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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![James H. Miller and Francis Ortiz [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73710.jpg?itok=7dvLPXSq "James H. Miller and Francis Ortiz [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Francis Ortiz (standing at left) and James H. Miller (seated at right). Ortiz is in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio potrait of Carl Matches.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Frank West [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_084b.jpg?itok=QmvqLH2U "Frank West [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Frank West.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Nancy McIntosh [version 3], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_003c.jpg?itok=P_rJnDxp "Nancy McIntosh [version 3], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Nancy McIntosh.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Almarine McKellop.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Mae Paisano and Willie H. Paisano [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73978.jpg?itok=2RDuBk-H "Mae Paisano and Willie H. Paisano [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Mae Paisano and her brother, Willie H. Paisano, both are wearing school uniforms.
Note: Although the school documents consistently use the incorrect spelling "May," family members have indicated that her name was properly spelled "Mae."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Laban Locojim [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_082c.jpg?itok=GyNMIucV "Laban Locojim [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Laban Locojim wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Stacy Matlock and William Morgan [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_098c.jpg?itok=oqlI7pkl "Stacy Matlock and William Morgan [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock (standing) and William Morgan, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Nine female students [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_060.jpg?itok=Fb23kXAx "Nine female students [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (back row, left to right): Harriet Kyocea, Lydia Harrington, Louie Cornelius, Katie White Bird, and Julia Logan; (front row, left to right): Alice Long Pole, Jennie Black, Nellie Aspenall, and Jennie Conners.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Roland Fish (seated at left), Jonas Place, and an unidentified young man. Fish is in a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Fred Big Horse and Noble Prentis.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Lois Pretty Scalp [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73769.jpg?itok=w4_NHjBT "Lois Pretty Scalp [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Lois Pretty Scalp.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Eben Beads.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Baird wearing a uniform.
Note: This image also contains partial caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joseph Little Brave wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper, and Justin Head [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_092a.jpg?itok=8wuq_5bh "Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper, and Justin Head [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper (George Nyruah), and Justin Head, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Clay Ainsworth [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_095c.jpg?itok=rTHLsJrs "Clay Ainsworth [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Clay Ainsworth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Conroy and Charles Redmore. Both are wearing uniforms and one is holding a rawhide rattle.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Walter Analla and his sister, Maria Analla, both in school uniforms.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Walter Analla and his sister.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Clay Ainsworth [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73787.jpg?itok=AhDdUYNV "Clay Ainsworth [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Clay Ainsworth.
Handritten caption along the side of the image appears to read: "Clay Ainsworth."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Roland Fish, Hiram Doctor, and Owen Fire [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_076b.jpg?itok=XqvjXDA2 "Roland Fish, Hiram Doctor, and Owen Fire [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Roland Fish, Hiram Doctor, and Owen Fire, all wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Thomas Wistar wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of John Kitson wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Stiya Koykuri [?], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_020d.jpg?itok=cjpQPj2t "Stiya Koykuri [?], c.1885")
Studio portrait of a female student, probably Stiya Koykuri.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society