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 Amelia Elseeday.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Parker Whitney West.
Note: This image also contains caption information for a different photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Otto Wells wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Henry Phillips (left) and Fred Harris (right). Phillips is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of George S. Watchman.
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 Thomas Metoxen (left) and John Kitson (right), both wearing athletic clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Otto Wells wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Ambrose Chachu wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jennie Dubray.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jennie Dubray.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Jennie Dubray.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Etta Robertson wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Albert Anderson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Clara Faber.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Knox Nostlin (left) and Hugh Chee (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of nine unidentified young female students, all wearing school uniforms, with an unidentified white woman, probably a teacher.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Bruce Fisher (standing at right), and an unidentified young man (seated). It is likely this is Bautiste Rowtsi, also from the Queres nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jonas Place, Morgan Toprock, and Robert Penn in baseball uniforms posed as if playing baseball.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of three unidentified male students and four unidentified female students. The male students are all wearing school uniforms.
Previous cataloging identifies them as "Dakota Indians"; it's not clear what this is based on.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jonas Place, Morgan Toprock, and Robert Penn in baseball uniforms holding baseball equipment.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of seventeen male students, three female students, and one white woman. The caption identifies the white woman as Miss Seabrook. Alice Seabrook was a teacher at the school from 1885 to 1889 and later worked at the school as a nurse from 1890 to 1892.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of three unidentified male students and four unidentified female students.
Previous cataloging identifies them as "Dakota Brule" but says the identification is uncertain. It's not clear what this is based on.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Elva Medicine Water wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a student believed to be Oconame Howerame.
An apparently later handwritten note on a white label appears to read "Henry Acoyame." A name is written in faint, indecipherable handwriting along the side of the image.
Note: There is no record of a student named Henry Acoyame. However, student Oconame Howerame has outing dates which match those of students identified in outing records as A-Co-Ya-Me and Oco-ya-me. Therefore, it seems likely that the handwritten note on this image is a misinterpreation of some variation of Oconame Howerame's name.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution