Images
The Images section features photographs, postcards, and different types of artwork, as well as reproductions of images that appeared in newspapers, magazines, and other publications. These images all reflect the Carlisle Indian School students, facilities, and staff. Images available here are drawn from files housed at the U. S. National Archives, from collections of Carlisle Indian School materials housed at various archival repositories, and from a variety of published sources. Visitors to this website are also invited to share copies of photographs from their own personal and family collections; please contact us if you have images you would like to contribute.
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![Four male Sioux students [version 1], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/Potamkin%20%2313%20%28Choate%20%2314%29%20Full%20035.jpg?itok=pKwLPiWI "Four male Sioux students [version 1], c.1879")
Four male students posed outside a building, presumably on the school grounds. They are: Norman (Wants To Be Chief), Luther Standing Bear (Kills Plenty), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy), and Raymond Stewart (Paints Dust).
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of five male students posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. They are: Duke (Frog), David (Kills Without Wounding), Hugh (Running Horse), Louis Eagle Dog (Big Boy), and Vincent Stranger Horse (Earth).
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Pankin, Albert, Howard Chawip, and Peter Charko [version 1], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/Potamkin%20%2305%20%28Choate%20%2306%29%20Full%20027.jpg?itok=AbE8y8tz "Pankin, Albert, Howard Chawip, and Peter Charko [version 1], c.1879")
Group portrait of Pankin, Albert (also known as Alberd), Howard Chawip, and Peter Charko posed outside a school building.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Four male Sioux students [version 2], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_sg0313.jpg?itok=SKb2ATdu "Four male Sioux students [version 2], c.1879")
Four male students posed outside a building, presumably on the school grounds. They are: Norman (Wants to be Chief), Luther Standing Bear (Kills Plenty), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy), and Raymond Stewart (Paints Dust).
Format: Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Pankin, Alberd, Howard Chawip, and Peter Charko [version 2], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_sg0310.jpg?itok=1_t-WlOx "Pankin, Alberd, Howard Chawip, and Peter Charko [version 2], c.1879")
Portrait of Pankin, Alberd (also known as Albert), Howard Chawip, and Peter Charko posed outside a school building. This image was probably taken shortly after their arrival at the school.
Format: Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Group portrait of four male students and three female students posed in front of a school building. They have been identified as Etadleuh Doanmoe, Laura Doanmoe, Joshua Given, Charles (Left Hand), Mabel (Little), Fanny (Knife Holder), and Lucius Aitsan (Cute). Etadleuh Doanmoe is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of Agnes (White Cow) and Ernest (Knocks Off) posed on the steps of the bandstand on the school grounds.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Andrew (His Shield), Paul Black Bear (Makes Himself Run), and Baldwin Blue Horse (Takes His Own) [version 1], 1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/Potamkin%20%2325%20%28Choate%20%2330%29%20Full%20042.jpg?itok=3ZZ4UM2S "Andrew (His Shield), Paul Black Bear (Makes Himself Run), and Baldwin Blue Horse (Takes His Own) [version 1], 1879")
Portrait of Andrew (His Shield), Paul Black Bear (Makes Himself Run), and Baldwin Blue Horse (Takes His Own) posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. One student is wearing a school uniform; the other two are in non-native dress.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Andrew (His Shield), Paul Black Bear (Makes Himself Run), and Baldwin Blue Horse (Takes His Own) [version 2], 1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_sg0318.jpg?itok=IN8ZpR3B "Andrew (His Shield), Paul Black Bear (Makes Himself Run), and Baldwin Blue Horse (Takes His Own) [version 2], 1879")
Portrait of Andrew (His Shield), Paul Black Bear (Makes Himself Run), and Baldwin Blue Horse (Takes His Own) posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. One student is wearing a school uniform; the other two are in in non-native clothing.
Format: Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Four male Sioux students [version 1], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/Potamkin%20%2326%20%28Choate%20%2332%29%20Full%20043.jpg?itok=Awl_67_l "Four male Sioux students [version 1], c.1879")
Four male students posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. They are Joe Taylor, Dennis (Strikes First), Daniel Milk (Warrior), and Nathan (Ear).
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Photograph of a studio portrait of Black Coal, an Arapaho chief.
J.N. Choate took this photograph of the original photograph, but there is no information about the photographer of the original image.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Group portrait of Frederick (Cloud Bull), Walter Bullman, Philip (Kills), Ruth (Looking Woman), and Julia Good Voice. They are posed outside a building on the school grounds.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of a group of five Sioux students posed with interpreter Charles Tackett on the bandstand on the school grounds. They are, from left to right: Max Spotted Tail (Talks With Bears), Charles Tackett, Sarah Mather (Red Road), William Spotted Tail (Stays at Home), Pollock Spotted Tail (Little Scout), and Oliver Spotted Tail (Bugler).
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Group portrait of five Sioux students posed outside a building, presumably on the school grounds. They are, from left to right: William Spotted Tail (Stays at Home), Sarah Mather (Red Road), Max Spotted Tail (Talks with Bears), Oliver Spotted Tail (Bugler), and Pollock Spotted Tail (Little Scout).
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Four male Sioux students [version 2], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_sg0319.jpg?itok=ORlBtG3G "Four male Sioux students [version 2], c.1879")
Four male students posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. They are Joe Taylor, Dennis (Strikes First), Daniel Milk (Warrior), and Nathan (Ear).
Format: Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Young Bull Bear, a Cheyenne chief, with students Oscar Bull Bear and Richard Davis.
Note: Previous interpretation of the handwritten caption on the plate says that Richard Davis was also called Thunderbird, and the date of the photograph is 1879.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Fred Smith, Joseph Gun, and John Primaux [version 1], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/Potamkin%20%2322%20%28Choate%20%2327%29%20Full%20018.jpg?itok=faaw4lFD "Fred Smith, Joseph Gun, and John Primaux [version 1], c.1879")
Portrait of Fred Smith, Joseph Gun, and John Primaux posed on the bandstand on the school grounds.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Fred Smith, Joseph Gun, and John Primaux [version 2], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_sg0317.jpg?itok=e8np6snX "Fred Smith, Joseph Gun, and John Primaux [version 2], c.1879")
Portrait of Fred Smith, Joseph Gun, and John Primaux posed on the bandstand on the school grounds.
Format: Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Five Sioux students [version 1], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/Potamkin%20%2321%20%28Choate%20%2326%29%20Full%20019.jpg?itok=r4Bny3lk "Five Sioux students [version 1], c.1879")
Group of five Sioux students posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. They are Conrad (Thunder), Gilbert (Short Leg), Arnold (Runs After the Moon), Dora (Her Pipe), and Ruth (Looking Woman).
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Group portrait of one female and three male students in front of a building on the school grounds. Annotations on the image state they they were relatives of Black Crow. Based on that information they are probably Emma (Plenty Aunt), Rufus (Strikes the Enemy), Theron Two Strike, and Arthur Two Strike.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Five Sioux students [version 1], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_sg0316.jpg?itok=5LmVH5Bs "Five Sioux students [version 1], c.1879")
Group of five Sioux students posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. They are Conrad (Thunder), Gilbert (Short Leg), Arnold (Runs After the Moon), Dora (Her Pipe), and Ruth (Looking Woman).
Format: Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Seven Sioux students [version 1], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/Potamkin%20%2317%20%28Choate%20%2321%29%20Full%20039.jpg?itok=CmWPLPXU "Seven Sioux students [version 1], c.1879")
Seven Sioux students posed on the bandstand on the school grounds shortly after their arrival. They are: Guy (Bear Don't Scare), Amos Lone Hill, Bennett (Singer), Frank Twiss, Lizzie Glode (also known as Daisy Glode), Lucy Day, and Mary (Lulu) Bridgeman.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Group portrait of Stephen Murray (Makes Trouble in Front), Geoffrey Chips (Runs in the Clouds), Grace Cook (Crockery Face), and Nellie (Yellow Lodge) posed in front of one of the school buildings.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a a stereograph of this image in their collections (SG03-12).
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of nine Sioux students posed next to one of the school buildings. The students are Edward Little (Behind), James (White Man), George Hollow Horned Bear (Little Man), George Hollow Horned Bear (Little Man), Bernard (Hawk Charging Daylight), David (Kills Without Warning), Horace (White Whirlwind), Hope Blue Teeth, Ida (Shoes), and Stella Berht (White Mare).
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Seven Sioux students [version #2], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_sg0314.jpg?itok=7cZDCpqQ "Seven Sioux students [version #2], c.1879")
Seven Sioux students posed on the bandstand on the school grounds shortly after their arrival. They are: Guy (Bear Don't Scare), Amos Lone Hill, Bennett (Singer), Frank Twiss, Lizzie Glode (also known as Daisy Glode), Lucy Day, and Lulu (Mary) Bridgeman.
Format: Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society