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color image; six young men (probably students) stand outside building with Bakery sign, three carry loaves of bread

The caption on this postcard reads: Carlisle, Pa., Bakery and Bakers, Indian School.

This postcard was sent to Mr. John P. Miller, Burnham, Pa. Mifflin Co. The message reads: "Dear Son, I am still looking for that letter now write to me at once as I am anxious to hear from you. Mother"

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; view of the front of the academic building, the center of the building has been colored brown, trees stand in front of the building, a fire hydrant is in the foreground

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: Instruction Buildings, Carlisle 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.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
black and white image; a view of the adminsitration building with the Superintendent's Quarters just barely visible along the left side, building is two stories tall with a wrap-around porch on each level with white railings

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, U.S. INDIAN SCHOOL CARLISLE PA

The only words on the back are standard instructions for placement of the address.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; six young men (presumably all students) stand outside building with "Bakery" sign, three carry loaves of bread

The caption on the front of this postcard reads: Carlisle, Pa., Bakery and Bakers, Indian School.

The back of this postcard has nothing written on it.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
black and white image; view of the band stand and dining hall, trees obscure most of the dining hall from view, a path crosses in front of the band stand in the middle ground

There is no caption on the front of this postcard.

The back is completely blank.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
a colored view of the band stand and paths around it, a young woman stands in the foreground to the right, in the background is a big blue patch as if the maker added a pond in post-production

The caption on the front of this postcard reads: Campus, Indian School, CARLISLE, Pa.

The back of this postcard has nothing written on it.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; view of central campus with tennis courts (and a fire hydrant) in the foreground, a telelphone pole and tree in the middleground, and the flag pole, girls' quarters and gymnasium in the background

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: Campus and Tennis Courts, 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.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
black and white image; view of campus from the teacher's quarters towards the large boy's quarters (facing northeast), the girl's quarters are just visible on the left and the superintendant's quarters just visible on the right, a few figures seem to run in the snow

The caption on the front reads: CAMPUS IN WINTER, U.S. INDIAN SCHOOL CARLISLE PA.

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write the address.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; in the foreground a large group of young women are stood in two rows, a banner which reads "Carlisle Indian School Competitive Drill" is at the left end of the row, in the background is the northeast end of campus (girls quarters, large boys quarters, small boys' quarters, trees);

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: INDIAN GIRLS ON CAMPUS, U.S. 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.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
black and white image; a large group of students in dark clothing sit and stand around rocky outcropping

The caption reads: CARLISLE INDIANS AT DEVIL’S DEN, BATTLEFIELD OF GETTYSBURG PA.

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.

 

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
real photo postcard, group portrait of twenty young men in uniform (three rows, one sitting) and a one young man in the middle of the front row in a suit

The caption on this postcard reads: COM. OFFICERS Carlisle PA.

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.

 

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; a view of the dining hall from the perspective of the girls' quarters, the roof is orange and the building itself is white and the sky teal, a small group of young women stand on the porch

The caption of this postcard reads: Dining Hall, U. S. 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.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; view of dining hall (two story building with a small porch and two doors) from a diagonal angle, there is a road in front of the building and two trees (no people on porch)

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: DINING HALL, 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.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
real photo postcard, portrait of a young woman at the 3/4 angle. She sits in front of a rug or tapestry and wears regalia and jewelry

The caption on the front reads: Elisabeth Penny Tribe Nes Perce 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.

 

Nation:
Format:
Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
real photo postcard; portrait of a young man (Frank Mt. Pleasant going by the caption), his hair is cut short and he is wearing a high turtleneck knit sweater with a "c" design on the front

There is a faint caption on the front of the postcard which reads: Frank Mt Pleasant.

On the back someone has written in pencil "FRANK MT. PLEASANT FAMOUS FOOT BALL PLAYER?"

 

Nation:
Format:
Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; in the foreground five young women sit at sewing machines, in the background a larger group of students stand at table cutting material, the background walls (intersected with five windows covered by blinds) are mustard yellow, most young women are dress in white or yellow dresses, cloth in hand of one of students at the sewing machine looks peach-colored

The caption of this postcard reads SEWING ROOM, 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.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; in the foreground five young women sit at sewing machines, in the background a larger group of students stand at table cutting material, the background walls (intersected with five windows covered by blinds) are mustard yellow, most young women are dress in white, some have yellow dresses, the fabric in the hands of one of the young women as a sewing machine is pink

The caption on the front of this postcard reads:

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
black and white image; band stand on the left and girls' quarters on the right, trees around both

The caption on the front reads: Girls Quarters, Campus and Summer House, 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.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; band stand on the left and girls' quarters on the right, trees around both

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: Girls Quarters, Campus, and Summer House, 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.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
real photo postcard; portrait of eight young women, five standing and three sitting on the group, they are all wearing long dresses (most white) and have their hair up, one holds a penant that reads "Put-in-Bay," trees occupy the background

There is no caption on the front of this postcard.

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; view of the guard house, in the foreground is a tree trunk, a small tree, and three young men (one of whom is leaning on a tree stump)

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: GUARD HOUSE AT INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA (BUILT BY THE HESSIANS 1777.)

The only text on the back is standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; view of guard house, in foreground is a road, there are two men standing on the porch of the building, the sky near the horizon is pink and the rest is blue; reproduction (with cropping) of photograph circa 1899

The caption of this postcard reads: Carlisle, Pa., Old Guard House, Indian School.

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
black and white image; a group of male students circled around two students and an instructor, they are poised as if ready to run, the students at the center seem to wait for instructor to give them a ball; photograph taken from the vantage point of the track

The caption on this postcard reads: GYMNASIUM, ALL INDIANS EXCEPT INSTRUCTOR. CARLISLE, Pa.

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.

 

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
black and white image; a group of male students circled around two students and an instructor, they are poised as if ready to run, the students at the center seem to wait for instructor to give them a ball; photograph taken from the vantage point of the track

The caption on the front reads: GYMNASIUM, ALL INDIANS EXCEPT INSTRUCTOR Carlisle, Pa.

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
black and white image; male students in gymnasium, two using gymnastics equipment with a group of other students watching, also a set of students running on the track on the second floor

The caption of this postcard reads: BOYS AT HEAVY GYMNASTICS AT 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.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections