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 Humphrey Escharzay and George Johnson. One is wearing a school uniform.
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 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
![Clay Ainsworth [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74409.jpg?itok=B-0vR-5l "Clay Ainsworth [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Clay Ainsworth.
An obscured handwritten note along the side of the image probably reads: Clay Ainsworth.
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
![Marcellus Bezhahun and Clay Domieah [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_099b.jpg?itok=oI9kVdMi "Marcellus Bezhahun and Clay Domieah [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Marcellus Bezhahun and Clay Domieah both wearing school uniforms.
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 Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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
![Marcellus Bezhahun and Clay Domieah [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74055.jpg?itok=oJxqlVkt "Marcellus Bezhahun and Clay Domieah [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Marcellus Bezhahun and Clay Domieah both wearing school uniforms.
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
![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
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 Parker Whitney West.
Note: This image also contains caption information for a different photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Otto Wells [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_034C.jpg?itok=bQG7_oli "Otto Wells [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Otto Wells wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Dexter Loco, Oliver Bitchaiet, and Duncan Balatchu.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Humphrey Escharzay and Clement Naodlada, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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
![Knox Nostlin and Hugh Chee [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74188.jpg?itok=ex0op913 "Knox Nostlin and Hugh Chee [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Knox Nostlin (left) and Hugh Chee (right).
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 George Means.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Knox Nostlin and Hugh Chee [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_086b.jpg?itok=tFOM5LYG "Knox Nostlin and Hugh Chee [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Knox Nostlin and Hugh Chee.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Thomas Blackbear. Handwritten caption along side of image probably reads: Thomas Black Bear.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution