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 visiting chief Two Strike. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of William Johnson and William Beaulieu.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Albert White Wolf.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Martin Round Face and Albert Hensley.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Felix Iron Eagle Feather. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Christine Redstone wearing school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Anna Tabasash.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Cameo photographs of seventeen Sioux chiefs, all of whom visited the school in mid-February 1891 and presumably had these portrait photos taken by John N. Choate. The grouping is titled "Noted Indians" and has a copyright date of 1891. Each chief is identified by a white tag applied to his lapel. They are identified as: 

Top row, left to right: Spotted Elk, Hollow Horn Bears, Big Road

Second row, left to right: Spotted Horse, Little Wound, Fire Thunder, Grass

Third row, left to right: High Hawk, Good Voice, High Pipe

Fourth row, left to right: Fire Lightening, Quick Bear, American Horse, He Dog (Pine Ridge Agency) 

Bottom row, left to right: Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Two Strikes, He Dog (Rosebud Agency). 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-023 and 12-10-01.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

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

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Willie Hazlett (standing) and Richard Sanderville, the latter in school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Richard Sanderville, William Leighton, and John Frost. Two are in school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Simon King and Martin Archiquette.

Note: The written caption on this image only includes "Archiquette" with no first name. The identification of this as Martin Archiquette is tentative. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of eleven male students, three Native American men, and one white man. The caption identifies them as from the Osage nation. 

A researcher gave the Cumberland County Historical Society partial identifications for the sitters in this photo. According to this information, back row, left to right: Unidentified, Unidentified, Ben Harrison, Elias Stanton, Amos Osage, and Harry Kohpay; middle row, left to right: Black Dog, Fred Penn, Edgar McCarthy, William Connor, Peter Big Heart, and Unidentified; bottom row, left to right: Ernest Roe, Richard Rusk, and George Conner. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of George Conner (seated at right) and William Johnson [?] (probably standing at left). Both are wearing school uniforms.

Note: Previous cataloging interpreted the handwritten caption as "[?] Connor and W. Johnson." The identification of these as George Conner (who was 19 years old on arrival in 1890) and William Johnson (for whom no age was given when he arrived in 1890) is preliminary. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of one female and ten male students, the graduating class of 1891. 

They are, back row, left to right: Robert Matthews (seated), Martin Archiquette, John Tyler, William Froman, Charles E. Dagenett; middle row, seated, left to right: Henry Standing Bear, Etta Robertson, Levi St. Cyr, Harry Kohpay; front row, seated, Josiah Powlas and Yamie Leeds.

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 18.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-024 and 15-22-01.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Richard Davis and his wife, Nellie Aspenall Davis, with their two daughters, Richenda and Mary. Richard and Nellie were former students who married at the school and became staff members. Their daughters were not enrolled at the school. 

The handwritten note reads: Richard Davis (Cheyenne)     Richenda - Mary       Nannie Davis (Pawnee)

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Married at Carlisle Indian School and living there. 1894. This note does not reflect that date the photograph was taken, which, due to the ages of the daughters, was probably around 1891. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-054c and CS-CH-061. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Bunn Armstrong in school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Orpha Miller.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Minnie Yandell.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Delia Randell (left) and Minnie Yandell (right).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Paul Good Bear and Joseph Spaniard. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Alice Hayes probably wearing school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of James Pontiac wearing school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Malcolm Clark, Edward Clark, and Elmer Simon, all wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution