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 Ollie Choteau.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The printed attached note attached to this image reads: Ida Thompson, of Hogansburg, N. Y. She is a splendid representative of the Mohawks.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Anna Parnell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lulu Nabahujo [?], c.1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_072d.jpg?itok=XZfGzis7 "Lulu Nabahujo [?], c.1899")
Studio portrait of Lulu Nabahujo [?] probably wearing school uniform.
Note: The caption for this photo is Lulu Nawgodena. However, since there is no record of a student with that name we believe it is Lulu Nabahujo.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nancy Seneca.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Letha Seneca.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Conner posed with a bicycle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lizzie La Prairie.
Note: This student was identified in previous cataloging as Emma LaPrarie but there is no student by that name. We believe it is Lizzie La Prairie.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Calistro Antonio Lugo wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Blanche McLaughlin.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Preston Pohoxiscut.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Clara Miller.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Johnson Owl wearing school uniform.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH3-059d and 13-36-04. The later image was produced by the Andrews Studio.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Warren Gozzene and Eugene Fisher.
Note: A researcher has indicated that the captioned names may actually be reversed, but we do not currently have clear pictures of either student to confirm.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Devore McMahon wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Dora Fritts and Bertha Fritts.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charlotte (here Lottie) Harris.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of John Miller.
Note: There were several students named John Miller. It is not clear which one this is.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of John Rooks.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Edward L. Rogers.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note reads: Group of Indian Girls. Carlisle. 6/6, 1899.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note reads: Group of Indian Boys. Carlisle. 6/6, 1899.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Hattie Williams and Lizzie Williams.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![School Assembled [version 1], c.1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0042.jpg?itok=Uzx2PulS "School Assembled [version 1], c.1900")
The handwritten label on the slide reads: School Assembled
This image is similar to other earlier photographs where the entire student body was gathered on the school grounds and arranged in a careful formation.
Format: Lantern Slide
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of King Nephew and Solomon Scrogg.
Note: There is a listing of King Nephew enrolling at the school in 1897, but the only mentions of him have been found in school ledgers. However, we believe he may also be known as Kingsley Nephew, the person listed as the "home address" of Seneca students Della John, Lyford John, and Oliver John, who each enrolled several years after King Nephew's departure.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society