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 Peter Oscar 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 photo of thirteen male students. They are identified in the caption of the Cumberland County Historical Society copy of this image as being "Osage group, 1891."

A researcher at the Cumberland County Historical Society identified the students in their copy of this image as, top row, left to right: Claude Smith, Frank Penn, Amos Osage, Daniel McDougan; middle row, left to right: Elias Stanton, Harry Kophay, Richard Rusk, Ben Harrison, Fred Penn; bottom row, left to right: David Copperfield, George Conner, Amos Hamilton, Edgar McCarthy.

There is no Claude Smith in the school records from the Osage nation. Either this is Sioux student Claude Smith or it is Osage student Chester Smith.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of young woman wearing school uniform, probably student Rosalie Ereaux.

The caption reads: Rosalie Roso. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

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 Maggie Thomas. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Joseph Cobell wearing school uniform. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Charles Dagenett wearing school uniform. 

A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Charles Dagenett.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of William Johnson and William Beaulieu.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Harry Hutchinson, John Baptiste, and David Turkey, all probably wearing school uniforms.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Paul Good Bear and Joseph Spaniard. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Alexander Upshaw wearing a uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Ne Koh Ke Pah Nah, an Osage chief, with two unidentified male students.

Identification of the chief is based on comparison with CCHS PA-CH2-005c. He appears to have visited the school in 1891 and 1895.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Ne Koh Ke Pah Nah, an Osage chief. 

Newspapers record visits from the chief to Carlisle in 1891 and 1895. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of visiting Osage chiefs with their interpreters. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has identified the following sitters based on comparison with other photos: standing, back row, left to right: James Bigheart, Ne Koh Ke Pah Nah, William Connor, Saucy Chief, and Ed Mathews; sitting, front row. left to right: Alvin Wood, Tall Chief, Strike Axe, and Ne Kah Ko Lah. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Tall Chief (Osage) with three male students.

Tall 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 Joseph H. Hamilton (seated left), Robert Hamilton (standing) and Anthony Austin (seated right), all wearing school uniforms. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Robert Hamilton wearing school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of student Charles Smith (standing at left) with three visiting chiefs and one male student. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Hugh Leider.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Chester Smith.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

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 Louis Caswell.

 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Joseph H. Hamilton holding a straw hat. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Amos Hamilton.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society