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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![Nancy McIntosh [version 3], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_003c.jpg?itok=P_rJnDxp "Nancy McIntosh [version 3], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Nancy McIntosh.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Tom Torlino [version #3], 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NARA_1327_b018_f0872_0003.jpg?itok=c4_9xDq3 "Tom Torlino [version #3], 1885")
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Tom Torlino, Navajoe, Three years later.
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has four copies of this image: PA-CH2-004b, 12-26-04, BS-CH-012, and US-50b.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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 four unidentified male students, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of six unidentified male students wearing school uniforms.
The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies them as being from the Crow nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of three unidentified male students in school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of three unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of three unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a male student.
The handwritten caption along the side of the image is difficult to read, but we believe it says: Chester Cornelius and that that is who the sitter is.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper, and Justin Head [version 1], c. 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73731.jpg?itok=3BnLlwPV "Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper, and Justin Head [version 1], c. 1885")
Studio portrait of Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper (George Nyruah), and Justin Head, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students, one wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two male students, one in school uniform.
Note: Based on other images and the handwritten caption, that the student on the left is Theodore North. The student on the right is currently unidentified.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Clarence Powder Face.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Brown and Katie White Bird, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Nancy McIntosh [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73748.jpg?itok=c-pCQ9aA "Nancy McIntosh [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Nancy McIntosh.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Everett and Percy Zadoka.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Rose White Thunder.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Rose White Thunder. Sioux.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: PA-CH1-043a.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Lois Pretty Scalp [version 3], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/0321.f.0020.jpg?itok=E_mV4EDT "Lois Pretty Scalp [version 3], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Lois Pretty Scalp.
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections also has a copy of this version (CIS-P-0018).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture
An unidentified male student wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students, one wearing a school uniform.
Previous cataloging has identified at least one of the students as being from the Cheyenne tribe.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Almarine McKellop.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charlie Carr wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Juan Antonio Chama.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Juan Antonio Chama. What appears to be a date is also written along the side. It seems to be "3/79" but Chama didn't arrive until 1884, so that isn't possible.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified female students wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution