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 Julia Edwards.
Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A composite of different Carlisle Indian School images from around 1890.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Co-zed (Below) [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2073706.jpg?itok=wTl1Sa2M "Co-zed (Below) [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Co-zed (Below).
Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Below Cozed.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of George Conner.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of David Abraham dressed in a uniform, probably a band uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: David Abraham
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Rose Howell possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Carefelle wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The Mishler family sits for a portrait around 1890. Two members of the Mishler family, Louis Jr. and Charles, would attend the Carlisle Indian School.
Standing, left to right: Charles Mishler, Louis Mishler Jr.
Sitting, left to right: Louis Mishler Sr., [unidentified], Margaret McCarthy Mishler
This image was digitized from the private collection of Pat Monroe, descendant of Louis Mishler.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Private Collection
Studio portrait of Emma Bull Bonnet and Sallie Face both probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Clay Domieah.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Minnie Finley.
Note: This image also contains partial caption information for another photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Louis Caswell and Benjamin Caswell [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2074052.jpg?itok=RaSjVgn4 "Louis Caswell and Benjamin Caswell [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Louis Caswell (left) and Benjamin Caswell (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
A composite of 16 photographs of the school. The captions read: Small Boys’ Quarters, Ass’t. Supt’s. Quarters, Superintendent’s Quarters, Chapel, Guard House, Hospital, Disciplinarian’s Quarters, Band Stand, After School, School Building, Large Boys’ Quarters, Christmas Dinner, School Room, Office & Teachers’ Quarters, Gymnasium, Girls’ Quarters, Girls’ Industrial Hall and Dining-room, Shops.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Graduating Class of 1890 [pose 1], 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0027.jpg?itok=KqTsUj1E "Graduating Class of 1890 [pose 1], 1890")
Studio portrait of thirteen male and five female students, the second graduating class in 1890.
They are, back row, left to right: William Tivis, Jemima Wheelock, Dennison Wheelock, Stacy Matlock, Levi Levering, Veronica Holliday, Benjamin Lawry; middle row, left to right: George Means, Howard Logan, George Vallier (standing), William Morgan (standing), Carl Leider, Percy Zadoka, Benjamin Thomas; front row, left to right: Lawrence Smith, Rosa Bourassa, Nellie Robertson, Julia Bent.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 17 and the Cumberland County Historical Society has four prints: PA-CH2-083, 10B-07-01, 11-A-01, and 15-21-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Mark Evarts.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Benjamin American Horse wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73815.jpg?itok=XYPOR1zf "Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Louis Caswell and Benjamin Caswell [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_033C.jpg?itok=jC4sKzCu "Louis Caswell and Benjamin Caswell [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Louis Caswell (left) and Benjamin Caswell (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_088b.jpg?itok=EOTDhets "Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Keiser and Maggie Keiser.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Benjamin Caswell [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_031A.jpg?itok=Ps4ySZnz "Benjamin Caswell [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Benjamin Caswell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Emily Guitar and Lucy Guitar.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Rosa Bourassa. A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Rose Baunassa.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Everett in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Campeau.
Note: A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Frank Campeau.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution