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 Oscar Davis in a uniform holding a bassoon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Alfred M. Venne in a uniform and holding a cornet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Truman Doxtator in a uniform posed with a drum and timpani.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Daniel Tortuga wearing a uniform and holding a saxophone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Eugene Tibbetts wearing a uniform and holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Henry Thomas wearing a uniform and holding a cornet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of John Kimball (here Kimble) in a uniform and holding a trombone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Henry Tatiyopa wearing a uniform and holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Oliver Exendine in a uniform holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of John F. Susep in a uniform holding a tuba.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Ambrose Stone wearing a uniform and holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
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
Studio portrait of Chiltoski Nick in a uniform holding a French horn.
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 Daniel Eagle in a uniform posed with a bass drum and a cymbal.
According to the school newspaper from March 8, 1901, the image on the drum is that of Chief Wolf Robe (Cheyenne), and the likeness was painted by William Elmer, a Carlisle resident who had studied art in Germany.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Alex Sauve in a uniform and holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Eugene Fisher in a uniform holding a sousaphone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Louis Paul in a uniform holding an oboe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of William Paul in a uniform with an oboe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Hastings Robertson wearing a uniform and holding an English horn.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Joseph Sauve in a uniform with a trombone.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of Joseph Ruiz in a unform holding a clarinet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Group portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with a large number of male and female Native Americans and a few white people. There are some children in the group.
Among the group is former student White Buffalo, and it seems likely this is a group of former students who returned, along with Pratt, to attend the school's commencement in 1903, as described in this issue of The Red Man and Helper: RedMan-Helper_v03n26-n27.pdf (dickinson.edu)
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio photograph of the graduating class of 1903. They are identified as: 1. Tatiyopa, Henry, 2. Kimball, John, 3. Ezhuna, Joseph, 4. Doxtator, Commodore, 5. Doxtator, Alice, 6. Brown, Lillian, 7. Hill, Amy, 8. Bishop, Frank, 9. Brushel, Samuel, 10. Callsen, Minnie, 11. Callsen, Katie, 12. Greely, Mabel, 13. Charles, Clarinda, 14. Knudsen, Elizabeth, 15. Costo, Martin, 16. Davis, Oscar, 17. Roubideau, Lizette, 18. Welch, Mollie, 19. King, Celinda, 20. Geisdorff, Charlotte, 21. George, Amos, 22. Griffin, Thomas A., 23. Johnson, Minnie, 24. King, James, 25. Londrosh, John, 26. Rayos, Susie, 27. American Horse, Sophia, 28. Miller, John M., 29. Griffin, Ida, 30. Peters, Bessie, 31. Snyder, Maud, 32. Dolphus, Amy, 33. Wilber, Earney, 34. Pradt, George, 35. Rabbitt, Philip, 36. Ruiz, Joseph, 37. Skye, Emma G., 38. Corbin, Sarah, 39. Tibbetts, Eugene, 40. Cornelius, Lillian, 41. Warren, Sophia, 42. Sturm, Nannie, 43. Jamison, Bertha, 44. Weshinawatok, William, 45. Williams, Lizzie, 46. Williams, Elizabeth, 47. Yarlott, Frank
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of student Nikefer Shoushick with Dan Stauffer, both dressed in elaborate Indian costumes.
Note: This is a scan of a photograph in the possession of Robert Weigle, Sr. of Carlisle. The following was written on the back of the photo.
"Dan Stauffer, Fanny Keesecker's brother and Kieffer Shushuck an Indian he knew at the Carlisle Indian School before the school closed about 1914.
Guy L. Keesecker
P. S. Fanny was my mother. Fanny Stauffer married Clem Keesecker, Feb. 24, 1897.
Guy Keesecker
March 9, (?)"
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society