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 William B. Peery wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Elmer wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Eleven female Omaha students [version 1], c.1882](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73441.jpg?itok=h6vyYDbx "Eleven female Omaha students [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of eleven female students in school uniforms. Caption information states they are from the Omaha nation and entered in 1882. If that is accurate, then they are probably Alice Springer, Jennie Mitchell, Mary Tyndall, Ettie Tyndall, Mary Hewitt, Etta Webster, Elsie Springer, Lettie Esau, Alice Fremont, Fannie Merrick, and Mamie Springer.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Mason Pratt, Charles Kihega, Samuel Townsend, and Benjamin Marshall [version 2], c.1882](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch059.jpg?itok=obRjCeed "Mason Pratt, Charles Kihega, Samuel Townsend, and Benjamin Marshall [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Mason Pratt (seated at left), Charles Kihega (standing), Samuel Townsend (seated at right), and Benjamin Marshall (seated in center). The three students are wearing school uniforms.
Note: Mason Pratt was the son of Richard Henry Pratt.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Mason Pratt, Charles Kihega, Samuel Townsend, and Benjamin Marshall [version 1], c.1882](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74304.jpg?itok=8R3sorVF "Mason Pratt, Charles Kihega, Samuel Townsend, and Benjamin Marshall [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Mason Pratt (seated at left), Charles Kihega (standing), Samuel Townsend (seated at right), and Benjamin Marshall (seated at right). The three students are wearing school uniforms. Mason Pratt was the son of Richard Henry Pratt.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes that these are student in the "paint shop." It is more likely that this says "print shop."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Thomas Wistar [version 1], c.1882](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-MC-005-f16_0.jpg?itok=F7o1pRsV "Thomas Wistar [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Thomas Wistar dressed in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Portrait of Owen Yellow Hair, Otto Zotoum, Charles Kawboodle, and Dan Tucker posed in front of a building on the school grounds. All are holding bugles.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Benjamin Damon, George S. Watchman (Saahtlie), and Stailey Norcross. The two seated students are wrapped in Navajo blankets, and one is wearing a headband. There is another blanket drapped in the background.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Alexander McNac wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Adam McCarty wearing school uniform.
The caption reads: Adam McCarty
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer [version 2], c.1882](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_pach1069a.jpg?itok=uYYc0odd "Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Engler wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Antoinette Williams and Nellie Carey [version 2], c.1882](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_pach1074b.jpg?itok=XcScehpM "Antoinette Williams and Nellie Carey [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Antoinette Williams and Nellie Carey.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Adam McCarty wearing school uniform.
The caption reads: Adam McCarthy
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Baptiste and Louis Bayhylle, c.1882 [version2]](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_pach001a.jpg?itok=NbB9P98H "Baptiste and Louis Bayhylle, c.1882 [version 2]")
Studio portrait of Baptiste Bayhylle and his son Louis Bayhylle. Baptiste is wearing non-native clothes and Louis is in a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Daniel Milk wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ernie Black wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of White Buffalo.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: White Buffalo. Cheyenne.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: PA-CH2-092b.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Julia Given and her brother, Joshua Given. Both are probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lizzie Glode probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of five young female students, all wearing school uniforms with white pinafores. They are Alice Long Pole, Julie Pryor, Metopa, Josephine Pryor, and Myrtie Tallchief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Baptiste and Louis Bayhylle, c.1882 [version 1]](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73451.jpg?itok=L8jaP8C1 "Baptiste and Louis Bayhylle, c.1882 [version 1]")
Studio portarit of Baptiste Bayhylle and his son, Louis Bayhylle. Baptiste is wearing non-native clothes and Louis is wearing a school uniform. There apperas to be an illegible caption written along the top of the image.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer [version 1], c.1882](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73386.jpg?itok=cSs1tROy "Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth.
The caption reads: Arnold
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Casper Edson wearing school uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Casper Edson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution