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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Glass plate negative image of Otto Zotom, a member of the Kiowa Nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Glass plate negative images of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![John Dixon [version 2], c.1885](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/Rowe_S_12a.jpg?itok=FMxc-avc "John Dixon [version 2], c.1885")
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: John Dixon
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.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Clay Ainsworth in non-native clothes.
Handritten caption along the side of the image appears to read: "Clay Ainsworth."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Four male students wearing military style uniforms. Two seated are holding hats while the two standing have their right hand in their shirt.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Eben Beads wearing non-native clothes.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Glass plate negative image of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Glass plate negative image of Peter Charko.
The caption reads: Peter Cherco
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth and three unidentified male students, all in school uniforms.
There is an almost undecipherable handwritten caption along the side of the image, which reads in part: Arnold.
Based on other images, Woolworth is the student standing on the left.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Susie Bond and Susie Gray, both in non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Glass plate negative image of Rosalie Roso.
The caption reads: Rosalie Roso
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Glass plate negative image of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Juan Antonio Chama wearing non-native clothing. A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Juan Antonio Chama. What appears to be a date is also written along the side. It seems to be "3/79" but Chama didn't arrive until 1884, so that isn't possible.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Glass plate negative image of Cheapie Ross, also known as Cheapy.
The caption reads: Ross Cheapie
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Glass plate negative image of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The printed note reads: BENJAMIN LOWRIE, WINNEBAGO. Entered Carlisle 1883; graduated 1890; spent several summers working on farms in Bucks Co., Pa.; is now employed as Govt. farmer at Winnebago Agency, Nebraska.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Charlie Carr wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![James B. Garcia [version 2], c.1885](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_pach2078c.jpg?itok=ljcnq0XU "James B. Garcia [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of James B. Garcia wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Glass plate negative image of Samuel Townsend, a member of the Pawnee Nation.
The caption reads: Samuel Townsend
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: John Gunn Pueblo
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.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Ernie and Jennie Black, c.1886 [version 2]](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/Rowe_S_08a.jpg?itok=7La57fyg "Ernie and Jennie Black, c.1886 [version 2]")
Studio portrait of Ernie Black and Jennie Black both wearing non-native clothing. The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Ernie Black and Sister. Cheyennes from Ind. Ter.
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.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Norman Casadore [version 1], c.1886](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74054.jpg?itok=_VjpESs1 "Norman Casadore [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Norman Casadore wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
An unidentified Carlisle Indian School Student around 1886.
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.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Pueblo boys. James H. Miller. by his Brother Francis H. Ortiz. Indian Training School. Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections