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 Hospital building and the Disciplinarian's Quarters, with the Small Boys' Quarters visible at the far right.
The Historical Society has another copy of this photograph: 12-07-03.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
View of the school grounds looking east/northeast, probably taken from the porch of the School Building. On the left is the Teachers' Quarters, with a fence around the area behind the quarters. On the right is the Chapel. The Large Boys' Quarters is visible in the center in the distance.
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
Tweny-two male students wearing school uniforms.
The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies this group as the "first pary of Apache Indian boys."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Fletcher (standing) and his uncle, Old Crow (seated). Old Crow is wearing a large overcoat.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture
Studio portrait of Cook, seated, with his daughter Grace Cook standing at left and Hope Blue Teeth standing at right. Cook has an open photo album on his lap.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 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). They have two copies of this photograph: PA-CH1-061b and BS-CH-037.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and Henry Standing Bear, all wearing school uniforms. This photo was likely taken in the spring of 1884, about six months after they entered the school.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this photo (PA-CH1-035b). According to their information, Chauncey Yellow robe is seated at left, Henry Standing Bear is standing in the middle, and Wounded Yellow Robe is seated at right.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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, all wearing school uniforms.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of the print photo. According to their information, Chauncey Yellow robe is seated at left, Henry Standing Bear is standing in the middle, and Wounded Yellow Robe is seated at right.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Dexter Loco (standing), Mabel Kelcusay (sitting at left), and Rachel Checote (sitting at right).
Note: Previous cataloging interprets the handwritten caption as reading: "Dexter Loco, Mabel and Rachel." Based on this information, we believe the two women to be Mabel Kelcusay (who arrived on the same day as Dexter Loco), and Rachel Checote. Comparison with other photographs confirms the identify of Rachel, however the identification of Mabel based on the photographs is less sure.
Note: A researcher identfied the sitters as Dexter Loco, Rachel Tsikahda Morgan (left) and Mabel Navadokieh Jozhe (right), and that they were all Chiricahua Apache.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and his family posed with other adult white men and women with children, probably staff and teachers.
This image is dated July 14, 1884.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Very large group of male and female students posed in rows on the grounds of the school. The caption identifies them as: Carlisle Indian School in 1884 Number of students 375.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-001 and 10-B-19.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Photo taken of visiting Cheyenne and Arapahoe Chiefs with Carlisle students and government employees at Devil's Den at the Gettysburg battlefield. The image is dated November 28, 1884.
One person is identified only as "Kise." It is not known if this is Kias Red Wolf (as known as Kise) or Kise Williams.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of a group of visiting chiefs, including Left Hand (with his wife) and Powder Face. Left Hand and his wife are in the back row in the center and at right. Powder Face is in front row at far right. A white man, J. F. Williams is in front row to the left of Powder Face.
A student newspaper reports the visit of a group of Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs in December 1884 which included these people.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Baird wearing a uniform.
Note: This image also contains partial caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Justin Head wearing a large bowler hat.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students in school uniforms with a unidentified white woman, presumably a teacher.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of three female students and one male student.
The copy of this photo in the Anne Ely Album identifies them as Hope Blue Teeth, Cyrus Windy, Jennie Dubray, and Lizzie Dubray.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Brown and Katie White Bird, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Tom Torlino (seated) and George S. Watchman (standing).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
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.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Tom Torlino.
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has four copies of this image: PA-CH2-004b, 12-26-04, BS-CH-12, and US-50b.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of ten male students in uniform, identified as being "Printer Boys." On one copy of the image they are identified as, left to right: William Butcher, Benajah Miles, Paul Boynton, Richard Davis, Samuel Townsend, Cyrus Fell Star, Chester Cornelius, Benjamin Thomas, Henry North, and Yamie Leeds.
There are no records for a student named Cyrus Fell Star (identified as Sioux). He may be Cyrus Windy.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has at least two copies of this image: BS-CH-034 and CS-CH-079.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of three unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution