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 Isaac Cutter.
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 Stacy Matlock (seated left), William Morgan (seated right), Frank West (seated center), and Wilkie Sharp, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![John Elm [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74347.jpg?itok=VphlRDhk "John Elm [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of John Elm.
A handwritten caption written along the side of the image probably reads: John Elm.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Job Hunterboy and Norman Casadore [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch051.jpg?itok=z-HvX9f7 "Job Hunterboy and Norman Casadore [version 2], c.1886")
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 Reuben Wolf.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Levi Levering.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf and Levi Levering.
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 Frank Conroy.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 Juan Cordero, Awancishua, and an unidentified male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 William Tivis.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lucy Jourdan.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Seven male students [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73413.jpg?itok=m9wS43Pt "Seven male students [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Luke Phillips, Howard Logan, Frank Lock, Samuel Townsend, Roland Fish, Henry Kendall, and Richard Davis. All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Irene Horse Looking [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_055b.jpg?itok=cUmMBgRg "Irene Horse Looking [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Irene Horse Looking possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Charles D. Wheelock and Dennison Wheelock [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch009.jpg?itok=aeKJHOeo "Charles D. Wheelock and Dennison Wheelock [version 2], c.1886")
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
![Jason Betzinez, Effie Zaienah, and Maggie Iahanetha [version 2], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_020b.jpg?itok=lmtamgWI "Jason Betzinez, Effie Zaienah, and Maggie Iahanetha [version 2], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Jason Betzinez, Effie Zaienah, and Maggie Iahanetha. Betzinez is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Norman Casadore [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74054.jpg?itok=Vf-Mpott "Norman Casadore [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Norman Casadore.
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
![Norman Casadore [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_051a.jpg?itok=DJpoboUL "Norman Casadore [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Norman Casadore.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Chauncey Yellow Robe [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74389.jpg?itok=JI1Msijz "Chauncey Yellow Robe [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe) wearing a 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 Rose Kowuni and Annie Kowuni, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution