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 James Browndog wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nikefer Shoushick.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ephriam Alexander in traditional clothing, including fur coat and fur-trimmed boots.
Note: School administrative documents consistently use the spelling "Ephriam," but his name is spelled "Ephraim" in several articles in the school newspapers.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Rose La Forge, Katie Helen Adams, Charlotte Geisdorff and three unidentified young women.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Campeau.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sherman Chadlesome.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charles Cusick.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Caroline Helms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James E. Johnson wearing football clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jonas Jackson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Salem Moses.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
James E. Johnson in his Carlisle football uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The poster reads: COMING! THE CARLISLE INDIAN BASE BALL CLUB
PRESENTING PRINCESS HIAWATHA CHAMPION LADY PITCHER AND A BASE BALL GAME AT NIGHT.
Team photo of the Carlisle Indian Baseball club with the team in their Carlisle uniforms.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Nikefer Shoushick.
Inscription on back reads, "to Viola Cooper, Nikifer Shouchuk. Remember your friend, I alway remember you, Sept. 10, 1905."
Shoushick attended the school from 1901 until 1904. This photo must have been given to Cooper after his departure.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: 13-25-04 and 14A-07-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lillie Cornelius.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Jollie in a uniform holding a sousaphone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Frank Yarlot & George Pradt. School friends of Mothers.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of John Wizi, Thomas Saul, and Alfred Saul. All are wearing dark-colored turtleneck sweaters and dark blazers.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Junaluska (here Juna) Standingdeer in a uniform holding a French horn.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Photograph of a photograph of five male students in track clothing, posed outside, holding a banner from the "University of Pennsylvania 9th Annual Relay Races, 1903" with the participating teams listed.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Oscar Davis in a uniform holding a bassoon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Fitzhugh Lee Smith in a uniform and holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Monroe Coulon in a uniform holding a French horn.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Peter Chatfield in a uniform holding a trombone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Samuel Brushel in a uniform with a French horn.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center