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 Rose White Thunder (left) and Hope Blue Teeth (right).
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 Ernie Black and his sister Jennie Black.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Ernie Black and his Sister.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 Cornelia Kowitesy.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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
Studio portrait of Robert Big Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Samuel Keryte wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Samuel Keryte wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with school employees and their families posed on the school grounds.
The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image has information provided by the daughter of one of the employees, who donated the photograph. She says it was taken on June 17, 1886. For further information, see that copy in Related Images.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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
Studio portrait of Juan Cordero, Awancishua, and an unidentified male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Job Hunterboy (standing at left) and Norman Casadore (seated at right).
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 Otto Zotum.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Grace Red Eagle, probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Richard Wallace wearing school uniform and holding a hat.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charles D. Wheelock (sitting at left) and Dennison Wheelock (standing at right). Dennison is wearing a school uniform.
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 Julia Old Camp, possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Edmund Guerrier, Laura Standing Elk, and Julia Bent. Guerrier was an interpreter for the U.S. government.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nelson Caught the Eagle and an unidentifield young man.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 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
Studio portrait of four male students and three female students, all in school-issued clothes or uniforms.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates this may be a group of students from the Paisano family, possibly with an unrelated student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution