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 Celicia Metoxen probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Philip Iron Tail wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joel Moore and Cora Moore.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Bunn Armstrong.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lucy Enter Lodge probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sophia American Horse, Alice American Horse, and Hattie Eagle Horn, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lizzie Hill.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Albert J. Minthorn and two unidentified young men.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joseph C. Lujan wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Benedict Jozhe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of eleven unidentified female students. The caption identifies them as The What-So-Ever circle.
The What-So-Evers were a "circle" or a subgroup of the female student group the King's Daughters.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH3-085 and 10-B-22. Caption on the back of the latter copy says that the photograph was taken for the leader of the group, Miss Shaffner.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Robert Horse.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Samuel Miller wearing a uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nellie Barada.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Amos Osage.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Howard Gansworth, Leander Gansworth, Alberta Gansworth, and Willard Gansworth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Peter Howe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Edward Marsden.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Wood-cutting class [version 1], c.1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73414.jpg?itok=Ensfboa7 "Wood-cutting class [version 1], c.1893")
Studio portrait of five female students and six male students identified in the caption as being the wood cutting class.
The school newspaper referenced the wood cutting class in January 1893.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Stailey Norcross.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Brewer and his sister Rachel Brewer, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Artie Miller.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified man.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mary Nelson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society