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 Embry Gibson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lorenzo Martinez.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Dennison Wheelock (left) and Howard Logan (right), holding hats and wearing uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![James B. Garcia [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74410.jpg?itok=WwRnzJ1G "James B. Garcia [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of James B. Garcia.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![James B. Garcia [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_078c.jpg?itok=lYcnvoCD "James B. Garcia [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of James B. Garcia.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Susie Bond and Susie Gray.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Nancy McIntosh [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73748.jpg?itok=c-pCQ9aA "Nancy McIntosh [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Nancy McIntosh.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Ada Fox Catcher [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73404.jpg?itok=L1j5kCw8 "Ada Fox Catcher [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Ada Fox Catcher probaby wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Ada Fox Catcher [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_092a.jpg?itok=rpkYV86X "Ada Fox Catcher [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Ada Fox Catcher probably 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
![George Fire Thunder [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_007b.jpg?itok=z9uBOx87 "George Fire Thunder [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of George Fire Thunder.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![George Fire Thunder [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74392.jpg?itok=beQYS0on "George Fire Thunder [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of George Fire Thunder.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Esther Miller [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73630.jpg?itok=gutwMlAM "Esther Miller [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Esther Miller wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Everett in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mark Evarts.
Note: The Historical Society has two prints of this image: PA-CH2-055c and 13-28-02.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Stacy Matlock and William Morgan [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74109.jpg?itok=sbyKTmMJ "Stacy Matlock and William Morgan [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock (standing at left) and William Morgan (seated at right), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Peter Douville in school uniform. Handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Pete Douville.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![John Dixon [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2073708.jpg?itok=WnDU7I76 "John Dixon [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of John Dixon (also known as John Dickson) wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Laban Locojim [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74403.jpg?itok=y4swPdrj "Laban Locojim [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Laban Locojim wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lyman Kennedy wearing partial school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Tom Torlino and George S. Watchman [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_080a.jpg?itok=KWY9Pc0h "Tom Torlino and George S. Watchman [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Tom Torlino (seated) and George S. Watchman (standing).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Tom Torlino [version #1], 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0075.jpg?itok=O70pa1y6 "Tom Torlino [version #1], 1885")
Studio portrait of Tom Torlino.
The reverse side includes a printed list of photographs for sale by John N. Choate.
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has four copies of this print: PA-CH2-004b, 12-26-04, BS-CH-012, and US-50b.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Carlisle Indian School student body around 1885, with the Superintendent's House in background.
Dickinson College has another copy of this image cataloged as CIS-P-0078.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of James Miller.
Note: This is probably James Y. Miller.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Justin Shedee (right) and Victor Tozoski (left).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution