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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Studio portrait of Stephen Reuben wearing school uniform with star-shaped pin.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of fourteen male students and nine female students. The caption of the Cumberland County Historical Society identifies them as from the Apache nation and gives a date of 1891 for the image. Previous catloging for this version also says they are Apache students but says there is a date of 16 January 1892 in the caption.

 

Staff at the Cumberland County Historical Society have identified, based on comparison with other photographs, that the following students are in this group: Parker Whitney West, Ernest Hogee, Viola Zieh, Dorothy Dekhlikiseh, Naomi Merkel (Kohten), Janette Woods (Pahgostatum), Annette Suison, Oswald Smith, Jason Betzinez, and Gail Marko.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of William Crazy Bull (seated in school uniform) and Chief Little Wound (seated left), Chief Big Roads, an unidentified man (probably another visiting chief), and an unidentified young man (probably a student). 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Dennison Wheelock wearing a band uniform, holding a cornet and a conductor's baton.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Lydia Flint, Hattie Long Wolf, Etta Robertson, and Luzena Choteau, all wearing school uniforms. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Thomas Kitewmi and Hugh Soucea. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Cloud Bird, Frank Campeau, and Jacob Walker Cobmoosa, all in school uniforms. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Isaiah Wasaquam. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Ida Wasee.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock wearing school uniform and holding a hat. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of twelve male students. The caption identifies them as from the Piegan nation and as having entered on March 26, 1890. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of an Osage chief with three male students.

This chief is also in the group of Osage chiefs in PA-CH1-075b and on his own in PA-CH2-005b. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Lawney Shorty wearing school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Julia Bent, probably wearing a school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of a male student who is probably Peter Nahmais.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Electa Schanandore.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of eleven unidentified male students and two unidentified female students. 

Previous cataloging indicates the students are from the Osage nation and provides a date of 1891 for this image. George Conner is seated right in the center of the photo, and Amos Hamilton appears standing, third male student from the left.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Portrait of twenty-one students-eleven male and ten female-posed on the steps outside a brick building, probably on the school grounds. The caption on the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of the image identifies them as "Crows from the Crow Agency, Montana, who entered the Carlisle Indian School in 1890."

Previous cataloging for this image interprets part of the caption scratched on the plate as giving a date of 1897. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Jennie Mitchell (at left) and Nellie Carey (at right). 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of William Crazy Bull (seated in center), Henry Red Kettle, and Shield Thunder Bull. All are wearing school uniforms.

Note: The identification of Henry Red Kettle and Shield Thunder Bull is tentative. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Ernest Hogee (standing at left) and Jason Betzinez (seated at right).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of visiting chief Hollow Horn Bear. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Portrait of twenty-one students--eleven male and ten female students--posed on the steps outside a brick building, probably on the school grounds. The caption says that they are "Crows from the Crow Agency, Montana, who entered Carlisle Indian School in 1890." 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-079 and 13-21-01.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Anni Medicine wearing school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Allie Blaine. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society