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 Elva Medicine Water wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Otto Wells [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_034C.jpg?itok=bQG7_oli "Otto Wells [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Otto Wells wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Thomas Kose [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73308.jpg?itok=00FkluOA "Thomas Kose [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Thomas Kose wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Knox Nostlin and Hugh Chee [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74188.jpg?itok=ex0op913 "Knox Nostlin and Hugh Chee [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Knox Nostlin (left) and Hugh Chee (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Annette Suisson [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_014b.jpg?itok=KYXW-sFT "Annette Suisson [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Annette Suisson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Katie Grindrod.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Dexter Loco, Oliver Bitchaiet, and Duncan Balatchu.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of seventeen male students, three female students, and one white woman. The caption identifies the white woman as Miss Seabrook. Alice Seabrook was a teacher at the school from 1885 to 1889 and later worked at the school as a nurse from 1890 to 1892.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Janette Woods, Ramona Chihuahua, and Dorothy Dekhlikiseh, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Susie Bond and Susie Gray [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74223.jpg?itok=FJi6ZGen "Susie Bond and Susie Gray [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Susie Bond and Susie Gray, both possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Calling Thunder and Robert Left Hand, one in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Martin L. Smith.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Marcellus Bezhahun and Clay Domieah [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74055.jpg?itok=oJxqlVkt "Marcellus Bezhahun and Clay Domieah [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Marcellus Bezhahun and Clay Domieah both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Marcellus Bezhahun and Clay Domieah [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_099b.jpg?itok=oI9kVdMi "Marcellus Bezhahun and Clay Domieah [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Marcellus Bezhahun and Clay Domieah both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Parker Whitney West.
Note: This image also contains caption information for a different photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Jennie Dubray [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2073750.jpg?itok=bMNKk_nP "Jennie Dubray [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Jennie Dubray.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Jennie Dubray.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Winnie Conners and Jennie Conners [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74102.jpg?itok=fImTbJH0 "Winnie Conners and Jennie Conners [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Winnie Conners and Jennie Conners.
Based on their ages, Winnie is probably on the left and Jennie on the right.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Winnie and Jennie Conners.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Jennie Dubray [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_088c.jpg?itok=8lBOPjp- "Jennie Dubray [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Jennie Dubray.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Winnie Conners and Jennie Conners [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_057b.jpg?itok=7pwg9Kb2 "Winnie Conners and Jennie Conners [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Winnie Conners and Jennie Conners.
Based on their ages, Winnie is probably on the left and Jennie on the right.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Paul Shattuck wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Phoebe Howell.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Nellie Moore wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Etta Robertson [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_053a.jpg?itok=0-hCfDS5 "Etta Robertson [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Etta Robertson wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of ten unidentified male students in school uniforms.
Previous cataloging identifies them as from the Pawnee nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution