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 Embry Gibson wearing non-native clothing.
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
Studio portrait of Mark Evarts wearing non-native clothing.
Note: The Historical Society has two prints of this image, PA-CH2-055c and 13-28-02.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Glass plate negative image of an unidentified male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![John Dixon [version 1], c.1885](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2073708.jpg?itok=OuAWZp_O "John Dixon [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of John Dixon wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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
Glass plate negative image of Joseph Cox, a member of the Omaha Nation. Another person, indicated as "Friend", is also pictured; it is unclear if this person's name is Friend, or if they are just a friend of Joseph Cox.
The caption reads: 93 Joseph Cox + Friend
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
![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
Glass plate negative image of Alfred.
The caption reads: Alfred - 3
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Glass plate negative image of the Little Bear group.
The caption read: Little Bear Group
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 two unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![George Fire Thunder [version 1], c.1885](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74392.jpg?itok=HtwyWEOY "George Fire Thunder [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of George Fire Thunder wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Justin Head wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth in non-native clothing.
The caption reads: Arnold
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Isaac Cutter (standing at left) and Constant Bread (seated at right); Cutter is wearing non-native clothing and Bread is wearing a school uniform.
Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably says: I. Cutter and Constant Bread.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Joseph Schweigman
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
![Job Hunterboy and Norman Casadore [version 2], c.1886](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch051.jpg?itok=N-uCmpXv "Job Hunterboy and Norman Casadore [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Job Hunterboy (standing at left) and Norman Casadore (seated at right), both wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joshua Given wearing non-native clothing
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![John Elm [version 2], c.1886](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_pach2085c.jpg?itok=qd3yl5UI "John Elm [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of John Elm wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: James B. Garcia and Santiago
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: Wounded Yellow Robe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Two unidentified Carlisle Indian School Students 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