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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![Miss Coats' class [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_078a.jpg?itok=Z652QkHj "Miss Coats' class [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of eighteen students, eleven male and seven female. The caption identifies them as Miss Coats' class.
School records show Carrie Coats taught at the school in 1884.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Henry North
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.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![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
Studio portrait of Clarence White Thunder.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74026.jpg?itok=leHBhayh "Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez. All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Casper Edson holding a straw hat.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Casper Edson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Grace Bigheart [?], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_030c.jpg?itok=99adLy3h "Grace Bigheart [?], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Grace Bigheart [?].
Note: The caption of this image identifies this student as "Grace Que, Osage." There are no records for a student named Grace Que. The only Osage student named Grace who attended while Choate was taking photographs was Grace Bigheart. At the present time we have identified no other images of Grace Bigheart to use for comparison.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe) wearing school uniform.
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
![James H. Miller, Jane Vane, a female student and a visitor [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74318.jpg?itok=slhc1jDB "James H. Miller, Jane Vane, a female student and a visitor [version 1], 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 this 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: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Cecilia Londrosh, both wearing white pinafore aprons over school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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 Mack Kutepi and an unidentified young man.
Previous cataloging interpreted the handwritten caption as giving the name of the unidentified young man as "Bear."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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
![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 Wilkie Sharp (standing) and Stacy Matlock.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 Nicholas Ruleau.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Otto Wells [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74399.jpg?itok=GWCZy1Kk "Otto Wells [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Otto Wells.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates Wells is wearing a club ribbon with the date 1884 and a medal dated 1884.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Dorian in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_093a.jpg?itok=1SrwHayT "Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez. All are wearing school uniforms.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-093a and PA-CH2-019c.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Susie Bond.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Stailey Norcross (standing at left), Samuel Keryte (seated in center), and Lorenzo Martinez (standing at right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Myra Cedar Grove and Rhoda Red Wolf, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Note: This identification is preliminary. Previous cataloging identified these students as "Myra and Rhoda Order."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution