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 two men, seated in the center, wearing hats and white scarves, probably visitors, with five male students (one wearing a uniform), and a young girl.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Students in the shoe shop with white instructor standing in rear of the room.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-087e and BS-CH-048.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Girls' Quarters [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/10A-C-003_front.jpg?itok=pkig-AWs "Girls' Quarters [version 2], c.1885")
The girls' quarters with female students visible on the porches, with the bandstand at right and the hospital building visible between them.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-058B and 10A-C-03.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Eustace Pelone.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates part of the handwritten caption on the image says "March 1885."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Phillip White (Phillips Bob Tail).
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the date April 1885.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Charles D. Wheelock and Dennison Wheelock [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch009.jpg?itok=aeKJHOeo "Charles D. Wheelock and Dennison Wheelock [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Charles D. Wheelock (sitting at left) and Dennison Wheelock (standing at right). Dennison is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Robert Big Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Jason Betzinez, Effie Zaienah, and Maggie Iahanetha [version 2], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_020b.jpg?itok=lmtamgWI "Jason Betzinez, Effie Zaienah, and Maggie Iahanetha [version 2], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Jason Betzinez, Effie Zaienah, and Maggie Iahanetha. Betzinez is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Charles D. Wheelock and Dennison Wheelock [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73987.jpg?itok=TkhyowBt "Charles D. Wheelock and Dennison Wheelock [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Charles D. Wheelock (seated at left) and Dennison Wheelock (standing at right). Dennison is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Levi Levering and Laban Locojim.
Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Otto Zotum.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Richard Doanmoe [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-PC-004-f05.jpg?itok=yloboL1c "Richard Doanmoe [version 1], c.1886")
Richard Doanmoe as an infant. Doanmoe was born in 1886 and this photograph was probably taken soon after.
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-016c and CS-CH-105.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Julia Old Camp, possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Grace Red Eagle, probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Minnie Yellow Bear.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Rose White Thunder (left) and Hope Blue Teeth (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Minnie Billen [?] and Rosa Lewis, c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/74153.jpg?itok=dzKg_sUV "Minnie Billen [?] and Rosa Lewis, c.1886")
Studio portrait of Minnie Billen [?] (left) and Rosa Lewis (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Hattie Long Wolf (Hattie Porcupine) possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Hudson (standing) and Clarence White Thunder (seated). Hudson is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Justin Head and Donald Water. Both are wearing what appear to be cadet hats, but not school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Isaac Cutter.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Thirteen male student printers [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0077.jpg?itok=hpDCdQMF "Thirteen male student printers [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of thirteen male students wearing school uniforms.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: 1. Bennie Thomas, Pueblo Tribe, 2. Lorenzo Martinez, Pueblo, 3. Willie Butcher, Chippewa, 4. C. P. Cornelius, Oneida, 5. Dennison Wheelock, Oneida, 6. Samuel Townsend, Pawnee, 7. Richard Davis, Cheyenne, 8. Howard Logan, Winnebago, 9. Yamie Leeds, Pueblo, 10. Paul Boynton, Arapahoe, 11. John D. Miles, Cheyenne, 12. Benajah Miles, Arapahoe, 13. Joe B. Harris, Gros Ventre.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: CS-CH-078.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Henry Morning wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Thirteen male student printers [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73294.jpg?itok=xCw-CC8P "Thirteen male student printers [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of thirteen male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption of this and other copies identifies them as working in the print shop.
Other copies identify the students. They are:
1. Bennie Thomas, 2. Lorenzo Martinez, 3. Willie Butcher, 4. C. P. Cornelius, 5. Dennison Wheelock, 6. Samuel Townsend, 7. Richard Davis, 8. Howard Logan, 9. Yamie Leeds, 10. Paul Boynton, 11. John D. Miles, 12. Benajah Miles, 13. Joe B. Harris.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lillie Wind.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution