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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Portrait of a group of visiting chiefs with some white men and one male student.
The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image says that they are chiefs from the Sac and Fox nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of what appear to be two visiting chiefs with one male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of five Sioux chiefs posed with two interpreters on the steps of the bandstand on the school grounds. The chiefs are Black Crow, Two Strike, White Thunder, Spotted Tail, and Iron Wing. The interpreters are Louis Roubideaux and Charles Tackett.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-076c and CS-CH-086.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of chiefs Brother-to-All, Like the Bear, Poor Wolf (also known as Lean Wolf), Son of the Star, and American Horse posed with interpreters John Bridgeman and John Smith, standing in front of the bandstand on the school grounds. The man in the background on the left is probably Richard Henry Pratt.
Note: Identification of the chiefs is based on Cumberland County Historical Society's CS-CH-089.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Cook and his daughter, student Grace Cook.
The handwritten caption reads: Cook - and. Daughter -
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-017b and CS-CH-045.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Son of the Star, an Arickaree Chief, also known as Santa Fe Star.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has multiple copies of this image: PA-CH1-018a, CS-CH-031, 12-11-01, and 00325C#04.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Red Shirt, a Sioux chief.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-019c and CS-CH-108.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sheldon Jackson (left), Harvey Townsend (center), and John Shields (right), all wearing native clothing.
The handwritten note reads: Pueblos Harvey Townsend Sheldon Jackson.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-19b, CS-CH-074, and 12-26-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Red Shirt, a Sioux chief.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two men in native clothing, probably visiting chiefs, and a third wearing a suit.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Iron Wing, a Sioux chief.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has multiple copies of this image: PA-CH1-011b and CS-CH-036.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A photograph of a studio portrait, identified as "Friday, a visitor to the Indian school."
This photograph was taken by J.N. Choate, but the photographer of the original portrait is unknown. It may have also been Choate.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ernest (Knocks Off) wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Spotted Tail, a Sioux chief.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-018c and CS-CH-037a.1-.2.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Cushing (standing at left), Taylor Ealy (standing at right), Mary Ealy (seated in swing at left), and Jennie Hammaker (seated at right), all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Left Hand, an Arapaho chief, with his son, U.S. Grant also known as Grant Left Hand.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has multiple copies of this image: PA-CH1-064a and CS-CH-044.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption reads: White Man Apache Chief Stumbling Bear Kiowa Chief
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Mary Ealy (standing at left), Jennie Hammaker (standing at right), Frank Cushing (sitting at left), and Taylor Ealy (sitting at right), all wearing native clothing.
The printed caption on the reverse side reads:
No 20.
Teai-e-se-u-lu-ti-wa - Frank Cushing.
Tra-wa-ea-tsa-lun-kia - Saylor Ealy.
Tsai au-tit-sa - Mary Ealy.
Jan-i-uh-tit sa - Jennie Hammaker.
- Pueblos.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-044a and CS-CH-068.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Tso-de-ar-ko, a Wichita chief (father of Nuss Stephenson), and Wild Horse, a Comanche chief, with Benjamin H. Clark, an interpreter from Indian Territory.
The caption reads: Tso-de-arko Witchita Chief, Clarke Interperter Ind Ty Wild Horse Commanche Chief
The handwritten not on the reverse side reads: Number 17
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has copies of this image: PA-CH1-014b and CS-CH-053.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of teacher Mary Hyde and eight female students. The students are: Ann Laura (back left), Hattie Long Wolf (back middle), Rebecca Big Star (back right), Alice Wynn (middle row left), Grace Cook (middle row right), Mabel Doanmoe (bottom left), Stella Berht (bottom center), and Ruth (Looking Woman) (bottom right). The girls all appear to be wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Justine La Framboise.
The handwritten note reads: Justine.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: No 48 Justine La Framboise from Sisseton Agency Dakota
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Frank Cushing (standing at left), Taylor Ealy (standing at right), Mary Ealy (seated in swing at left), and Jennie Hammaker (seated at right), all dressed in school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Etadleuh Doanmoe.
The caption reads: Etahdleuh
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society