[Male and female students reading in class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania] – Antique Wall Art
![[Male and female students reading in class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania], [1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/de/deda9a26b77d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Male and female students reading in class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Male and female students reading in class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania]
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This cyanotype, made in 1901, shows boys and girls reading together in a classroom at the Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1879 by Richard Henry Pratt, the boarding school was among the first federally supported institutions of its kind, and it aimed to replace students' home languages and customs with English and American habits. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a photographer working for the Library of Congress's collection, documented the school in this period. The cyanotype process produces the pale blue tones seen here, and it was valued for its simplicity and durability. Viewers today often read such images with care, since they record a school built on assimilation policies that shaped the lives of many Native students.
| Created / published | [1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : cyanotype. |
| Genre | Cyanotypes 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--People--1900-1910. Indians of North America--Education--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1900-1910. Students--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1900-1910. Classrooms--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1900-1910. Reading--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,145 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-124029 |
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