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 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
Studio portrait of Clara Faber.
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
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
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 Frank Hudson.
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 Nellie Moore wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![James Y. Miller [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74189.jpg?itok=c0CrtwsG "James Y. Miller [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of James Y. Miller.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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
Studio portrait of Nellie Robertson wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![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
Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove wearing school uniform.
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 Amelia Elseeday.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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 Albert Anderson.
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
![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 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
![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
![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
![James Y. Miller [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_100a.jpg?itok=qhkYCY0m "James Y. Miller [version 2], c.1887")
Studio portrait of James Y. Miller.
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
![Annette Suison [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73818.jpg?itok=5fLe2j38 "Annette Suison [version 1], c.1887")
Studio portrait of Annette Suison wearing a floral print dress.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution