Images

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 Clarence White Thunder.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of nine students. Back row, left to right: Frank West, George Summers, Percy Zadoka, Warden Cleaver; front row, left to right: Annie Thomas, Minnie Yellow Bear, Pollock Spotted Tail, Hattie Longwolf, and Harriet Mary Elder. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-004, 10-B-17, and 10B-08-01. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of three young male students in uniform. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Louise Wilson wearing school uniform.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-066b and CS-CH-011. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Joseph Cox in native clothing.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Josep Cox.   Sioux.

Note: Although the caption on the reverse of the card indicates that Josep [Joseph] Cox is Sioux, school records indicate that he belongs to the Omaha Nation.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Kias Red Wolf (standing at right) and an unidentified male student (at left).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Juan Julian, a visiting chief.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Juan Julian, probably a visiting chief. 

This person is identified as Juan Julian in the National Anthropological Archives negative version of this image and also in one of the Cumberland County Historical Society's copies (BS-CH-006). The other copy, located in an album (PA-CH2-075b), is labeled "Augustine." But that is probably a mistake. There are other photographs of a person with that name, wearing similar clothing but distinctly a different person. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Joseph Cox (seated) and another person (standing in school uniform), identified as "Friend" in the handwritten caption. This is probably student Friend Hollow Horned Bear, also known as Friend. 

The caption reads: 93 Joseph Cox + Friend

There is another photograph of Joseph Cox wearing the same clothing (see Related Images). That photograph is also undated. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of instructor Mary Hyde and the Indian School choir, including male and female students in school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society assigns a date of April 30, 1884 to their copy of this image. They also identified several students by comparison with other images: Luke Phillips (back row, second from the left), Luther Standing Bear (front row, far left), and Joshua Given (back row, third from left). 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Charlie Bird and Conway Two Cuts. Bird is probably standing and Two Cuts is probably seated and wearing a school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Portrait of twenty-four female students, many wrapped in plaid shawls or blankets, posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds. 

There may be another student at the far right of the bottom right; if there is, then there are twenty-five students in the picture. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Rose Howell.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of a visiting chief. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image. This person is identified as "Apache, N.M." in the album (PA-CH1-092b) and as "Augustine" in BS-CH-004. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Mary K. Marmon (seated), Lena Carr (standing in center), and Harry Marmon (standing at right). 

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mrs. Marmon, Lena Carr, Harry Marmon.

This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.

Student Mary K. Marmon was also known as Mrs. Walter Marmon. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of seven female and eleven male students. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies them as  Miss Coats' class. School records show Carrie W. Coats taught at the school in 1884. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Portrait of a very large group of male and female students, assembled in rows on the school grounds. The caption for this copy of the image and the copy at the Cumberland County Historical Society both identify this as the student body of the school in 1884. The caption on the Historical Society copy says there are 375 students in the group. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of William Tivis.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Dolly Gould probably wearing school uniform. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Irene Horse Looking and Henry Horse Looking. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Cook, seated, with his daughter, Grace Cook standing at left and Hope Blue Teeth standing at right. Cook has an open photo album in his lap.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of five male students and four female students.

They are, back row, left to right: Frank West, George Summers, Percy Zadoka, Warden Cleaver; front row, left to right: Annie Thomas, Minnie Yellow Bear, Pollock Spotted Tail, Hattie Longwolf, and Harriet Mary Elder. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio potrait of William Fletcher (standing) and his uncle Old Crow (seated). 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Embry Gibson.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution