Images

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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Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds. 

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah J. Given, who worked at the school between 1884 and 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Ulysses Paisano and John Shiosee [?], both wearing school uniforms.

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains the date December 1887. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of James Paints Yellow and (probably) Francis Lee.

Previous cataloging notes a date of December 1887 included in the handwritten caption on the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of William Brown, Phillips Bob Tail (also known as Phillip White), and Jacob White Eyes. Brown and Bob Tail are both wearing school uniforms.

Note: Jacob White Eyes was not a student at Carlisle. According to the January 6, 1888 issue of The Indian Helper, White Eyes was visiting Carlisle from the Educational Home, Philadelphia "during the holidays." 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of William Archiquette, Libbie Archiquette (seated), and Sarah Archiquette (standing), in school uniform. 

An illegible handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: William Archiquette with his two sisters. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Charles Redmore and an unidentified young man. One is in a uniform and holding a brass horn instrument.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of William White Bear.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Jason Betzinez (seated right), Caleb Kechjolay (seated left), Beatrice Morton (standing right), and Maggie Iahanetha (standing left), all wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Laura Standing Elk. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Rose Howell.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Frank Lock.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Simon Smith (seated at right) and an unidentified male student (standing at left). The unidentified young man is wearing a school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Fred Harris.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Andrew Conover wearing school uniform.

A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: A. Conover.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Laura Standing Elk. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Thomas Kose.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Benjamin Lawry (at left), Howard Logan (standing in center), and Levi St. Cyr (seated at right). Logan is wearing a school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Moses Culbertson and Constant Bread; one is wearing a school uniform. 

Note: Cataloging information provided by the National Anthropological Archives gives a date of October 1889 for this image, but both of these students left in July of 1888. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Brule Iron Eagle Feather wearing school uniform. 

Note: A handwritten caption written along the side of the image appears to contain the date 1888. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Oswald Smith.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of William Morgan and Rose Howell. Morgan is wearing a school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of William Baird (standing) and Peter Cornelius (seated). 

Note: There is no identification of the people in this image. The identification is based on comparison with other images of the two students.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Alphonso Eolisto and Joseph Ezhuna. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society