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 Jack Stewart, Thomas Stewart, and Charles Yarot, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lulu Bisonette probably wearing school uniform.
Note: This student is identified as Lula Bisnett in the caption.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Lone Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Philip Iron Tail wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portarit of Nellie Eagle Child.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sophia American Horse, Alice American Horse, and Hattie Eagle Horn, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Abraham Lone Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Robert Horse.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Cynthia Webster.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Albert J. Minthorn and two unidentified young men.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Wood-cutting class [version 2], c.1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_063b.jpg?itok=M_fffqCg "Wood-cutting class [version 2], c.1893")
Studio portrait of eleven students, six male students and five female students, identified in the caption as being the "Wood-cutting class."
The wood cutting class is referenced in the school paper in January 1893.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Louisa La Chapelle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Julia Dorris.
This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Bertha Dye.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Leander Gansworth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joseph C. Lujan wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Henry Horse Looking (at left) and an unidentified male student (at right).
Note: The handwritten caption is difficult to read. The student at right may be Noah Hawk.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Peter Nahmais [?], c.1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_061c.jpg?itok=l77H4rpt "Peter Nahmais [?], c.1893")
Studio portrait of Peter Nahmais [?].
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Andrew Light.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Martha Washington wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lucy Enter Lodge probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of eleven unidentified female students. The caption identifies them as The What-So-Ever circle.
The What-So-Evers were a "circle" or a subgroup of the female student group the King's Daughters.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH3-085 and 10-B-22. Caption on the back of the latter copy says that the photograph was taken for the leader of the group, Miss Shaffner.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Luther Dah-hah.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Luther Dah-hah.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Samuel Miller wearing a uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society