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 Otto Wells.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Kisetta Roosevelt and Jack Mather [version 2], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch047.jpg?itok=79mgQDGz "Kisetta Roosevelt and Jack Mather [version 2], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Kisetta Roosevelt and Jack Mather. Roosevelt is wearing a school-issued print dress and Mather is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the Superintendent's Quarters with people, including probably Richard Henry Pratt, in front of the house and on the balconies.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Elmer wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Standing Bear and Luther Standing Bear [version 1], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA-73650.jpg?itok=V_blX8SC "Standing Bear and Luther Standing Bear [version 1], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Standing Bear, a Sioux chief, with his son, Luther Standing Bear.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Jennie Waupoose, Elizabeth Dixon, and Alice Neopet with Sarah Mather [version 1], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74313.jpg?itok=xQYcuOE- "Jennie Waupoose, Elizabeth Dixon, and Alice Neopet with Sarah Mather [version 1], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Jennie Waupoose (seated at left), Elizabeth Dixon (seated at rear), and Alice Neopet (seated at right) with teacher Sarah Mather (seated in center). Each girl is holding a doll.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![John D. Miles [version 1], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74401.jpg?itok=WpQ0ggJK "John D. Miles [version 1], c.1881")
Studio portrait of John D. Miles.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Irvine Chodoque.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a Native American man, probably a visiting chief or relative, with a male and a female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Standing Buffalo, a Ponca chief.
The student newspaper records a visit by Standing Buffalo to the school in January of 1881, so that is probably when this photo was taken.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-063a and CS-CH-032.1-.2.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Sheldon Jackson, Harvey Townsend, and John Shields [version 1], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73372.jpg?itok=Aqax1WOd "Sheldon Jackson, Harvey Townsend, and John Shields [version 1], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Sheldon Jackson (left), Harvey Townsend (center), and John Shields (right), all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The printed note on the reverse side reads: OUR BOYS AND GIRLS At the Indian Training School, Carlisle, Pa.
1. White Buffalo, Cheyenne, I. T.
2. Mittie Houston, Wichita, I. T.
3. Samuel Townsend, Pawnee, I. T.
4. Nancy Renville, Sisseston Sioux, D. T. Daughter of Chief Gabriel Renville.
5. Grace Cook, Sioux, D. T.
6. Justine La Framboise, Sisseton Sioux, D. T.
7. Grace Cook, Sioux, D. T.
8. Anna Raven, Arapahoe, I. T. Daughter of Chief Little Raven
9. Walter Matches, Cheyenne, I. T.
10. White Buffalo, Cheyenne, I. T.
11. John Renville, Sisseton Sioux, D. T. Son of Chief Gabriel Renville.
12. Mille Brown, Creek, I. T.
13. Sheldon Jackson, Pueblo, N. M.
14. Bernard, Sioux, D. T.
15. Mary Ealy, Pueblo, N. M.
16. Samuel Baker, Sioux D. T.
17. Daniel Tucker, Arapahoe, I. T.
18. Henry Roman-Nose, Cheyenne, I. T.
19. Mary Perry, Pueblo, N. M.
20. Laura Toneadlemah, Kiowa, I. T. Daugher of Chief Red Buffalo
21. Jennie Hammaker, Pueblo, N. M.
22. Joseph, Cheyenne, I. T.
23. Pollock, Sioux. Son of Chief Spotted Tail.
24. Albert Tulsey, Seminole, I. T. Son of Rev. Mr. Tulsey, Indian missionary to the Creek nation.
25. Horace Coarse Voice, D. T.
26. John Shields, N. M. Adopted son of Gov. Therdocio Durem.
27. Sheldon Jackson, Pueblo, N. M.
28. Harriet Mary, Nez Perce, I. T.
29. Hugh, Sioux, D. T. Grandson of Chief Spotted Tail.
30. Minnie Atkins, Creek, I. T.
31. Minnie Yellow Bear, Arapahoe. Daughter of Chief Yellow Bear.
32. Kesseta. Lipan, taken prisoner by U.S. troops in Mexico
33. Frank Cushing, Pueblo, N. M.
34. David Blueteeth, Sioux, D. T.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-073b and CS-CH-088.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![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
![Indian Chiefs who visited the Carlisle Indian School [version 1], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/DKC_PC200804_f08.jpg?itok=gCXveozR "Indian Chiefs who visited the Carlisle Indian School [version 1], c.1881")
The caption reads: Noted Indian Chiefs.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: NOTED INDIAN CHIEFS Who have visited the Indian Training School, Carlisle, Pa.
1. Spotted Tail, Sioux Chief, Rosebud Agency, Dakota.
2. Iron Wing, Sioux Chief, Rosebud Agency, Dakota.
3. American Horse, Sioux Chief, Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota.
4. Red Shirt, Sioux Chief, Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota.
5. White Eagle, Ponca Chief, Indian Territory.
6. Standing Buffalo, Ponca Chief, Indian Territory.
7. Poor Wolf, Mandan Chief, Fort Berthold, Dakota.
8. Son of the Star. Arickaree Chief, Fort Berthold, Dakota.
9. White Man, Apache Chief, Indian Territory.
10. Stumbling Bear, Kiowa Chief, Indian Territory.
11. Tso-de-ar-ko, Wichita Chief, Indian Territory.
12. Big Horse, Cheyenne Chief, Indian Territory.
13. Bob Tail, Cheyenne Chief, Indian Territory.
14. Man-on-the-Cloud, Cheyenne, Indian Territory.
15. Mad Wolf, Cheyenne, Indian Territory.
16. Little Raven, Arapahoe Chief, Indian Territory.
17. Yellow Bear, Arapahoe Chief, Indian Territory.
18. Left Hand, Arapahoe Chief, Indian Territory.
19. Ouray, Ute Chief, Colorado.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has a copy of this image: PA-CH1-072a.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Owen Yellow Hair [version 2], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch021.jpg?itok=xC-b_Cjl "Owen Yellow Hair [version 2], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Owen Yellow Hair wearing a uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Sheldon Jackson, Harvey Townsend, and John Shields [version 2], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_031b.jpg?itok=KBJm3BVl "Sheldon Jackson, Harvey Townsend, and John Shields [version 2], c.1881")
Studio portrait of Sheldon Jackson (left), Harvey Townsend (center), and John Shields (right), all wearing school uniforms.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-031b, 12-26-02, and 10-B-35B.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Nine Arapaho students [version 1], c.1881](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74357.jpg?itok=r9711XAe "Nine Arapaho students [version 1], c.1881")
Studio portrait of five male and four female students. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society copy of this image identifies them as from the Arapaho nation and that they arrived in February 1881.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of eighteen male students in school uniforms, lined up on the school grounds in front of the girls' dormitory. There is a small child in a sleigh on the ground near them although there is no snow on the ground.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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
![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
View of the band stand on the school grounds.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
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