1890-1899

Studio portrait of Reuben Jones.

Studio portrait of Richard Grant. 

View of Robert B. Johnson as a student at the Carlisle Indian School around 1895.

Studio portrait of Robert Elige Crow. 

Studio portrait of Robert Taylor.

The handwritten label on the slide reads: School Assembled

This image is similar to other earlier photographs where the entire student body was gathered on the school grounds and arranged in a careful formation.

View looking north of what is presumably the entire student body assembled in neat rows on the central campus. Groups of spectators, probably teachers and staff, are standing or sitting around the nearby buildings. 

View of the farmhouse on the school grounds.

Studio portrait of three male and four female students. 

Studio portrait of Sidney Burr.

Studio portrait of six female students, identified by the caption as "Grad girls of 95." This would identify them as Henrietta Fremont, Susie McDougal, Ida La Chapelle, Alice Lambert, Melissa Green, and Laura Long. 

Portrait of six unidentified male students posed outside on the school grounds.

Studio portrait of six young students. Based on their clothing, they all would appear to be girls but some of the faces appear to be male. No further information is available. 

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.…

Portrait of a large group of male and female students with some female teachers posed next to the south side of the Administration Building. 

The name written on the reverse (Hattie Norman) is not a student, so presumably it was the name of the Carlisle resident who owned the photograph. 

Students playing basketball in the school gymnasium. Students are in a circle.

Studio portrait of Susie Baker and Mamie Ryan, both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Taylor Smith.

Caption: THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

was built in 1891-the carpentering, painting, roofing and spouting being largely done by student labor. It is 50 x 48 feet and contains the general offices of the School, with rooms for employès on the second floor.

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Caption: THE ART CLASS.

A large number of the pupils show decided ability in drawing from models and nature, and working with clay. For the school year beginning September 1st, 1895, a course in Sloyd for the younger pupils will be added to this department.

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The handwritten label on the slide reads: Art Class at Work. Printed on the label is the manufacturer of the slide C. T. Milligan, 728 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA.

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 12. No…

Caption: THE ASSEMBLY HALL AND CHAPEL.

is in the central part of the School building. It is light and airy and seats 800 persons.

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 59. No prints of this image have yet been located.…

Caption: THE BASE BALL TEAM.

The School nine is not always beaten when it comes to a contest with college and other organizations following base ball as a profession.

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle Penna ([1895?]), p. 58. No prints of this image have yet been…

Caption: THE BLACKSMITH SHOP.

The Indian boys soon become adepts in this trade, forging the horseshoe and setting it, learning to fashion the iron to any desired shape, working bar steel into tools with skill and readiness hardly credible unless witnessed.

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Caption: THE BLACKSMITH SHOP INTERIOR.

has five forges, each one requiring two hands for morning and two for afternoon work. The principal work is building wagons of which the Government is the chief purchaser. Last year one wagon was shipped to a Negro mission school in Africa, the missionary, Mr. Stuart,…