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 Fred Harris.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Willis Black Bear.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Richard Wallace wearing an overcoat and holding a hat.
Note: Handwritten caption identifies this student as Dick Wallace.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Phillip White (Phillips Bob Tail).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jemima Two Elks.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Edward Yankton.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock.
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 Thomas Blackbear.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Anson Garlick.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Gertrude Sion.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of fifteen male students wearing school uniforms.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian Printers. 1. Robert Mathews, Pawnee ; 2. Yamie Leeds, Pueblo ; 3. Paul Boynton, Arapahoe ; 4. Lorenzo Martinez, Pueblo ; 5. Benajah Miles, Arapahoe ; 6. Carl Lieder, Crow ; 7. Bennie Thomas, Pueblo ; 8. Levi St. Cyr, Winnebago; 9. Howard Logan, Winnebago ; 10. Charlie Dagenett, Peoria ; 11. Dennison Wheelock, Oneida ; 12. Joe Harris, Gros Ventre ; 13. Geo. Valier, Quapaw ; 14. Henry Philips, Alaskan Thlinket ; 15. Charlie Moncravie, Omaha.
This photograph was donated by James Herster in 2014.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has a copy of this image (CS-CH-077) but it has no identifying information associated with it.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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 George Thomas wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Abram Hill wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Janette Woods and Dorothy Dekhlikiseh, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Frank Lock [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74405.jpg?itok=LW3W2ZLM "Frank Lock [version 1], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Frank Lock.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Yamie Leeds [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74087.jpg?itok=60JcG3iN "Yamie Leeds [version 1], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Yamie Leeds.
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
![Yamie Leeds [version 2], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_050b.jpg?itok=mBb6GM6B "Yamie Leeds [version 2], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Yamie Leeds.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Ladeaux wearing a band uniform and holding a brass horn instrument.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr.
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
![Laura Standing Elk [version 2], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_088a.jpg?itok=IEwUC3DY "Laura Standing Elk [version 2], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Laura Standing Elk.
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