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 John Kennedy.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Peter Dillon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Andrew Red Duck.
Note: This image also contains partial caption information for a different photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Amelia Kills the Bull.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Carrie Cornelius (left) and Marian King (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of students from the King family. They are probably Charles King, Louisa King, Ophelia King, and Celinda King. The older male student in the bottom center is currently unidentified.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Grace Red Eagle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Tawney Owl.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James Kawaykla wearing uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Julia Ladeaux wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Christine (also known as Tenie) Wirth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of fourteen male students in uniform and a white man in a uniform posed on the steps of a school building. The caption identifies them as "Officers."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Leighton wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of David Copperfield (seated at left) and Samuel Barker (standing at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Annie Lockwood.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Abraham Lone Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Delos Lone Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jeanette Rice wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Matthew Johnson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two male students.
The caption for this photo was written at a later date in ink. This caption identifies them as "H. Morrison and George Warren." There are no records for a student with that last name of Morrison with a first name starting with H. Based on comparison with other photographs we believe he is Daniel Morrison. The student on right does appear to be student George Warren.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentifed young girl (left) and Amelia Clark both (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Amy Johnson and Lucy Lowin.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Lufkins.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Elmer Simon wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ella Rickert and Mary Wilkinson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution