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 Victor Tozoski and Edward Davis, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer, George Scott, and George Vallier. Two are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Perry Tsamanwa [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74085.jpg?itok=QgI4YoFz "Perry Tsamanwa [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Perry Tsamanwa wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Alexander Upshaw.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Jessie Bitter and Jemima Two Elks [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74101.jpg?itok=A71tlTTf "Jessie Bitter and Jemima Two Elks [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Jessie Bitter (left) and Jemima Two Elks (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Emanuel Powless.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Cora Poor Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![John Tyler, Samuel Noble, Paul Good Bear, and Luke Bear Shield [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74337.jpg?itok=axqJHEPx "John Tyler, Samuel Noble, Paul Good Bear, and Luke Bear Shield [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of John Tyler, Samuel Noble, Paul Good Bear, and Luke Bear Shield, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Harry Kohpay, Robert Penn, and Paul Lovejoy, all wearing athletic attire and posing with baseball equipment.
Note: The identificaiton of Robert Penn is preliminary.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Samuel Noble and John Tyler, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joe Pawnee.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mawbeens Waymegance wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of James Waldo.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joshua Walker wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Alfred Laravie wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Isaac Webster and an unidentified male student, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Cynthia Webster and John Webster.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Norman Casadore and Stephen Smith [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74202.jpg?itok=RD4M_-NE "Norman Casadore and Stephen Smith [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Norman Casadore (standing) and Stephen Smith (sitting).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Eight Chippewa male students [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_079b.jpg?itok=l_yJNjpu "Eight Chippewa male students [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of eight male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption states that they are from the Chippewa nation.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Twelve Cheyenne students [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_089b.jpg?itok=9HMNMICN "Twelve Cheyenne students [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of nine students and three female students. The caption identifies them as being from the Cheyenne nation.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Twenty Crow students [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_014c.jpg?itok=vi1eV0rJ "Twenty Crow students [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of sixteen male students and four female students, all wearing school uniforms.
The handwritten caption on this album page, located between PA-CH-014a and this image (PA-CH2-14c) reads "Crow groups," so it is presumed that both of these groups of students are from the Crow nation. The National Anthropological Archives copy of this image also identifies them as Crow students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a Native American man. A later caption identifies him as "Na-chi-si, New Mexico Apache." Presumably he was a chief visiting the school.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Twelve male Sioux students [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_084.jpg?itok=aCPv7qMj "Twelve male Sioux students [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of twelve male students. The caption says they are "Pine Ridge Sioux" and identifies them as:
Front row, seated: Thomas Black Bear, Alexander Man Above, Charles Smith, Andrew Beard, Herbert Good Boy, Robert Horse, and Phillip White.
Back row, standing: Samuel C. Deon, James One Star, Howard Slow Bull, Charles Brave, and Willis Black Bear.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Seventeen print shop workers [version 1], 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73642.jpg?itok=G1EAdl6- "Seventeen print shop workers [version 1], 1890")
Studio portrait of seventeen male students, identified as "printer boys."
The National Anthropological Archives has two negatives of this image: NAA 73642 and NAA 73382.
The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image has the date 1890 in the caption.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Seventeen print shop workers [version 2], 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_058d.jpg?itok=e1Ik2JJ0 "Seventeen print shop workers [version 2], 1890")
Studio portrait of seventeen male students, identified as "printer boys."
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-058d and CS-CH-084.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society