John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle Indian School

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John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle Indian School

circa 1879-1902

https://sova.si.edu/record/NAA.PhotoLot.81-12

Photographs by John N. Choate mostly documenting the United States Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The images include portraits of students, parents, staff and other visitors, as well as interior and exterior images of the school, buildings, and classrooms. Choate also had a thriving commercial practice outside of the Indian School, producing studio portraiture as well many photographs of buildings, farms and industry in and around the town of Carlisle, as well as images of Dickinson College. Some of the photographs in the collection were made by other photographers and perhaps collected by Choate. A few copper plates prepared for publications are also included in the collection.

1,200 Negatives, circa, glass;16 Printing plates, copper

eng, Latn

National Anthropological Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658664

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