Collection of Postcards and Ephemera Relating to the Fort Sill Indian School

Lawton, Oklahoma: 1920s to 1981. A collection containing eleven pictorial postcards, five real photo postcards, a program, a booklet, a letter, and three milk tokens, all relating to the Fort Sill Indian School, a residential boarding school in Lawton, Oklahoma operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The real photo postcards include two circa 1940s views of the school, and three circa 1920s group portraits of students at the school. The pictorial postcards are circa 1920s-1940s, four of which depict students, with the other seven depicting buildings, grounds, and the Indian Hospital located at the school. There is also a 1952 commencement program, three school milk tokens, and a brief financial letter, dated 1898, from school superintendent W.H. Cox. The final item is a 30 page booklet printing historical images of the school, published in 1981 in Lawton, Oklahoma and titled "Numa-Nu (The Comanche People) A Photographic Exhibit of The Fort Sill Indian School Experience." Items in very good condition. Item #15200

Price: $350.00