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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![Seventeen female Pueblo students [version 1], c. 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74293.jpg?itok=wU6Hcdre "Seventeen female Pueblo students [version 1], c. 1885")
Studio portrait of seventeen female students, all wearing school uniforms.
The caption on the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image, written on the album page, identifies them as being from the Pueblo nation.
In another copy of this image, made by Dickinson College from an original owned by Bob Rowe, the description (see Related Images) there is a typed caption that reads "The same Pueblo girls as seen in the photograph above, six months after arrival at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School." The "photograph above" was taken when they entered in August 1884.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Sharp Nose [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_076c.jpg?itok=LrHrXzBK "Sharp Nose [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Sharp Nose, an Arapaho chief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Sharp Nose [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73559.jpg?itok=XSe60-49 "Sharp Nose [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Sharp Nose, an Arapaho chief.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a Native American man. A later caption identifies him as "Black Coal, Arapaho Chief."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Little Wolf [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_077c.jpg?itok=Frtn5cF2 "Little Wolf [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Little Wolf, a visiting chief.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-077c and BS-CH-002.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Candelaria Quintana [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73820.jpg?itok=LCkxYaFU "Candelaria Quintana [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Candelaria Quintana.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Arnold Woolworth and Casper Edson [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_077a.jpg?itok=vwhgfaBb "Arnold Woolworth and Casper Edson [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth (left) and Casper Edson (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Meta Atsye and Lora Situwitsuh [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74095.jpg?itok=6j1GUWmh "Meta Atsye and Lora Situwitsuh [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Meta Atsye and Lora Situwitsuh, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Tom Torlino [version #1], 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0075.jpg?itok=O70pa1y6 "Tom Torlino [version #1], 1885")
Studio portrait of Tom Torlino.
The reverse side includes a printed list of photographs for sale by John N. Choate.
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has four copies of this print: PA-CH2-004b, 12-26-04, BS-CH-012, and US-50b.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![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
![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
![Etadleuh Doanmoe [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2073463.jpg?itok=sQ9wykju "Etadleuh Doanmoe [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Etadleuh Doanmoe.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Etadleuh.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student in school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Stacy Matlock and William Morgan [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74109.jpg?itok=sbyKTmMJ "Stacy Matlock and William Morgan [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock (standing at left) and William Morgan (seated at right), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
Previous cataloging has identified at least one of them as Cheyenne.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of James Miller.
Note: This is probably James Y. Miller.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Alex Manabove and Little Chief, one wearing a star-shaped pin.
Note: If the interpretation of the handwritten caption is correct, it is not clear who Little Chief is. There was a student named Little Chief, but he left the school in 1880. This photograph may document a later visit of a Cheyenne chief named Little Chief (documented in the student newspaper).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
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