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 Casper Edson wearing school uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Casper Edson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Julia Given, Joshua Given and Otto Zotoum [?] with two visiting chiefs, c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73460.jpg?itok=SoH20e-C "Julia Given, Joshua Given and Otto Zotoum [?] with two visiting chiefs, c.1882")
Studio portrait of two visiting chiefs with two male students and one female student. Based on comparison with other photographs we believe the students are Julia Given (standing at right), Joshua Given and probably Otto Zotoum (standing at left). We also believe Chief Big Bow is seated on the left.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Ten Omaha male students [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_043b.jpg?itok=b2nfrbJB "Ten Omaha male students [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of ten male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Omaha nation and arriveiving in August 1882.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-043b and PA-CH2-013a.
Records show twenty male students from the Omaha nation arriving at this time. It is possible that the other ten are the sitters in another image from the National Anthropological Archives (NAA_74310; Photo Lot 81-12 06908100).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Thomas Wistar [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-MC-005-f16_1.jpg?itok=ZN8Aq1gG "Thomas Wistar [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Thomas Wistar dressed in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Justine La Framboise.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-MC-005-f38.jpg?itok=YEp5VxLY "Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74378.jpg?itok=-EsEUKbV "Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portait of Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Five young female Osage students [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_040a.jpg?itok=O6bDP4nd "Five young female Osage students [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of five young female students, all wearing school uniforms with white pinafores. They are Alice Long Pole, Julia Pryor, Metopa, Josephine Pryor, and Myrtie Tallchief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Samuel Scott.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-029d and 13-29-02.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![William B. Peery [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_012a.jpg?itok=WWTFpD_2 "William B. Peery [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of William B. Peery wearing school uniform.
Note: In the copy of this image at the American Philosophical Society the student is identified as "William Peary, Peoria."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_037a.jpg?itok=EOfEvB2j "Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau, all wearing school uniforms.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has four copies of this image: PA-CH1-037a, CS-CH-056, and CS-CH-075.1-.2.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Frank Engler, William Fletcher, and Carl Matches [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73794.jpg?itok=8LLlzJ71 "Frank Engler, William Fletcher, and Carl Matches [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Frank Engler, William Fletcher, and Carl Matches, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Henry Kendall wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Tivis.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jennie Conners probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![George Baker [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_092c.jpg?itok=OR5Qnhl8 "George Baker [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Geoge Baker wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![George Baker [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74400.jpg?itok=8Om9-iys "George Baker [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of George Baker wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a Native American man, probably a visiting chief, with two male students in school uniforms.
Previous cataloging interprets part of the handwritten caption as being the name "Bruer." There are no students with that name.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Lena Carr and Harry Marmon with staff [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch060.jpg?itok=Sa_xKkmn "Lena Carr and Harry Marmon with staff [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of students Lena Carr and Harry Marmon with staff members Mary R. Hyde (standing in rear at left) and Harriet Hyde Shiverick (standing in rear at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of White Buffalo.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: White Buffalo. Cheyenne.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: PA-CH2-092b.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Baptiste Bayhylle and his son Louis Bayhylle [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_001a.jpg?itok=Z1vAwaqm "Baptiste Bayhylle and his son Louis Bayhylle [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Baptiste Bayhylle and his son Louis Bayhylle. Louis is in a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Baptiste Bayhylle and his son Louis Bayhylle [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73451.jpg?itok=Fb7dTQUE "Baptiste Bayhylle and his son Louis Bayhylle [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portarit of Baptiste Bayhylle and his son, Louis Bayhylle. Louis is wearing a school uniform. There apperas to be an illegible caption written along the top of the image.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Emily Ross and Ella Ross [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74090.jpg?itok=BxuUJDTk "Emily Ross and Ella Ross [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Ella Ross, both wearing white pinafores over dark dresses.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Peter Charko.
The caption reads: Peter Cherco
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Harry Marmon wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society