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 Charles Redmore wearing school uniform.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains the date "December 1888."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Theodore North.
The handwritten caption contains the date December 1888.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Henry Morning.
Note: Handwritten caption on this image dates it as December 1888.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Bruce Patterson wearing his hat [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0061.jpg?itok=q4hZu68V "Bruce Patterson wearing his hat [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Bruce Patterson, wearing school uniform and hat, posed next to a wooden gate.
The handwritten note reads: Bruce Patterson.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Called "Mike" by the soldiers. He was riding with his mother when she was shot. Carlisle Indian School.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Perry Kennerly wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mary Parkhurst wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jennie Mitchell (probably standing at left) and Jennie Dubray (probably seated at left).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Thomas Kose.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Eustace Esapoyhet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jeanette Rice
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Benajah Miles, Martin Archiquette, and Frank Smith [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_086a.jpg?itok=_CZ2QgZc "Benajah Miles, Martin Archiquette, and Frank Smith [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Benajah Miles, Martin Archiquette (center), and Frank Smith.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Justin Shedee wearing a uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Emma Seowitsa.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Electa Schanandore possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Bruce Patterson holding his hat [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-PC-004-f24.jpg?itok=BeC7LQ-c "Bruce Patterson holding his hat [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Bruce Patterson, wearing school uniform and holding his hat in his hand, posed on a wooden gate.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: 44. Bruce Patterson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Ledants Spotted Horse, Lydia Harrington, and Kate Stocker [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_057a.jpg?itok=yII5rYLq "Ledants Spotted Horse, Lydia Harrington, and Kate Stocker [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Ledants Spotted Horse, Lydia Harrington, and Kate Stocker.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sophia Metoxen and Katie Metoxen.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Talbot Goday.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of James King and Louis King, both wearing school uniforms.
Note: James was two years older than Louis, and so it is probably Louis standing at left and James seated at right.
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 Burdett Tsis-nah.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of seven male and seven female students, the first graduating class in 1889.
The are, back row, left to right: Frank Dorian, Joel Tyndall, William F. Campbell, Edwin Schanandore, Thomas Wistar, Joseph B. Harris; middle row (seated), left to right: Kish Hawkins, Eva Johnson, Esther Miller, Lillie Cornelius, Julia Powlas; front row (seated), left to right: Clara Faber, Kate Grindrod, Cecilia Londrosh.
This image also appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 16.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-011 and 15-18-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Luther Dah-hah (right) and Lyman Kennedy (left), both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Grace Red Eagle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lucy Ramon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society