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 Ada Fox Catcher probaby wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Roland Fish (seated at left), Jonas Place, and an unidentified young man. Fish is in a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 Roland Fish, Hiram Doctor, and Owen Fire, 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 six unidentified male students in school uniforms.
The caption identifies them as being from the Crow nation.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of seven Crow students.
The male student in the back left may be George Thomas, and the student in the back right appears to be Charles Fisher. The young woman seated second from the left seems to be Persis Big Hair, and on the far right is Lois Pretty Scalp.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lorenzo Martinez.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of five visiting chiefs with ten male students.
The handwritten caption probably indicates these are Cheyenne chiefs.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Dennis Matthew Riordan (Navajo agent) and Chee Dodge (Navajo interpreter) with chiefs Black Horse (seated at left) and Navajo Jack (seated at right). Riordan and Chee are identified in the original caption. The identification of the two chiefs was made based on comparison with other images.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-059b and CS-CH-064.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Harvey Townsend and Benjamin Thomas, both wearing school uniforms.
The caption reads: H. Townsend + B. Thomas
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing school uniform.
The caption reads, in part: ...perelt. The portion of the glass plate containing the first part of the student's name is missing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Dennis Matthew Riordan (Navajo agent) and Chee Dodge (Navajo interpreter) with chiefs Black Horse (seated at left) and Navajo Jack (seated at right). Riordan and Chee are identified in the original caption. The identification of the two chiefs was made based on comparison with other images.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Samuel Townsend wearing school uniform.
The caption reads: Samuel Townsend
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of nine Cheyenne chiefs and elders.
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
Studio portrait of a Native American young man.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Cyrus, Sioux.
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.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: PA-CH1-059c.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Copy of a photograph of a studio portrait of five Native American chiefs.
Previous cataloging indicates these people are from the Arapaho nation.
This may be a copy of a photograph taken by Choate of chiefs who visisted Carlisle.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a visiting chief with three male students.
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 five visiting chiefs with five male students and one female student.
Note: The glass plate is broken so that only four chiefs are visible. Previous cataloging indicates that these sitters are from the Arapaho Nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of three male students in school uniforms, identified as the "Little Bear group."
The caption read: Little Bear Group
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of five visiting chiefs and ten female students.
The handwritten caption indicates these are Cheyenne chiefs.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a visiting chief, three male students, and one white man.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
