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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![Adam McCarty [first pose], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-MC-005-f01.jpg?itok=30292FLF "Adam McCarty [first pose], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Adam McCarty wearing school uniform.
The caption reads: Adam McCarty
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![William B. Peery [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_012a.jpg?itok=WWTFpD_2 "William B. Peery [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of William B. Peery wearing school uniform.
Note: In the copy of this image at the American Philosophical Society the student is identified as "William Peary, Peoria."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Benjamin Damon, George S. Watchman (Saahtlie), and Stailey Norcross. The two seated students are wrapped in Navajo blankets, and one is wearing a headband. There is another blanket drapped in the background.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Eleven female Omaha students [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_064b.jpg?itok=xer-orxU "Eleven female Omaha students [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of eleven female students in school uniforms. Caption information states they are from the Omaha nation and entered in 1882. If that is accurate, then they are probably Alice Springer, Jennie Mitchell, Mary Tyndall, Ettie Tyndall, Mary Hewitt, Etta Webster, Elsie Springer, Lettie Esau, Alice Fremont, Fannie Merrick, and Mamie Springer.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_069a.jpg?itok=ra3umS8u "Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Antoinette Williams and Nellie Carey [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74355.jpg?itok=ZPErdblA "Antoinette Williams and Nellie Carey [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Antoinette Williams (left) and Nellie Carey (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Emily Ross and Ella Ross [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74090.jpg?itok=BxuUJDTk "Emily Ross and Ella Ross [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Ella Ross, both wearing white pinafores over dark dresses.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Elmer wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Otto Zotoum [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-MC-005-f10.jpg?itok=2hncW2NE "Otto Zotoum [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Otto Zotoum wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Eleven female Omaha students [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73441.jpg?itok=jmSMBtiO "Eleven female Omaha students [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of eleven female students in school uniforms. Caption information states they are from the Omaha nation and entered in 1882. If that is accurate, then they are probably Alice Springer, Jennie Mitchell, Mary Tyndall, Ettie Tyndall, Mary Hewitt, Etta Webster, Elsie Springer, Lettie Esau, Alice Fremont, Fannie Merrick, and Mamie Springer.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Engler.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74378.jpg?itok=-EsEUKbV "Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portait of Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Harry Marmon wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73386.jpg?itok=egLWpyR- "Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Henry Kendall.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Benjamin Marshall [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_090b.jpg?itok=f5qWflZ4 "Benjamin Marshall [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Benjamin Marshall.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Standing Bear, a Sioux chief, with his son Luther Standing Bear, and Red Fish, another Sioux chief.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: 1 Standing Bear, 2 Standing Bear’s Son Luther, 3 Red Fish. Sioux.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
This caption reads: TOM TORLINO – NAVAJO. AS HE ENTERED THE SCHOOL IN 1882. AS HE APPEARED THREE YEARS LATER.
This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-MC-005-f38.jpg?itok=YEp5VxLY "Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studi portrait of two unidentified male students wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Justine La Framboise.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
The caption reads: Rob [?] and [illegible]
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students in school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Thomas Wistar [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-MC-005-f16_1.jpg?itok=ZN8Aq1gG "Thomas Wistar [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Thomas Wistar dressed in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Otto Zotoum [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_038c.jpg?itok=cCpEix_7 "Otto Zotoum [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Otto Zotoum wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society