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 Jacob White Cow Killer.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains a date of September 1891.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of James Paints Yellow, Charles Dubray, and Paul Good Bear.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates a date of November 1881 is included in the handwritten caption. However, due to the dates of attendance of these students, we believe the date is actually November 1891.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Nancy O. Cornelius and Joel Cornelius, both wearing school uniforms.
Along the top of this image is probably written: Nancy and Joel Cornelius, Dec. 1891.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Two Cheyenne chiefs with a large group of students [version 1], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73504.jpg?itok=2s_zLkK6 "Two Cheyenne chiefs with a large group of students [version 1], c.1891")
Studio portrait of two Cheyenne chiefs with seven female students and ten male students.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has a print of this image and identifies the chief at left as Wolf Robe.
The student newspaper records visits to the school by Wolf Robe in December 1891 and December 1898. This image might date from either visit.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Ben Come Up Hill.
Note: The handwritten caption contains the date December 1891.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Perry Tsamanwa wearing school uniform.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the date December 1891.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Perry Tsamanwa and Asbury Carke, both wearing school uniforms.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the date December 1891.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a male student.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the first name of this student was Charles or Charlie, but the surname is not clear. It may be "Brave." It appears a date of December 1891 is also scratched on the plate.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Two Cheyenne chiefs with a large group of students [version 1], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/13-1-002.jpg?itok=DBDhUFjN "Two Cheyenne chiefs with a large group of students [version 1], c.1891")
Studio portrait of two Cheyenne chiefs with seven female students and ten male students.
The Cumberland County Historical Society identified the chief at left as Wolf Robe.
The student newspaper records visits to the school by Wolf Robe in December 1891 and December 1898. This image might date from either visit.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Baseball Team [version 1], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73858.jpg?itok=nRfky_C9 "Baseball Team [version 1], 1892")
Portrait of school baseball team with C.I.T.S. on front of their uniforms, with white coach or teacher in center.
The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society version of this image identifies it as the 1892 team.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Juniors Baseball Team [version 1], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73857.jpg?itok=nv9DFcO8 "Juniors Baseball Team [version 1], 1892")
Group portrait of the Juniors baseball team, with white coach or teacher in center. Both the uniforms and the caption identify them as the Juniors, one of several baseball teams at the school.
The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society version of this image identifies them as the 1892 team.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Little Dog, a Piegan chief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture
![Baseball Team [version 2], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_069.jpg?itok=UOCxzFh0 "Baseball Team [version 2], 1892")
Portrait of school baseball team with C.I.T.S. on the front of their uniforms, with white coach or teacher in center. The handwritten caption identifies it as the 1892 team.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Juniors Baseball Team [version 2], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_070.jpg?itok=9jaYZ_9F "Juniors Baseball Team [version 2], 1892")
Group portrait of the Juniors baseball team, with white coach or teacher in center. Both the uniforms and the caption identify them as the Juniors, one of several baseball teams at the school. The caption identifies them as the 1892 team.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![David Tipsico [?], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74225.jpg?itok=hamWfVJe "David Tipsico [?], c.1892")
Studio portrait of a male student, possibly David Tipsico.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Henry Old Eagle, George Running Horse, and Samuel Flying Horse [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_051c.jpg?itok=N3pac2JA "Henry Old Eagle, George Running Horse, and Samuel Flying Horse [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Henry Old Eagle, George Running Horse, and Samuel Flying Horse.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Annette Suisson and Naomi Merkel [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_049c.jpg?itok=6CUdWtI2 "Annette Suisson and Naomi Merkel [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Annette Suisson and Naomi Merkel.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Peter Howe [?], Wiley Morgan, and Bedford Forest, c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_050a.jpg?itok=sgwFobe0 "Peter Howe [?], Wiley Morgan, and Bedford Forest, c.1892")
Studio portrait of Peter Howe [?], Wiley Morgan, and Bedford Forest.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Elmer Simon wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Elizabeth Sickles and Arthur Sickles. Arthur is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of J. Grover Ground.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Ball.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studo portrait of Peter Alexander.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of three female and nine male students, the graduating class of 1892.
They are, back row, standing, left to right: Thomas Metoxen, Hattie Long Wolf, Reuben Wolf, Luzena Choteau, William Baird; front row, seated, left to right: Albert Bishop, Benajah Miles, Frank Everett, Joseph H. Hamilton, Lydia Flint, Benjamin Caswell, Fred Peake.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 19.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH2-073, 11-A-02, and 15-25-01.
Note: Athough Isabella Cornelius graduated in 1892 she is not in this photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of John Lonestar.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society