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3 cabinet cards featuring students at Carlisle Indian School. Carlisle, PA, n.d.

Studio portrait of 2 young female students wearing school uniforms (toning and soiling/spotting to image; mount with some light discoloration and wear to edges and corners). Framed to approx. 11 1/2 x 14 in. (not examined out of the frame). Choate's Carlisle imprint on mount recto. -- Vignetted portrait of 3 male students wearing school uniforms (light soiling to image; mount with soiling and wear to edges and corners). Framed to approx. 11 1/2 x 14 in. (not examined out of the frame. Choate's Carlisle imprint on mount recto. -- Studio portrait of 2 male and one female student wearing school uniforms and posed on and around a swing prop that has been set up in the studio (significant toning to image; mount with some discoloration and wear to edges and corners). Verso with Choate's Carlisle Barracks imprint. -- Together, 3 cabinet cards featuring Carlisle Indian School students.

John N. Choate (1848-1902) began a long photographic career at Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1879 when the famous Carlisle Indian Industrial School was founded. According to newspaper reports, Chiefs Man-on-the-Cloud and Mad Wolf visited the school in September of 1880.