Description From its beginning, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879-1918) was documented in photographs.
In their time, the images served their intended purposes: to promote the school, to create a brand, to.
The Photographic record of the school was used to share with the wider world the progress and perceived successes of its process of assimilating Native American children and young adults, transforming them into "civilized" members of mainstream white American society.
Description From its beginning, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879-1918) was documented in photographs