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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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 an adult man with a male student wearing school uniform. The adult man is probably Johsua Given.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 two female students. Previous cataloging by the National Anthropological Archives identified the names Mollie and Lili [?] in the handwritten caption. The handwritten caption in the Princeton version of the image identifies them as "Mollie & Libbie, Arapahoe." They are probably Arapaho students Mollie Naalta and Libbie Porter.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The Hospital building and the Disciplinarian's Quarters. This building replaced the original hospital on the school grounds in 1881.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-008, 10A-C-05, and 12-07-05. The caption for 10A-C-05 reads "Hospital, built mainly by Indian apprentices."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the Assistant Superintendent's Quarters with the family posed on the porch.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The Disciplinarians Quarters on the school grounds, with the Disciplinarian and his family posed on the front porch.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Carl Matches wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Princeton University Library, Department of Special Collections
Studio portrait of two female students, identified in the caption as "Mollie & Libbie, Arapahoe" in the handwritten caption. They are probably Arapaho students Mollie Naalta and Libbie Porter.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Princeton University Library, Department of Special Collections
A view of the Girls' Quarters after the addition of the third story. Female students are posed on the porches of the upper two floors. More students, staff (including Richard Henry Pratt), and visitors are posed on the ground floor and in the area in front of the building.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: American Philosophical Society
White instructor supervising male students in the harness making shop.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Male students posed working in the tin shop.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of eleven male students and one female student posed in front of the bandstand on the school grounds. Richard Henry Pratt is sitting on the bandstand, behind the group.
The female student, Antoinette Williams, had arrived on December 5, 1881. The male students are a group of male Navajo students who arrived on October 21, 1882. They are: front row, seated, left to right - George Williams, Stailey Norcross, Antoinette Williams, Charles Damon; standing, back row, left to right - Tom Torlino, Manuelito Chiquito, Manuelito Choni, Charlie, John Bitzclay, Francisco, Saahtlie (George Watchman), Benjamin Damon.
There is another version of this photograph (pose 1) in which Tom Torlino, who is standing on the far left here, is seated on the ground at the far left.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Manuelito Chiquito in native dress.
Note: Chiquito arrived on October 21, 1882 and this photograph was probably taken on that date or very soon after.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Manuelito Chiquito wearing native clothing.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: No. 111. Manilito Chiquito Navajoe from New Mexico
Chiquito arrived on October 21, 1882 and this photograph was probably taken on that day or very soon after.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt (seated on the bandstand) with one female Navajo student and eleven male students. The female student, Antoinette Williams, had arrived on December 5, 1881. She and Pratt are posed with a group of male Navajo students who had arrived on the day this photograph was taken, October 21, 1882.
The students are, seated, left to right: Tom Torlino, George Williams, Stailey Norcross, Antoinette Williams, Charles Damon; standing, left to right - Manuelito Chiquito, Manuelito Choni, Charlie, John Bitzclay, Francisco, Saahtlie (George Watchman), Benjamin Damon.
There is another version of this photograph (pose 2) with the same group of people. The only difference is that in the other version Tom Torlino is standing at the far left; here he is seated at the far left.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-034b and BS-CH-009a.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Manuelio Chiquito wearing native clothing.
Note: Chiquito arrived on October 21, 1882 and this photograph was probably taken on that day or very soon after.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-035a and BS-CH-010.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Tom Torlino wearing native clothing and ornaments.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Choate
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has four copies of this image: PA-CH2-004a, BS-CH-008, US-50a, and 12-26-03.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Manuelito Choni wearing Native clothing.
This photograph was proabably taken on or very close to Choni's date of arrival, October 21, 1882.
Note: The Cumberland County HIstorical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-004c and 10B-03-03.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of eleven male students and one female students posed in front of the bandstand on the school grounds. Richard Henry Pratt is sitting on the bandstand, behind the group. They are a group of Navajo students who arrived on October 21, 1882.
They are, front row, seated, left to right: George Williams, Stailey Norcross, Antoinette Williams, Charles Damon; standing, back row, left to right: Tom Torlino, Manuelito Chiquito, Manuelito Choni, Charlie, John Bitzclay, Francisco, Saahtlie (George Watchman), Benjamin Damon.
There is another version of this photograph (pose 1) in which Tom Torlino, who is standing on the far left here, is seated on the ground at the far left.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Manuelio Choni wearing Native clothes.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of three unidentified male Pueblo students with teacher Lora B. Shields.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of students Mattie Reid, Anna Menaul, John Menaul, Mary Perry, Benny Thomas, Lena Carr, Clara Guernsey, Julia Dorris, and Harry Marmon with Jose Paisano, the Lieut. Gov. of Laguna.
Identification of the sitters comes from a copy of the photograph at the American Philosophical Society Library in the Speck-Choate Photograph Collection.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of students Mattie Read, Anna Menaul, John Menaul, Mary Perry, Benny Thomas, Lena Carr, Clara Guernsey, Julia Dorris, and Harry Marmon with Jose Paisano, the Lieut. Gov. of Laguna.
Identification of the sitters comes from a copy of the photograph at the American Philosophical Society Library in the Speck-Choate Photograph Collection.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Watchman (Saahtlie) wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society