1890-1899

Studio portrait of Samuel Noble, Francis Garcia, Paul Good Bear (far right). Two are wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer, George Scott, and George Vallier. Two are wearing school uniforms. 

Studio portrait of Sarah Ninham, Melinda Thomas, and Marian King, all probably wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Sarah Walker. 

Note: In the Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Omaha and Winnebago Agency, September 19, 1890, a check mark appears next to the entry for Sarah Walker. Sarah Walker is the only student listed on this document who is not also listed in the admissions ledger, so it seems likely that, for whatever…

Studio portrait of Sarah Walker. 

Second school building with many students on the porches and lined up to enter. 

This building was built in 1888, replacing the original school building.

Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students. 

Studio portrait of seven visiting chiefs with two older Native American men (possibly also chiefs) and three male students. 

Studio portrait of seventeen unidentified male students in school uniforms with one white man in the center of the group. 

Previous cataloging has interpreted the caption to indicate the group is Cheyenne and that the date is January 1890. 

Studio portrait of seventeen male students, identified as "printer boys." 

The National Anthropological Archives has two negatives of this image: NAA 73642 and NAA 73382. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image has the date 1890 in the caption.

Studio portrait of seventeen male students, identified as "printer boys." 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-058d and CS-CH-084. 

Studio portrait of Siceni Nori. 

Studio portrait of six visiting Sioux chiefs with six male students. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has another copy of this image and they have made the folowing identifications based on comparison with other photos: back row, second from the left, Chauncey Yellow Robe, third from the left, Horn Pipe; middle row, from…

Studio portrait of six visiting Sioux chiefs with six male students.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has made the folowing identifications based on comparison with other photos: back row, second from the left, Chauncey Yellow Robe, third from the left, Horn Pipe; middle row, from left to right, Quick Bear, High Hawk, He Dog,…

Studio portrait of six unidentified male students. 

Previous cataloging identifies them as members of the Blackfoot nation, presumably from information in the caption. 

Portrait of a large group of male students, some in school uniforms and some not, posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds. There is a white man standing at the far right of the group. The caption states that this is the student group "Standard Society, 1890."

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this…

Portrait of a large group of male students, some in uniform, some not, posed on the school grounds with fence and trees in background. There is a white man in the center of the group. The caption states that this is the student group, "Standard Society, 1890." 

Portrait of a large group of male students, some in uniform, some not, posed on the school grounds with fence and trees in background. There is a white man in the center of the group. The caption states that this is the student group, "Standard Society, 1890." 

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle,…

View of students and instructors posed with wheels in front of a brick building with the sign "Blacksmith and Wagon Shop." 

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-068b, PA-CH3-013a, and BS-CH-054. 

Students working in the print shop. 

Studio portrait of Susan Gibson. 

Studio portrait of Susan Summers and Alice Sheffield, both probably wearing school uniforms.

Portrait of T.J. Morgan, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, posed with Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers on the school grounds. 

The school newspapers reported a visited by Morgan to the school in February of 1890. It's possible that this photograph was taken at that time although the weather does not appear very wintry…

Studio portrait of thirteen unidentified female students.

Note: Previous cataloging states the handwritten caption says they are from the La Pointe reservation.