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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Displaying 1451 - 1475 of 4011 records

Studio portrait of Nelson Green, Roger Silas, and John Hill, one in school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Ida Powlas and Elsie Cornelius.

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 Martino Vallo posed with a sleeping dog. 

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

Studio portrait of John Tyler. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Hugh James.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Florence Miller and Orpha Miller.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Lawrence Toopher wearing school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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 Mary Parkhurst wearing school uniform. 

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

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

Portrait of a large group of unidentified male students, most in school uniforms, posed on the steps of one of the school buildings. 

The Cumberland County Historial Society has a print of this image which identifies the group as the Union Debating Society. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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

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. 

Previous cataloging for this image gives it a date of 1889. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Joel Tyndall.

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the date February 1889.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Arrow Running Horse.

Previous cataloging indicates a date of February 1889 is part of the handwritten caption.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Burdett Tsis-nah and Giles Lancy, one wearing school uniform.

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes a date of March 1879. However, that date cannot be correct. Based on the students' enrollment dates, it is more likely the date is March 1889. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of three male students, two in uniform, with a white man with a large handlebar mustache. The caption identifies the man as J.M. Woodburne. The school paper notes that Dr. Woodburne "of the Rosebud Agency" visited the school in March of 1889. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Frederick Dangerous Eagle wearing school uniform. 

A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Fred D. Eagle, March 1889.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Frederick Dangerous Eagle wearing school uniform. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Carrie Deroin probably wearing school uniform. A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Carrie Deroin, March 1889.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of seventeen unidentified male students and three unidentified female students. The caption identifies them as Miss Seabrook's class and provides a date of June 1889. 

School records show Alice M. Seabrook was a teacher at the school from 1885 to 1889. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of five unidentified male students and four unidentified female students.

Cataloging for the National Anthropological Archives version of this image identifies the students as from the Chippewa nation and the date of the image as August 31, 1889. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture