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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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
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 Lyman Kennedy wearing partial school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Glass plate negative image of Rosalie Roso.
The caption reads: Rosalie Roso
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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 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
Glass plate negative image of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note reads: Ralph Brown age 17 years
Ralph Brown was Eliza Bell Brown's husband.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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 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
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
![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 of an unidentified male student.
Another glass plate negative image of this same student, in a similar pose, is also on our website. See "Related Images".
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Tom Torlino, 1885 [after]](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NARA_1327_b018_f0872_0003.jpg?itok=Ma2hOdBh "Tom Torlino, 1885 [after]")
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Tom Torlino, Navajoe, Three years later.
This iconic image of Tom Torlino in 1885, three years after he arrived at Carlisle, was taken by John N. Choate of Carlisle, PA. It is often used in before-and-after photographs of Torlino to demonstrate assimilation.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
![Rose White Thunder, c.1885 [after]](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/DKC_PC200804_f15.jpg?itok=Tb4bT6GG "Rose White Thunder, c.1885 [after]")
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Rose White Thunder. Sioux.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Glass plate negative image of Thomas Wistar, a member of the Ottawa Nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![James B. Garcia [version 1], c.1885](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74410.jpg?itok=P8py-2in "James B. Garcia [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of James B. Garcia wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Glass plate negative of an unidentified male student.
Another glass plate negative image of this same student, in a similar pose, is also on our website. See "Related Images".
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of a male student wearing non-native clothing. The handwritten caption along the side of the image is difficult to read, but we believe it says: Chester Cornelius and that that is who the sitter is.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Baird wearing a uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Glass plate negative image of an unidentified male student.
The caption reads, in part: ...perelt. A portion of the slide containing the first part of the student's name is missing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Glass plate negative image of an unidentified male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note reads: Group of girl students at Indian School. Carlisle, Pa.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Glass plate negative image of Harvey Townsend and Benjamin Thomas, member of the Pueblo Nation.
The caption reads: H. Townsend + B. Thomas
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections