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 Cheape Ross wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lydia Harrington [version 2], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_075a.jpg?itok=5Ubz1mcb "Lydia Harrington [version 2], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Lydia Harrington probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lydia Harrington [version 1], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73762.jpg?itok=X1mkmxKZ "Lydia Harrington [version 1], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Lydia Harrington probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Kisetta Roosevelt and Jack Mather [version 1], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73377.jpg?itok=iczEbpzV "Kisetta Roosevelt and Jack Mather [version 1], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Kisetta Roosevelt and Jack Mather. Roosevelt is wearing a school-issued print dress and Mather is in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of a group of visiting chiefs with white men posed in front of the bandstand on the school grounds. Richard Henry Pratt is at the far right in the back row.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of student White Buffalo in native dress wearing a feathered headdress.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Everett in non-native clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Jennie Waupoose, Elizabeth Dixon, and Alice Neopet with Sarah Mather [version 2], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_041b.jpg?itok=TE07fdXi "Jennie Waupoose, Elizabeth Dixon, and Alice Neopet with Sarah Mather [version 2], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Jennie Waupoose (seated at left), Elizabeth Dixon (standing at rear), and Alice Neopet (seated at right), with teacher Sarah Mather (seated in center). Each girl is holding a doll.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: CS-CH-063.1-.2 and PA-CH1-041b.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Dan Tucker.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The printed note on the reverse side reads: Ouray and his wife Chipeta; Utes.
This is a copy photographer J.N. Choate made of a portrait taken in 1858 and marketed by Mathew Brady. Choate made a copy of the Brady image and marketed it as his own. Ouray is included in Choate's composite of chiefs who had visited the school.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has four copies of this image: PA-CH1-018b, CS-CH-040.1-.2, and 10B-02-04.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Six male Osage students [version 2], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_038a.jpg?itok=29nBrOB1 "Six male Osage students [version 2], c.1881")
Studio portrait of six male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Osage tribe.
Cumberland County Historical Society Staff have identified Fred Lookout as the student in the front row, far right, based on comparison with other photos.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-038a, CS-CH-069, and CS-CH-080.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Mary Ealy, Nellie Carey, Mary Perry, and Jennie Hammaker with teacher Mary Hyde [version 2], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_020c.jpg?itok=xTvSH_Et "Mary Ealy, Nellie Carey, Mary Perry, and Jennie Hammaker with teacher Mary Hyde [version 2], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Mary Ealy, Nellie Carey, Mary Perry, and Jennie Hammaker, posed with teacher Mary Hyde. The students are all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of seven unidentified Native Americans, probably visiting chiefs, including one lying flat on his back in front.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Harriet Mary Elder [version 2], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_013b.jpg?itok=Vrg81Iza "Harriet Mary Elder [version 2], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Harriet Mary Elder possibly wearing school uniform.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-013b and CS-CH-012.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Engler.
Note: The Historical Society has two copies of this image, 13-29-04 and PA-CH1-063d.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ellwood Dorian.
Note: The handwritten caption says "Ellwood" but the second name is illegible.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Mitty [version 1], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74315.jpg?itok=ckMEKZrj "Mitty [version 1], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Mitty.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a visiting chief Standing Bear with eight male students and a young white boy. His son, Luther Standing Bear, is standing behind him on the right wearing a dark coat.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Ellis Childers wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![White Buffalo in headdress with bow and arrow (pose #1) [version 2], 1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/scis_0009_0.jpg?itok=3upo1Xy6 "White Buffalo in headdress with bow and arrow (pose #1) [version 2], 1881")
The caption reads: WHITE BUFFALO – CHEYENNE. AT CARLISLE '81–'84.
This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Henry P. Taawayite.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of five Native Americans, probably visiting chiefs.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Ten male Creek students posed at the bandstand [version 2], 1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_062b.jpg?itok=ElfsOzXL "Ten male Creek students posed at the bandstand [version 2], 1881")
Ten male Creek students posed at the bandstand on the school grounds. All are wearing school uniforms. In the front row (from left to right) are: Almarine McKellop, Robert Stewart, Alexander McNac, Ellis Childers, Samuel Checote, and Corenlius Carr. In the back row (front left to right) are: Benjamin Marshall, James Bell, Samuel Scott, and Silas Childers.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Silas Childers wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Mary Ealy, Nellie Carey, Mary Perry, and Jennie Hammaker with teacher Mary Hyde [version 1], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74319.jpg?itok=o9S-JSp8 "Mary Ealy, Nellie Carey, Mary Perry, and Jennie Hammaker with teacher Mary Hyde [version 1], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Mary Ealy, Nellie Carey, Mary Perry, and Jennie Hammaker with teacher Mary Hyde.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution