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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![Susie Bond and Susie Gray [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_056b.jpg?itok=kD7VGyyq "Susie Bond and Susie Gray [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Susie Bond and Susie Gray, both possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of ten unidentified male students in school uniforms.
Previous cataloging identifies them as from the Pawnee nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Otto Wells [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74183.jpg?itok=mnLJvLEQ "Otto Wells [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Otto Wells wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Thomas Kose [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73308.jpg?itok=00FkluOA "Thomas Kose [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Thomas Kose wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Anson Garlick and Thomas Kose.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Thomas Kose [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_056c.jpg?itok=Mg2vLo8H "Thomas Kose [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Thomas Kose wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Katie Grindrod.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Elva Medicine Water wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Indian School Band [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74316.jpg?itok=dx1k1jFQ "Indian School Band [version 1], c.1887")
Portrait of fourteen male students in uniform, most holding brass instruments, some with drums and cymbals, posed on the school grounds. A large drum has lettering which reads "Carlsile Indian Training School."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Indian School Band [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_024b_0.jpg?itok=3UCg0cd- "Indian School Band [version 2], c.1887")
Portrait of fourteen male students in uniform, most holding brass instruments, some with drums and cymabls, posed on the school grounds. A large drum has lettering that reads "Carlisle Indian Training School." The caption identifies this group as the "Indian School Band."
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-024b and 14-20-02.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf (left) and Robert Matthews (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf. He appears to be wearing false mustache and there is a bag (resembling a doctor's bag) slung across his shoulder.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Jasper Kanseah, Alfred Eateh, and Joseph Ezhuna [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74205.jpg?itok=xSYEKWG- "Jasper Kanseah, Alfred Eateh, and Joseph Ezhuna [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Jasper Kanseah (seated at left), Alfred Eateh (standing at right), and Joseph Ezhuna (seated on floor at right), all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Jasper Kanseah, Alfred Eateh, and Joseph Ezhuna [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_099a.jpg?itok=NfXAcOwR "Jasper Kanseah, Alfred Eateh, and Joseph Ezhuna [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Jasper Kanseah (seated at left), Alfred Eateh (standing at right), and Joseph Ezhuna (seated on floor at right), all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Clay Ainsworth [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_090a.jpg?itok=b5RR0msv "Clay Ainsworth [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Clay Ainsworth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Annette Suison [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_014b.jpg?itok=KYXW-sFT "Annette Suison [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Annette Suison.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of three young men posed for playing baseball--one with ball in the position of the pitcher, one with a bat, the third with catacher's mask, in catcher's position.
Note: Based on previous interpretation of the handwritten caption, these students are probably Nicholas Ruleau, Raymond Stewart, and Morris Walker (Maurice Yellow Hair).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Arthur Standing Elk wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Morgan wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jean Matia.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Margaret Yates.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Etta Robertson [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_053a.jpg?itok=0-hCfDS5 "Etta Robertson [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Etta Robertson wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Nellie Aspenall [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73693.jpg?itok=jAp7iCAE "Nellie Aspenall [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Nellie Aspenall in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Martin L. Smith.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Morgan (standing at left) and Kish Hawkins (seated at right), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution