphia to commemorate the centennial…

School band and formation of students marching in a parade down Market Street in Philadelphia, showing crowds and buildings on both sides of the street. The photograph was probably taken on September 15, 1887 when the band and students marched in a parade in Philadelphia to commemorate the centennial of the adoption of the Constitution. Press…

The caption reads: THE CENTENNIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION – THE CARLISLE INDIANS PASSING UNDER THE MAIN ARCH – INDUSTRIAL PROCESSION. DRAWN BY W. A. ROGERS.

This engraving is from a Supplement to Harper’s Weekly  vol. 31, no. 1605 (September 24, 1887): pgs. 698.

The caption reads: THE CENTENNIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION – THE CARLISLE INDIANS PASSING UNDER THE MAIN ARCH – INDUSTRIAL PROCESSION. DRAWN BY W. A. ROGERS.

This hand-colored engraving is from a Supplement to Harper’s Weekly  vol. 31, no. 1605 (September 24, 1887): pgs. 698.

The caption reads: THE CENTENNIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION – THE CARLISLE INDIANS PASSING UNDER THE MAIN ARCH – INDUSTRIAL PROCESSION. DRAWN BY W. A. ROGERS.

This hand-colored engraving is from a Supplement to Harper’s Weekly vol. 31, no. 1605 (September 24, 1887): pgs. 698.

The caption reads: THE CENTENNIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION – THE CARLISLE INDIANS PASSING UNDER THE MAIN ARCH – INDUSTRIAL PROCESSION. DRAWN BY W. A. ROGERS.

This hand-colored engraving is from a Supplement to Harper’s Weekly  vol. 31, no. 1605 (September 24, 1887): pgs. 698.

Studio portrait of six unidentified male students and five unidentified female students. 

Previous cataloging identifies them as from the Pawnee nation and provides a date of October 1887 for the image. 

Studio portrait of Felix Iron Eagle Feather wearing school uniform. 

Note: The handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads in part "10 / 1887" . 

Studio portrait of Harvey Warner (standing at left) and William Brown (seated at right). 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains the date November 1887.

Studio portrait of Katie Metoxen [?]. 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains the date November 1887.

Studio portrait of Phillip White (Phillips Bob Tail). 

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt.