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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![Lucy Black Shortnose [version 2], c.1880](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_pach1017c.jpg?itok=ff9zsxmg "Lucy Black Shortnose [version 2], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![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
![Bob Tail and his son Joseph Bobtail, c.1880 [version 2]](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_pach1082b.jpg?itok=OUpqOxjD "Bob Tail and his son Joseph Bobtail, c.1880 [version 2]")
Studio portrait of Bob Tail, dressed in native clothing, with his son Joseph Bobtail, dressed in school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Hugh (Running Horse) wearing school uniform.
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
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
![Walter Matches [version 2], c.1880](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch015.jpg?itok=pIJTomJS "Walter Matches [version 2], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Walter Matches wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lucy Black Shortnose, Ella Hippy, Fanny (Knife Holder), Mabel Doanmoe, and Laura Doanmoe [version 1], c.1880](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73821.jpg?itok=ef-u-KiO "Lucy Black Shortnose, Ella Hippy, Fanny (Knife Holder), Mabel Doanmoe, and Laura Doanmoe [version 2], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose, Ella Hippy, Fanny (Knife Holder), Mabel Doanmoe, and Laura Doanmoe, all wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The caption reads: SPOTTED TAIL AND IRON WING. SIOUX CHIEFS WHO VISITED THE SCHOOL IN 1880.
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
![Lucy Black Shortnose, Ella Hippy, Fanny (Knife Holder), Mabel Doanmoe, and Laura Doanmoe [version 2], c.1880](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch062.jpg?itok=sFhdSV3J "Lucy Black Shortnose, Ella Hippy, Fanny (Knife Holder), Mabel Doanmoe, and Laura Doanmoe [version 2], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose, Ella Hippy, Fanny (Knife Holder), Mabel Doanmoe, and Laura Doanmoe, all wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Indian School students Amos Lone Hill, Joseph Gun, Philip (Kills), Ellwood Dorian, Carlos, Walter Matches, Oscar Bull Bear, and Ralph Iron Eagle Feather and staff members Samuel Wetzel and E.B. Strait working on the roof of one of the school buildings.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Chief Big Horse and his son, Hubbell Big Horse. Chief Big Horse wears traditional clothes and Hubbell is in a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Frank Cushing, Taylor Ealy, Mary Ealy, and Jennie Hammaker [version 2], c.1880](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_pach1033a.jpg?itok=T6oxD_DP "Frank Cushing, Taylor Ealy, Mary Ealy, and Jennie Hammaker [version 2], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Frank Cushing (standing at left), Taylor Ealy (standing at right), Mary Ealy (seated in swing at left), and Jennie Hammaker (seated at right), all dressed in school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Valentine McKenzie wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Justine La Framboise [version 1], c.1880](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0050.jpg?itok=Q7hnA2he "Justine La Framboise [version 1], c.1880")
The handwritten note reads: Justine
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: No 48 Justine La Framboise from Sisseton Agency Dakota
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Frank Cushing, Taylor Ealy, Mary Ealy, and Jennie Hammaker [version 1], c.1880](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73336.jpg?itok=gjL28s7t "Frank Cushing, Taylor Ealy, Mary Ealy, and Jennie Hammaker [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Frank Cushing (standing at left), Taylor Ealy (standing at right), Mary Ealy (seated in swing at left), and Jennie Hammaker (seated at right), all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Walter Matches [version 1], c.1880](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73315.jpg?itok=PGfr_b9_ "Walter Matches [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Walter Matches wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Cook, in native clothing, and his daughter, Grace Cook, in non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Laura Doanmoe wearing school uniform. Handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Laura Doanmoe.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Benjamin Thomas, Mary Perry, and John Menaul, 1880 [before]](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0067_01.jpg?itok=0DG37dAl "Benjamin Thomas, Mary Perry, and John Menaul, 1880 [before]")
Benjamin Thomas (Wat-ye-eh), Mary Perry (Ki-ot-se), and John Menaul (Kowsh-te-ah), at their arrival and in native dress, Pueblo Indians from Laguna, New Mexico
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Lydia Harrington [version 1], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73762.jpg?itok=X1mkmxKZ "Lydia Harrington [version 1], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Lydia Harrington probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Elmer wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption reads: Noted Indian Chiefs.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: NOTED INDIAN CHIEFS Who have visited the Indian Training School, Carlisle, Pa.
1. Spotted Tail, Sioux Chief, Rosebud Agency, Dakota.
2. Iron Wing, Sioux Chief, Rosebud Agency, Dakota.
3. American Horse, Sioux Chief, Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota.
4. Red Shirt, Sioux Chief, Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota.
5. White Eagle, Ponca Chief, Indian Territory.
6. Standing Buffalo, Ponca Chief, Indian Territory.
7. Poor Wolf, Mandan Chief, Fort Berthold, Dakota.
8. Son of the Star. Arickaree Chief, Fort Berthold, Dakota.
9. White Man, Apache Chief, Indian Territory.
10. Stumbling Bear, Kiowa Chief, Indian Territory.
11. Tso-de-ar-ko, Wichita Chief, Indian Territory.
12. Big Horse, Cheyenne Chief, Indian Territory.
13. Bob Tail, Cheyenne Chief, Indian Territory.
14. Man-on-the-Cloud, Cheyenne, Indian Territory.
15. Mad Wolf, Cheyenne, Indian Territory.
16. Little Raven, Arapahoe Chief, Indian Territory.
17. Yellow Bear, Arapahoe Chief, Indian Territory.
18. Left Hand, Arapahoe Chief, Indian Territory.
19. Ouray, Ute Chief, Colorado.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Frank Everett in non-native clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Lydia Harrington [version 2], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_pach1075a.jpg?itok=RGBx07Fd "Lydia Harrington [version 2], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Lydia Harrington probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society