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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![William Crazy Bull [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2074203.jpg?itok=M3AhvTG7 "William Crazy Bull [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of William Crazy Bull wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Arthur Johnson wearing school uniform.
Note: This image also contains partial caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Florence Miller and Orpha Miller [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74212.jpg?itok=1ogKU28T "Florence Miller and Orpha Miller [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Florence Miller and Orpha Miller.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Henry Phillips [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74086.jpg?itok=Q9JRFAU9 "Henry Phillips [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.
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 Hiram Bailey dressed in school uniform. Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Hiram Bailey.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Baird and Angelina Baird.
The handwritten caption along the side of the image is probably: Angelina and William Baird.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lucy Ramon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Albert Anderson (left) and John Morrison (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Sophia Metoxen and Katie Metoxen.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Festus Pelone holding a large bowler hat.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joshua Asher and Louis Bedell. A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Louis Bedell & Joshua Asher.
Note: Asher was three years older than Bedell. Therefore, it seems likely that it is Asher seated at left, and Bedell seated at right.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Hugh James (left) and Charles D. Wheelock (right).
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 Joe Pawnee (seated at left) and Hiram Bailey (standing at right). Both are wearing uniforms and holding bugles.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Fanny Bird wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Florence Miller and Orpha Miller [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_081c.jpg?itok=sYEBtAvg "Florence Miller and Orpha Miller [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Florence Miller and Orpha Miller.
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 Paul Boynton. A handwritten caption written along the side of the image probably reads: Paul Boynton and 1889.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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
![Richard Doanmoe posed on a gate [version 1], 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0076.jpg?itok=FDDqF2DR "Richard Doanmoe posed on a gate [version 1], 1889")
Studio portrait of Richard Doanmoe posed on a wooden gate.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Richard Doanmoe "Kiowa"
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Zippa Metoxen.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A group of sixteen female employees posed on the school grounds. All of the sitters, except one, are identified on the back of the photo.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Early football team [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_000iii.jpg?itok=I7NNpV8b "Early football team [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of fourteen male students, some wearing uniforms with "CARLISLE" on the front. The student in the front center is holding a football, so presumably this is a football team.
Note: Previous cataloging for the National Anthropological Archives version of this image gives a date of 1889 for it.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society