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 seven female and eleven male students. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies them as Miss Coats' class. School records show Carrie W. Coats taught at the school in 1884.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mary K. Marmon (seated), Lena Carr (standing in center), and Harry Marmon (standing at right).
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mrs. Marmon, Lena Carr, Harry Marmon.
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Student Mary K. Marmon was also known as Mrs. Walter Marmon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Norman Casadore wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Silas Childers wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Grace Bigheart [?].
Note: The caption of this image identifies this student as "Grace Que, Osage." There are no records for a student named Grace Que. The only Osage student named Grace who attended while Choate was taking photographs was Grace Bigheart. At the present time we have identified no other images of Grace Bigheart to use for comparison.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Almarine McKellop.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Levi Levering.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Myra Cedar Grove and Rhoda Red Wolf, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Note: This identification is preliminary. Previous cataloging identified these students as "Myra and Rhoda Order."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Brule Iron Eagle Feather wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe) wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of instructor Mary Hyde and the Indian School choir, including male and female students in school uniforms.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society assigns a date of April 30, 1884 to their copy of this image. They also identified several students by comparison with other images: Luke Phillips (back row, second from the left), Luther Standing Bear (front row, far left), and Joshua Given (back row, third from left).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of De Bett Cheyenne Chief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James H. Miller, Jane Vane, an unidentified female student and a visitor, probably a Pueblo chief or family member.
Note: The male student was previously identified as Benjamin Thomas based on cataloging of this NAA negative. A researcher suggested that he is actually James H. Miller. The identification of Jane Vane comes from an annotation on the Cumberland County Historical Society's album copy.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of John Menual Chaves.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James H. Miller, Jane Vane, an unidentified female student and a visitor, probably a Pueblo chief or family member.
Note: The male student was previously identified as Benjamin Thomas based on cataloging of the NAA negative. A researcher suggested that he is actually James H. Miller. The identification of Jane Vane comes from an annotation on the Cumberland County Historical Society's album copy.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Embry Gibson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Boss Sun, a Pawnee chief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alice Neopet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a female student and a male student, both wearing school uniforms, identified in the caption as being a brother and sister from the Laguna nation.
Based on comparison with other photographs, these are almost certainly Walter and Maria Analla.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Fred Big Horse and Clarence White Thunder, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of three male students and four female students.
The caption on the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies the students as being from the Pueblo nation. Staff at CCHS identified three students based on comparisons with other photographs: seated, from left to right, Harry Marmon, Francis H. Ortiz, and James B. Garcia.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of eighteen students, eleven male and seven female. The caption identifies them as Miss Coats' class.
School records show Carrie Coats taught at the school in 1884.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Standing Bear and Red Fish with three male students and two female students. The male students are probably Luther Standing Bear, Willard Standing Bear, and Henry Standing Bear. One of the female students is probably Victoria Standing Bear.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Standing Bear and Red Fish with three male students and two female students. The male students are probably Luther Standing Bear, Willard Standing Bear, and Henry Standing Bear. One of the female students is probably Victoria Standing Bear.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez. All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution