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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Studio portrait of Lena Black Bear probably wearing school uniform. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Kish Hawkins (left), Kise (Red Wolf) (center), and Clarence Wolf Face (right). 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of George W. Hill. 

Note: When he first entered the school, Hill was known as George Washington. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Jennie Black probably wearing school uniform. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Louise Wilson wearing school uniform.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-066b and CS-CH-011. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of William Eyawat. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Louise Wilson. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Casper Edson holding a straw hat. 

A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Casper Edson.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Rose White Thunder, posed in profile. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of three male students and four female students. 

The caption on the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies the students as being from the Pueblo nation. Staff at CCHS identified three students based on comparisons with other photographs: seated, from left to right, Harry Marmon, Francis H. Ortiz, and James B. Garcia.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Victoria Standing Bear (left) and Martha Bordeaux (right). 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Susie Bond.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Fred Big Horse and Clarence White Thunder, both wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Cook, seated, with his daughter, Grace Cook standing at left and Hope Blue Teeth standing at right. Cook has an open photo album in his lap.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

View of the school grounds looking east/northeast, probably taken from the porch of the School Building. On the left is the Teachers' Quarters, with a fence apparently around the area behind the quarters. On the right is the Chapel. The Large Boys' Quarters is visible in the center in the distance. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

View of the Hospital building and the Disciplinarian's Quarters, with the Small Boys' Quarters visible at the far right. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Portrait of twenty-nine male students and eight female students posed on the school grounds, with Richard Henry Pratt and two other white men standing behind them.

Previous cataloging identifies them as from the Apache nation. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

The girls' quarters with a small group of female students gathered at the near end. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH3-019b, BS-CH-018, and 12-27-02O. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Female students posed working in the sewing room. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of William Fletcher (standing) and his uncle, Old Crow (seated). Old Crow is wearing a large overcoat. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture

Studio portrait of Cook, seated, with his daughter Grace Cook standing at left and Hope Blue Teeth standing at right. Cook has an open photo album on his lap. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Tweny-two male students wearing school uniforms. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies this group as the "first pary of Apache Indian boys."

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of instructor Mary Hyde and the Indian School choir, including male and female students in school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society assigns a date of April 30, 1884 to this image. They also identified several students by comparison with other images: Luke Phillips (back row, second from the left), Luther Standing Bear (front row, far left), and Joshua Given (back row, third from left). They have two copies of this photograph: PA-CH1-061b and BS-CH-037.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

View of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and Henry Standing Bear, all wearing school uniforms. This photo was likely taken in the spring of 1884, about six months after they entered the school. 

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this photo (PA-CH1-035b). According to their information, Chauncey Yellow robe is seated at left, Henry Standing Bear is standing in the middle, and Wounded Yellow Robe is seated at right.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and Henry Standing Bear, all wearing school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of the print photo. According to their information, Chauncey Yellow robe is seated at left, Henry Standing Bear is standing in the middle, and Wounded Yellow Robe is seated at right.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution