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 two unidentified male students.
The caption reads: Rob [?] and [illegible]
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
![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
![Benjamin Marshall [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_090b.jpg?itok=f5qWflZ4 "Benjamin Marshall [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Benjamin Marshall.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students in school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Daniel Milk.
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 several copies of this image: PA-CH1-037a, CS-CH-056, and CS-CH-075.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Eleven female Omaha students [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73441.jpg?itok=jmSMBtiO "Eleven female Omaha students [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of eleven female students in school uniforms. Caption information states they are from the Omaha nation and entered in 1882. If that is accurate, then they are probably Alice Springer, Jennie Mitchell, Mary Tyndall, Ettie Tyndall, Mary Hewitt, Etta Webster, Elsie Springer, Lettie Esau, Alice Fremont, Fannie Merrick, and Mamie Springer.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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
![Frank Engler, William Fletcher, and Carl Matches [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_091a.jpg?itok=xOUBZkpP "Frank Engler, William Fletcher, and Carl Matches [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Frank Engler, William Fletcher, and Carl Matches, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Engler.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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 Michael Burns.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Elmer wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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
![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
![Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_005b.jpg?itok=L70npmu8 "Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Left Hand (seated at left), Carl Matches (standing in center), and Short Teeth (seated at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alexander McNac.
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
View of the Superintendent's Quarters with two men leaning against the fence in front of the building.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joshua Given (seated left) with an unknown male student wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joshua Allan Lippincott, a Dickinson College alumnus (class of 1858), professor, and Methodist minister who was active at the Indian School.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
![Male student with a male visitor [?], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73437.jpg?itok=ejAwcnP4 "Male student with a male visitor [?], c.1882")
Studio portrait of a male student in uniform with a man wearing a white scarf, probably a visitor.
Previous cataloging from the National Anthropological Archives provided a date of 1894 for this image. It is not clear what this was based on.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a woman identified as school employee Anne S. Ely.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center