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 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 Benjamin Thomas (Wat-ye-eh), Mary Perry (Ki-ot-se), and John Menaul Chaves (Kowsh-te-ah), all in their school uniforms.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-030a and 10B-02-02.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Rosa Dion probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Red Cloud with Agent Townsend and a male student [version 1], 1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73371.jpg?itok=akS5WU0v "Red Cloud with Agent Townsend and a male student [version 1], 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: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Harry Shirley [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_074c.jpg?itok=FJ5Yj8v7 "Harry Shirley [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Harry Shirley wearing school uniform.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-074c and 13-28-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Samuel De Rauza.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-033c and 13-37-02.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Watchman (Saahtlie) wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Susie Martinez holding a doll [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0021.jpg?itok=8w9u9LAv "Susie Martinez holding a doll [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Susie Martinez holding a doll.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Susie Martinez & Doll. Delaware.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Benjamin Damon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Clay Ainsworth and Rosa Lewis.
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
![Lizzie Day and Katie Day [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74220.jpg?itok=bxQZaas3 "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
Studio portrait of Max Spotted Tail wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lizzie Day and Katie Day [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_085b.jpg?itok=cgRwXsIm "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 George Williams wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Martha Bordeaux.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Ten Sioux male students [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73237.jpg?itok=z3nVTFIt "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
![Eleven Navajo students [version 1], 1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73657.jpg?itok=R3Ekpq7X "Eleven Navajo students [version 1], 1883")
Studio portrait of ten male students and one female student.
For explantion of the identification of the students in this image and the date see the Dickinson College copy of this image in Related Images.
The students are, seated in front, left to right - Charles Damon, George Williams. Seated, left to right - Manuelito Choni, Charlie, Tom Torlino, Manuelito Chiquito, Antoinette Williams. Standing, left to right - Saahtlie (George Watchman), Benjamin Damon, Francisco, Stailey Norcross.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Fourteen Cheyenne students [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73436.jpg?itok=GgCPNTC5 "Fourteen Cheyenne students [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of six male students and eight female students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society copy of this image states that they are from the Cheyenne nation and arrived in August 1883.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Luther Standing Bear with cornet [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73418.jpg?itok=rqN7HpXA "Luther Standing Bear with cornet [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Luther Standing Bear holding a cornet.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Twelve Sioux male students [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73341.jpg?itok=I3dMM7vU "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
![Katie Zallawager [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_081b.jpg?itok=U4oKrY-P "Katie Zallawager [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Katie Zallawager.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Fifteen Sioux male students [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73457.jpg?itok=J76pId_1 "Fifteen Sioux male students [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of fifteen male students wearing school uniforms.
Previous cataloging for this image identifies the students as being from the Pine Ridge reservation. However the caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society version of the image has a caption that says they are from the Rosbud agency and arrived in November 1882.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Stailey Norcross (seated) and an unidentified male student (standing), both wearing school uniforms.
Note: Previous cataloging interpreted the name of the unidentified student as possibly being "Henry Sprane," but there are no records for a student with that name.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Three male Pueblo students with Miss Shields [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73461.jpg?itok=VVkIRiOU "Three male Pueblo students with Miss Shields [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of three unidentified male Pueblo students with teacher Lora B. Shields.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution