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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Studio portrait of Alice Hayes.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lizzie La Prairie.
Note: This student was identified in previous cataloging as Emma LaPrarie but there is no student by that name. We believe it is Lizzie La Prairie.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Pearl Gleason and Amy G. Hill.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Cynthia Cooper, Charlotte Geisdorff, and Rose La Forge.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The printed attached note attached to this image reads: Ida Thompson, of Hogansburg, N. Y. She is a splendid representative of the Mohawks.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Reuben Jones.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Louis St. Cyr (at left), Levi St. Cyr (at lower right), and Lillian St. Cyr.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Elizabeth Terrance, and Charlotte Cook, and Charlotte Bigtree.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lillie Ferris and Rose Temple. Temple is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Antonio Tapia.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charles Bent.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Conner posed with a bicycle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Elias Cekiya and an unidentified young man.
Note: Elias Cekiya was also known as Elias Williamson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Devore McMahon wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Cayou.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lucinda Hill and Abram Hill.
Note: Abram Hill attended the school between 1887 and 1897. He was 14 when he arrived, therefore it seems more likely that the Lucinda Hill in this photo is the student who arrived in 1885 and departed in 1888. (There were two students named Lucinida Hill who attended the school.)
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ollie Choteau.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Letha Seneca.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nancy Seneca.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Richard Henry Pratt [version 2], 1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/10-A-001_front.jpg?itok=AEk2EleX "Richard Henry Pratt [version 2], 1899")
Studio portrait of Richard Henry Pratt in military uniform with sword, holding a helmet.
This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902). The caption reads: R. H. Pratt. COL. 15th CAVALRY. FATHER OF THE MOVEMENT IN GETTING INDIANS OUT FROM THEIR OLD LIFE INTO CITIZENSHIP.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Guard House [version 2], c. 1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/LS-D093.jpg?itok=U_bvF1NC "Guard House [version 2], c. 1899")
View of the Guard House with two men in uniform standing on the porch.
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Richard Henry Pratt [version 1], 1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73507.jpg?itok=F2JZLzN8 "Richard Henry Pratt [version 1], 1899")
Studio portrait of Richard Henry Pratt in military uniform with sword, holding a helmet.
This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902. The caption reads: R. H. Pratt. COL. 15th CAVALRY. FATHER OF THE MOVEMENT IN GETTING INDIANS OUT FROM THEIR OLD LIFE INTO CITIZENSHIP.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Guard House [version 1], c. 1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/00305B%20Hoover.jpg?itok=xNNIdw4Y "Guard House [version 1], c. 1899")
View of the Guard House with two men in uniform standing on the porch.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Woman posed sitting with writing materials in her hands in a room with extensive decorations including Native American objects.
The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging identifies this as "the Matron's Room, Girls' Department."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Female students posed seated at a long table, reading periodicals, in the reading room in the Girls' Quarters.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society