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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![Wood-cutting class [version 2], c.1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_063b.jpg?itok=M_fffqCg "Wood-cutting class [version 2], c.1893")
Studio portrait of eleven students, six male students and five female students, identified in the caption as being the "Wood-cutting class."
The wood cutting class is referenced in the school paper in January 1893.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Andrew Light.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Antoine Donnell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nelson Porter and George Martin.
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 Robert Horse.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Leander Gansworth.
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 Luther Dah-hah.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Luther Dah-hah.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two small children with an infant. There is a caption written at a later date, probably by Cumberland County Historical Society staff, that identifies them as the children of Indian School staff members (and former students) Richard Davis and Nellie Aspenall Davis. That makes the two small children Richenda and Mary Davis, who also appear in other photographs. The infant is probably Esther Davis, who was born in 1892.
Richenda and Mary were not enrolled as students.
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 Julia Dorris.
This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Peter Nahmais [?], c.1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_061c.jpg?itok=l77H4rpt "Peter Nahmais [?], c.1893")
Studio portrait of Peter Nahmais [?].
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Henry Horse Looking (at left) and an unidentified male student (at right).
Note: The handwritten caption is difficult to read. The student at right may be Noah Hawk.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Rose Wilde, Ella Rickert, and Mary Wilkinson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Paul Hayne (seated) and Clark Gregg (standing).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Eddie Running Crane.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nelson Hare.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Seventeen male Sioux students [version 2], 1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_004.jpg?itok=mVuMi1Xh "Seventeen male Sioux students [version 2], 1893")
Studio portrait of seventeen male students, some wearing uniforms, some not. The caption identifies them as from the Sioux nation.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Cynthia Webster.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![School Choir [version 2], 1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_003.jpg?itok=YnF2muTr "School Choir [version 2], 1893")
Portrait of fifteen female students and seventeen male students with two white female teachers posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. The caption identifies them as the "School Choir, 1893."
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
Studio portrait of Bunn Armstrong.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Celicia Metoxen probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Emmeline McLane and Celinda Metoxen.
Note: This image contains partial caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society