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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![Paisano family group [?], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73647.jpg?itok=lgqcWB8a "Paisano family group [?], c.1886")
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
![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
![Edmund Guerrier, Laura Standing Elk, and Julia Bent [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_067b.jpg?itok=oT0bE_t_ "Edmund Guerrier, Laura Standing Elk, and Julia Bent [version 2], c.1886")
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 Minnie Yellow Bear.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Richard Henry Pratt with school employees and their families [version 3], 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0015.jpg?itok=yQyY5KK3 "Richard Henry Pratt with school employees and their families [version 3], 1886")
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
![Minnie Billen [?] and Rosa Lewis, c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/74153.jpg?itok=dzKg_sUV "Minnie Billen [?] and Rosa Lewis, c.1886")
Studio portrait of Minnie Billen [?] (left) and Rosa Lewis (right).
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 Wilkie Sharp.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-063c and PA-CH1-078e.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Levi Levering and Laban Locojim.
Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![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 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
Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock wearing 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 Reuben Wolf.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Job Hunterboy and Norman Casadore [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74406.jpg?itok=nnwG02is "Job Hunterboy and Norman Casadore [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Job Hunterboy (standing at left) and Norman Casadore (seated at right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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
![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
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
![Strike Axe, visiting chief [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_036b.jpg?itok=7aZNxAK5 "Strike Axe, visiting chief [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Strike Axe, a visiting Osage chief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Edmund Guerrrier with Laura Standing Elk and Julia Bent [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73487.jpg?itok=CNtP9jhA "Edmund Guerrrier with Laura Standing Elk and Julia Bent [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Edmund Guerrrier with Laura Standing Elk and Julia Bent. The two students are wearing school uniforms.
Note: Guerrier was employed as an interpreter for the U.S. government.
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 Adam Metoxen (standing) and John Elm (seated), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Conroy.
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