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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Group portrait of Henry Thigh, Frank Twiss, Morgan (Young Bird), and Maud (Little Girl) posed on the steps of a building, presumably on the school grounds.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of Samuel High Bear, Herbert (Yellow Sack), Maurice (Yellow Hair), and Anna Laura (Pretty Woman) posed on the bandstand on the school grounds.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of George Walker, John Renville, Edward Upright, Nancy Renville, and Justine La Framboise posed on the bandstand on the school grounds.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
This caption reads: FIRST SIOUX GIRLS – AS THEY CAME TO CARLISLE OCT. 6TH, 1879.
This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Cecil (Red Man), Walter Bullman, Zonie McKenzie, and Ruth (Looking Woman) [version 1], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_po-19.jpg?itok=7tumUXA8 "Cecil (Red Man), Walter Bullman, Zonie McKenzie, and Ruth (Looking Woman) [version 1], c.1879")
Portrait of Cecil (Red Man), Walter Bullman, Zonie McKenzie, and Ruth (Looking Woman) posed on the staircase of the bandstand on the school grounds. This image was probably taken on or near their arrival on October 6, 1879.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Cecil (Red Man), Walter Bullman, Zonie McKenzie, and Ruth (Looking Woman) [version 2], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_sg0315.jpg?itok=sYuDNrnP "Cecil (Red Man), Walter Bullman, Zonie McKenzie, and Ruth (Looking Woman) [version 2], c.1879")
Portrait of Cecil (Red Man), Walter Bullman, Zonie McKenzie, and Ruth (Looking Woman) posed on the staircase of the bandstand on the school grounds. This image was probably taken on or near their arrival on October 6, 1879.
Format: Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption reads: FIRST PARTY EIGHTY TWO SIOUX ARRIVED AT CARLISLE OCT. 6, 1879.
This image appears in The Indian Industrial School Carlisle, PA: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Thomas Carlisle and Bob Bent [version 1], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74309.jpg?itok=g68s9gMw "Thomas Carlisle and Bob Bent [version 1], c.1879")
Studio portrait of Thomas Carlisle, seated, in school uniform, and Bob Bent, an interpreter, standing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Thomas Carlisle and Bob Bent [version 2], c.1879](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_pach1029a.jpg?itok=sPc5Be7y "Thomas Carlisle and Bob Bent [version 2], c.1879")
Studio portrait of Thomas Carlisle wearing school uniform, seated, and Bob Bent, an interpreter, standing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of White Bear, Zonkeuh, Koba, Henry Roman Nose, Little Chief, Charles Oheltoint, Etadleuh Doanmoe, and White Man posed on the grounds of the school.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society notes the identification of these people is based on a copy of the image posted for sale on eBay. That copy was identitied as "No. 27, Flordida Boys."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Students Samuel High Bear and Guy (Bear Don't Scare) working at the bakery. This is a posed photo of them loading loaves of bread on a wheelbarrow outside the bakery.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-084c and CS-CH-099.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Fanny and Dora both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Five young male Sioux students [version 2], c.1880](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1-021c.jpg?itok=8FWmJ1JV "Five young male Sioux students [version 2], c.1880")
Studio portrait of (back row, left to right): David (Kills Without Wounding), Nathan (Ear), Pollock Spotted Tail; and (front row, left to right): Marshall (Marshall Bad Milk), and Hugh (Running Horse). All are wearing school uniforms
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-021c, 10-B-07, and CS-CH-065.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise [version 1], c.1880](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74254.jpg?itok=2us6viAI "Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise, both wearing school-issued print dresses.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Etadleuh Doanmoe, a member of the Kiowa Nation.
The caption reads: Etahdleuh
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: Tso-de-aiko Wichita Chief, Clarke Interperter Ind Leg Wild Horse Commnche Chief
The handwritte not on the reverse side reads: Number 17
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: Cheyenne Chief (Manemic) one of Florida prisoners
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Minimic Chief of Comanche Indians from a painting by J. Wells Champney, at Ft Marion, Florida
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Charles Kawboodle wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Hattie Long Wolf (Hattie Porcupine) wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Raymond Stewart.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mary Ealy (standing at left), Jennie Hammaker (standing at right), Frank Cushing (sitting at left), and Taylor Ealy (sitting at right), all wearing native clothing.
The printed caption on the reverse side reads:
No 20.
Teai-e-se-u-lu-ti-wa - Frank Cushing.
Tra-wa-ea-tsa-lun-kia - Saylor Ealy.
Tsai au-tit-sa - Mary Ealy.
Jan-i-uh-tit sa - Jennie Hammaker.
- Pueblos.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-044a and CS-CH-068.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Justine La Framboise [version 2], c.1880](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_pach1024a.jpg?itok=pLcTeswB "Justine La Framboise [version 2], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Justine La Framboise wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Darlington [version 1], c.1880](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74269.jpg?itok=T19Nh0wR "Darlington [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Darlington wearing school uniform.
Handwritten caption along bottom edge of image probably reads: Darlington.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The caption reads: White Man Apache Chief Stumbling Bear Kiowa Chief
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Stella Berht wearing non-native clothing, probably school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society