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 Richard Wallace.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Jennie Black, c.1884 [version 1]](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_74136.jpg?itok=K8uR3uKc "Jennie Black, c.1884 [version 1]")
Studio portrait of Jennie Black probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Samuel Townsend.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf, Levi Levering, and Harvey Warner.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Clarence Powder Face and an unidentified young man.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the name "Thomas" for the unidentified young man.
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
![Jennie Black, c.1884 [version 2]](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_001c.jpg?itok=aqjEWqtN "Jennie Black, c.1884 [version 2]")
Studio portrait of Jennie Black probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of De Bett Cheynne Chief (seated) and Alexander Yellow Man (standing). Cheyenne Chief is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Constant Bread probably wearing school uniform with neckerchief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Clarence White Thunder and Fred Big Horse [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_048a.jpg?itok=7SALB4nQ "Clarence White Thunder and Fred Big Horse [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Clarence White Thunder and Fred Big Horse, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of John Menual Chaves.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Clarence White Thunder.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Kish Hawkins, Kias Red Wolf, and Clarence Wolf Face [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73351.jpg?itok=hA6-HzX9 "Kish Hawkins, Kias Red Wolf, and Clarence Wolf Face [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Kish Hawkins (left), Kias Red Wolf (center), and Clarence Wolf Face (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Kish Hawkins, Kias Red Wolf, and Clarence Wolf Face [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/BS-CH-014%20front.jpg?itok=OgrgdoT4 "Kish Hawkins, Kias Red Wolf, and Clarence Wolf Face [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Kish Hawkins (at left), Kias Red Wolf (in center), and Clarence Wolf Face (at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Arnold Woolworth [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74050.jpg?itok=vhFRpy5H "Arnold Woolworth [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth. A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads in part: Arnold.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![James H. Miller, Jane Vane, a female student and a visitor [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_015a.jpg?itok=CW-evWuB "James H. Miller, Jane Vane, a female student and a visitor [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of James H. Miller, Jane Vane, an unidentified female student and a visitor, probably a Pueblo chief or family member.
Note: The male student was previously identified as Benjamin Thomas based on cataloging of the NAA negative. A researcher suggested that he is actually James H. Miller. The identification of Jane Vane comes from an annotation on the Cumberland County Historical Society's album copy.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![George Summers [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_003b.jpg?itok=G4EUIvjW "George Summers [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of George Summers.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Louise Wilson [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_066b.jpg?itok=jNdMZDIj "Louise Wilson [version 2], c.1884")
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
![Arnold Woolworth [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_010a.jpg?itok=WQmRAwLF "Arnold Woolworth [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Frank Yates [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74408.jpg?itok=6tcOQHKB "Frank Yates [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Frank Yates wearing school uniform.
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
![Bertha and Madge Nason [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-PC-004-f07.jpg?itok=MRsfnqqi "Bertha and Madge Nason [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Madge Nason (left) and Bertha Nason (right), both wearing school uniforms.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Bertha and Madge Nason. Chippewas from Minn.
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.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has a copy of this image: PA-CH1-086b.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Norman Casadore wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Glass plate negative image of Little Elk.
The caption reads: Little Elk
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of William Tivis.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society