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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![Chauncey Yellow Robe [version 2], c. 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0025.jpg?itok=vSAsI45e "Chauncey Yellow Robe [version 2], c. 1886")
Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe) wearing school uniform.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has two copies of this print: PA-CH1-057Ba and CS-CH-018.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Samuel Keryte [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_100c.jpg?itok=FujsNWF3 "Samuel Keryte [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Samuel Keryte wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Samuel Keryte [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74077.jpg?itok=fwycuMrm "Samuel Keryte [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Samuel Keryte wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Everett.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Robert Big Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Justin Head and Donald Water. Both are wearing what appear to be cadet hats, but not school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Charles D. Wheelock and Dennison Wheelock [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73987.jpg?itok=TkhyowBt "Charles D. Wheelock and Dennison Wheelock [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Charles D. Wheelock (seated at left) and Dennison Wheelock (standing at right). Dennison is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Hudson (standing) and Clarence White Thunder (seated). Hudson is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Thomas Metoxen.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Siceni Nori wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Julia Old Camp, possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Henry Morning wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of twelve male students in school uniforms.
Previous cataloging interprets part of the caption as saying student Howard Logan is in this group.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Isaac Cutter.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Hattie Long Wolf (Hattie Porcupine) possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Henry Ouita.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Dorian.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Walter Analla (standing at left) and Siceni Nori (seated at right), both wearing school uniforms.
Note: The identification of the students pictured is preliminary.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Peter Cornelius (left) and William Baird.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Peter Cornelius and William Baird.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Seichu Atsye.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Adam Metoxen (standing) and John Elm (seated), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Isaac Cutter (standing at left) and Constant Bread (seated at right); Bread is wearing a school uniform.
Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably says: I. Cutter and Constant Bread.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Thirteen male student printers [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0077.jpg?itok=hpDCdQMF "Thirteen male student printers [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of thirteen male students wearing school uniforms.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: 1. Bennie Thomas, Pueblo Tribe, 2. Lorenzo Martinez, Pueblo, 3. Willie Butcher, Chippewa, 4. C. P. Cornelius, Oneida, 5. Dennison Wheelock, Oneida, 6. Samuel Townsend, Pawnee, 7. Richard Davis, Cheyenne, 8. Howard Logan, Winnebago, 9. Yamie Leeds, Pueblo, 10. Paul Boynton, Arapahoe, 11. John D. Miles, Cheyenne, 12. Benajah Miles, Arapahoe, 13. Joe B. Harris, Gros Ventre.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: CS-CH-078.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Lizzie Dubray.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Thirteen male student printers [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73294.jpg?itok=xCw-CC8P "Thirteen male student printers [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of thirteen male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption of this and other copies identifies them as working in the print shop.
Other copies identify the students. They are:
1. Bennie Thomas, 2. Lorenzo Martinez, 3. Willie Butcher, 4. C. P. Cornelius, 5. Dennison Wheelock, 6. Samuel Townsend, 7. Richard Davis, 8. Howard Logan, 9. Yamie Leeds, 10. Paul Boynton, 11. John D. Miles, 12. Benajah Miles, 13. Joe B. Harris.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution