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 a visiting chief with three male students. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Young Bull Bear, a Cheyenne chief, with his brothers Oscar Bull Bear (left) and Richard Davis. 

 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Nancy McIntosh.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Justin Shedee (right) and Victor Tozoski (left).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Lorenzo Martinez. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Copy of a photograph of a studio portrait of five Native American chiefs. 

Previous cataloging indicates these people are from the Arapaho nation.

This may be a copy of a photograph taken by Choate of chiefs who visisted Carlisle. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative, Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait Oscar Bull Bear (seated) and his younger brother Richard Davis.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Navajo Jack, a Navajo chief. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Dennis Matthew Riordan (Navajo agent) and Chee Dodge (Navajo interpreter) with chiefs Black Horse (seated at left) and Navajo Jack (seated at right). Riordan and Chee are identified in the original caption. The identification of the two chiefs was made based on comparison with other images.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-059b and CS-CH-064.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of an unidentified male student in school uniform. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Dennis Matthew Riordan (Navajo agent) and Chee Dodge (Navajo interpreter) with chiefs Black Horse (seated at left) and Navajo Jack (seated at right). Riordan and Chee are identified in the original caption. The identification of the two chiefs was made based on comparison with other images. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Dennison Wheelock (left) and Howard Logan (right), holding hats and wearing uniforms.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Peter Douville in school uniform. Handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Pete Douville

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of a Native American young man. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Almarine McKellop.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of two unidentified male students, one wearing a school uniform. 

Previous cataloging has identified at least one of the students as being from the Cheyenne Nation.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of White Wolf, a Comanche chief.

The school newspaper records a visit to the school by the chief in 1885.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-075c and CS-CH-035. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Dana Long Wolf.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Mae Paisano and her brother, Willie H. Paisano, both are wearing school uniforms.

Note: Although the school documents consistently use the incorrect spelling "May," family members have indicated that her name was properly spelled "Mae."

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing a uniform, probably a band uniform. 

Note: The handwritten caption is difficult to read. The first name appears to be "Phillip." 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (back row, left to right): Harriet Kyocea, Lydia Harrington, Louie Cornelius, Katie White Bird, and Julia Logan; (front row, left to right): Alice Long Pole, Jennie Black, Nellie Aspenall, and Jennie Conners.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of a visiting chief with a male student.

Previous cataloging interpreted the name of the student as something like Van Moore. There are no records for a student by that name. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution