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 Anna Morton and Seichu Atsye.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Etta Robertson [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74224.jpg?itok=P3IyX7ny "Etta Robertson [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Etta Robertson 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 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 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 Ellen Hansel and her brother, Willie Hansel. Willie is wearing school uniform, and Ellen may be as well.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption on this plate says "Ellen Mansee and her brother." There is no student by that name, so the identification of the students in this image is a best guess.
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 Janette Woods, Ramona Chihuahua, and Dorothy Dekhlikiseh, all wearing school uniforms.
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 Maggie Thomas.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ramona Chihuahua.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Martin L. Smith.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Minnie Topa wearing a 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
Studio portrait of Frank Hudson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Phoebe Howell.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lucy Jourdan.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of eight unidentified male students and three unidentified female students, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Paul Shattuck wearing school uniform.
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 Willis Black Bear. Handwritten caption along side of image probably reads: Willis B. Bear.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Andrew Beard (left) and Thomas Blackbear (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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 Luke Bear Shield.
A handwritten caption along the top of the image probably reads: Luke Bear Shield.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution