Images



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 Timber Yellow Robe (also known as Chauncey Yellow Robe), Henry Standing Bear, and Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe taken shortly after their arrival. They are wearing native clothing.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and Henry Standing Bear on November 15, 1883. Wounded Yellow Robe is seated at left, Henry Standing Bear is standing in the center, and Chauncey Yellow Robe is seated at right.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Portrait of twenty-five female students posed on the school grounds, some in native clothing. One of the students appears to be Rose White Thunder who arrived on November 14, 1883 with a large group from the Sioux nation (Rosebud reservation). 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Henry Standing Bear, shortly after his arrival, wearing native clothing.

Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Madge Nason (left) and Bertha Nason (right), both wearing school uniforms.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Bertha and Madge Nason. Chippewas from Minn.

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.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has a copy of this image: PA-CH1-086b. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Clarence White Thunder and Fred Big Horse, both wearing school uniforms.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Clarence White Thunder.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Boss Sun, a Pawnee chief.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

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 Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez. All are wearing school uniforms. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of nine students. Back row, left to right: Frank West, George Summers, Percy Zadoka, Warden Cleaver; front row, left to right: Annie Thomas, Minnie Yellow Bear, Pollock Spotted Tail, Hattie Longwolf, and Harriet Mary Elder. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-004, 10-B-17, and 10B-08-01. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Phillips White (Phillips Bob Tail).

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of George Summers. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Standing Bear (seated left) and Red Fish (seated right) with three male students and two female students. The male students are Luther Standing Bear (standing), Willard Standing Bear (seated right), and Henry Standing Bear (seated left). One of the female students is Victoria Standing Bear (standing far left).  

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

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 Kish Hawkins (at left), Kias Red Wolf (in center), and Clarence Wolf Face (at right).

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Juan Julian, a visiting chief.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Portrait of twenty-four female students, many wrapped in plaid shawls or blankets, posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds. 

There may be another student at the far right of the bottom right; if there is, then there are twenty-five students in the picture. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Belle Yellow Bear wearing school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of William Tivis.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Joe Stewart wearing school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Louise Wilson wearing school uniform.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-066b and CS-CH-011. 

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 Percy Zadoka and Cleaver Warden.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society