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 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
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 Red Shirt, a Sioux chief.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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.
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 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
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
This glass plate negative of Young Spotted Tail, eldest son of Chief Spotted Tail, seems to be an image of an earlier photograph. It is not clear if Young Spotted Tail ever visited Carlisle. John Choate may have taken this photographic print because he had lost or broken his own original negative of this image, but what is more likely is that the photographic print was the product of another photographer entirely, and Choate simply wished to make a copy for personal use or for sale.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Spotted Tail, a Sioux chief, described as being "after his return from Washington."
Note: This image was sold by photographer J.N. Choate (#23 on the list of photos being sold). It is here that it is described as being "after his return from Washington."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Spotted Tail and Iron Wing, Sioux chiefs.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-013a and CS-CH-043.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
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
The caption reads: Cheyenne Chief (Manemic) one of Florida prisoners
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Minimic Chief of Comanche Indians from a painting by J. Wells Champney, at Ft Marion, Florida
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of what appear to be two visiting chiefs with one male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Hugh (Running Horse) wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two visiting chiefs.
Cataloging from the Cumberland County Historical Society, presumably based on information scratched on the negatives, indicates they are "Nachisi and New Mexico, Apache."
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified visiting chief. A later handwritten caption reads "N.M. Apache."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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
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.
Note: The other version of this image (Related Images), is the uncropped version which also has Richard Henry Pratt in the background.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has also a copy of this image: CS-CH-089.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture
Studio portrait of Benjamin Thomas (standing at left), Mary Perry (seated in center), and John Menaul Chaves (standing at right). The boys are both wearing school uniforms. Perry is in a school-issued print dress.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alice Wynn (back left), Kisetta Roosevelt (back middle), Mabel Doanmoe (back right), Rebecca Big Star (front left), and Harriet Mary Elder (front right). All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Students and staff working in the harness-making shop at the Carlisle Indian School. They are identified as, from left to right: Lorenzo Chapman (instructor), Geoffrey Chips, Cheape Ross, Curtis, Lawrence, Edward Little, William Spotted Tail, Julian, Morgan, Henry Thigh, and Andrew.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: CS-CH-093.1-3.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Bernard (Hawk Charging Daylight) (standing at left), Horace (Horse) (standing at right), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy) (seated at left), John Renville (seated at center), and Rufus (Strikes the Enemy) (seated at right). All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has seven copies of this image: CS-CH-076.1-.5, PA-CH1-021b, and 13-14-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ernest (Knocks Off) wearing school uniform.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-017a and CS-CH-019.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lizzie Walton, probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society