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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![Alice Neopet [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74285.jpg?itok=PCdksex2 "Alice Neopet [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Alice Neopet.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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 three young male students in uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Clarence White Thunder.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Percy Zadoka and Cleaver Warden.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Constant Bread probably wearing school uniform with neckerchief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Kias Red Wolf and Carl Matches [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73884.jpg?itok=yRsg4SPf "Kias Red Wolf and Carl Matches [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Kias Red Wolf (probably seated) and Carl Matches (probably standing), both wearing straw boater hats.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![William Fletcher and his uncle, Old Crow [version 2], 1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_011a.jpg?itok=dLA7BkXw "William Fletcher and his uncle, Old Crow [version 2], 1884")
Studio portrait of William Fletcher (standing) and his uncle, Old Crow (seated). Old Crow is wearing a large overcoat.
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
![Lorenzo Bonito [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_059a.jpg?itok=KutiT8fz "Lorenzo Bonito [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Lorenzo Bonito wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Bertha Nason and Madge Nason [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74221.jpg?itok=PAzusB_Q "Bertha Nason and Madge Nason [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Bertha Nason (left) and Madge Nason (right), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Lorenzo Bonito [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74044.jpg?itok=Ce1qLiEK "Lorenzo Bonito [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Lorenzo Bonito wearing school uniform. A partially obscured handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Lorenzo Barnte.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charles Fisher (at left) and George Thomas (at right), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 Kias Red Wolf (standing at right) and an unidentified male student (at left).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Louis Big Horse, Elmer, Joel Chetopah, Embry Gibson, and Fred Lookout [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73529.jpg?itok=ADdxg2VV "Louis Big Horse, Elmer, Joel Chetopah, Embry Gibson, and Fred Lookout [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Louis Big Horse (back row at left), Elmer (back row in center), Joel Chetopah (back row at right), Embry Gibson (front row at left), and Fred Lookout (front row at right).
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
![Levi Levering [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_020b.jpg?itok=FawUWCuU "Levi Levering [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Levi Levering.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-020b and CS-CH-013.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Noah Lovejoy wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Standing Bear, Red Fish and five students [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74286.jpg?itok=wLipZWWo "Standing Bear, Red Fish and five students [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Standing Bear and Red Fish with three male students and two female students. The male students are probably Luther Standing Bear, Willard Standing Bear, and Henry Standing Bear. One of the female students is probably Victoria Standing Bear.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a female student and a male student, both wearing school uniforms, identified in the caption as being a brother and sister from the Laguna nation.
Based on comparison with other photographs, these are almost certainly Walter and Maria Analla.
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
![Alice Neopet [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_071a.jpg?itok=tSnxWuEX "Alice Neopet [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Alice Neopet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of De Bett Cheyenne Chief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Silas Childers wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society