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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![Pinkie Datish [?], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_033f.jpg?itok=kySAF2Rv "Pinkie Datish [?], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Pinkie Datish [?].
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Rose White Thunder wearing an elk-tooth dress and detallium shell earrings.
This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902. The caption reads: ROSE WHITE THUNDER. DAUGHTER OF A SIOUX CHIEF, WHITE THUNDER, IN ELK TOOTH DRESS – AT CARLISLE ’83-’87.
Note: The National Anthropological Archives has three photos taken of this photo: NAA 74265 (Photo Lot 81-12 06903600), NAA 73538 (Photo Lot 81-12 06831200), and NAA 74308 (Photo Lot 81-12 06907900).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Lock (probably standing at left) and Charlie Bird (probably seated at right. Lock is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joshua Given.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Five Nez Perce students [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_011c.jpg?itok=Yaaq65cN "Five Nez Perce students [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Jesse Paul, Charley Wolf, Samuel John, Dolly Gould, and Rebecca Little Wolf. All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Laura Standing Elk.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Helen Onion [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_092c.jpg?itok=vWs0uL-5 "Helen Onion [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Helen Onion wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Gail Marko [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_050a.jpg?itok=mvQuF2aF "Gail Marko [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Gail Marko.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mack Kutepi wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Katie Zallawager [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_081b.jpg?itok=U4oKrY-P "Katie Zallawager [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Katie Zallawager.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Conroy in school uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: F. Conroy.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Max Spotted Tail wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Red Cloud with Agent Townsend and a male student [version 1], 1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73371.jpg?itok=akS5WU0v "Red Cloud with Agent Townsend and a male student [version 1], 1883")
Studio portrait of Red Cloud, a Sioux chief, with Special Agent Townsend and an unidentified male student.
The school newspapers reported a visit to the school by Red Cloud and Agent Townsend in January 1883.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Red Cloud, a Sioux chief.
Student newspapers reported that Red Cloud visited the school in January of 1883. This photo was probably taken during that visit.
The Cumberland County historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-057Bc and CS-CH-026.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lizzie Day and Katie Day [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74220.jpg?itok=bxQZaas3 "Lizzie Day and Katie Day [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Elizabeth Day and Katie Day, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Benjamin Thomas (Wat-ye-eh), Mary Perry (Ki-ot-se), and John Menaul Chaves (Kowsh-te-ah), all in their school uniforms.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-030a and 10B-02-02.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Jessie Spread Hands.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Stailey Norcross (seated) and an unidentified male student (standing), both wearing school uniforms.
Note: Previous cataloging interpreted the name of the unidentified student as possibly being "Henry Sprane," but there are no records for a student with that name.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Luther Standing Bear with cornet [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_006b.jpg?itok=PSUiI1C9 "Luther Standing Bear with cornet [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Luther Standing Bear holding a cornet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Edgar McCassey.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Benjamin Damon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait captioned as "Pawnee Indian group that entered the Carlisle Indian School in 1882." If that is accurate, then the sitters include: Louis Bayhylle, Frank West, Chalkley Stafford, Abram Platt, Thomas Kester, Bruce Hayman, Henry Eagle Chief, Minnie Topa, and Nellie Aspenall. Those are the nine students from the Pawnee nation who arrived in August 1882. There are four additional students in this image.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-066a and BS-CH-036.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Helen Onion [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73412.jpg?itok=BYLVdn71 "Helen Onion [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Helen Onion wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Gail Marko [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74190.jpg?itok=23R80dYX "Gail Marko [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Gail Marko.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of seven male Cheyenne students. One is wearing a school uniform. White Buffalo is seated at the far left; the rest are unidentified.
A researcher has identified the person standing in the last row behind White Buffalo as Kise Williams.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society