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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![Red Cloud with Agent Townsend and a male student [version 2], 1883](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch050.jpg?itok=sqoDvhVF "Red Cloud with Agent Townsend and a male student [version 2], 1883")
Studio portrait of Red Cloud, a Sioux chief, with Special Agent Townsend and an unidentified male student.
The school newspapers reported a visit to the school by Red Cloud and Agent Townsend in January 1883.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Lock (probably standing at left) and Charlie Bird (probably seated at right. Lock is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Williams wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Five Osage students [version 2], c.1883](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_039b.jpg?itok=o00jNM1x "Five Osage students [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Josephine Pryor, Metopa, Joel Chetopah, Elmer, and Alice Long Pole. All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Twelve Sioux male students [version 2], c.1883](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_038b.jpg?itok=Z9_RkCLx "Twelve Sioux male students [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of twelve male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption says that they were from the Sioux tribe, the Pine Ridge agency and entered in November 1882.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of visiting chief Red Cloud. This image is dated to January 1883, which coincides with a visit to the school as reported in the school paper.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Ten Sioux male students [version 1], c.1883](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73237.jpg?itok=LB_oJhfd "Ten Sioux male students [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of ten male students. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society copy of this image has a caption that says they are from the Pine Ridge agency and arrived in November 1882.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Elizabeth Black Moon probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Neahthah Seger.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Harvey Whiteshield [version 1], c.1883](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73891.jpg?itok=IFfExOoT "Harvey Whiteshield [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Harvey Whiteshield.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Three male Pueblo students with Miss Shields [version 2], c.1883](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch058.jpg?itok=OKb3jr2q "Three male Pueblo students with Miss Shields [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of three unidentified male Pueblo students with teacher Lora B. Shields.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Gail Marko [version 2], c.1883](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_050a.jpg?itok=ku5BSH4g "Gail Marko [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Gail Marko.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ota Chief Eagle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of ten unidentified male students wearing school uniforms.
Previous cataloging identifies them as from the Omaha nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Cheape Ross, also known as Cheapy.
The caption reads: Ross Cheapie
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Lizzie Day and Katie Day [version 2], c.1883](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_085b.jpg?itok=8nqdV-5a "Lizzie Day and Katie Day [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Elizabeth Day and Katie Day, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jessie Spread Hands.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of seven male Cheyenne students. One is wearing a school uniform. White Buffalo is seated at the far left; the rest are unidentified.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Laura Standing Elk.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Red Cloud, a Sioux chief.
Student newspapers reported that Red Cloud visited the school in January of 1883. This photo was probably taken during that visit.
The Cumberland County historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-057Bc and CS-CH-026.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View showing part of the Teachers' Quarters and the Band Stand, with four male figures in front the bandstand. The fence that surrounded the school is visible behind the Teachers' Quarters.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Teacher or matron's room [?], c.1883](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73928.jpg?itok=oyFv4ftj "Teacher or matron's room [?], c.1883")
View of a bedroom, presumably of a person at the school. It is likely that it was the room of a female teacher or matron, probably Mary Hyde.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Twelve Sioux male students [version 1], c.1883](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73341.jpg?itok=ux_sqKMy "Twelve Sioux male students [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of twelve male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Sioux tribe, Pine Ridge agency and entered in November 1882.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Ten Omaha male students [version 2], c.1883](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_043b.jpg?itok=L00tDkDY "Ten Omaha male students [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of ten male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Omaha nation who arrived in August 1883.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-043b and PA-CH2-013a.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lizzie Day and Katie Day [version 1], c.1883](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74220.jpg?itok=N_2TentU "Lizzie Day and Katie Day [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Elizabeth Day and Katie Day, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution