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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![Roland Fish, Hiram Doctor, and Owen Fire [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74193.jpg?itok=bx4nQyzH "Roland Fish, Hiram Doctor, and Owen Fire [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Roland Fish, Hiram Doctor, and Owen Fire, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Eighteen young female Pueblo students [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73332.jpg?itok=lxNK-oYp "Eighteen young female Pueblo students [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of eighteen female Pueblo students, all wearing school uniforms. A few are holding dolls. In Choate's 1902 Souvenir this is identfied as a portrait of Pueblo girls who arrived in 1884.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Seven male Crow students with John Nisely [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch081.jpg?itok=Wvgix2sd "Seven male Crow students with John Nisley [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of seven male students with one white boy. The caption for the National Anthropological Archives version of this image identifies the white boy as John Nisley. Cumberland County Historical Society cataloging identifies the students as being from the Crow Nation. Richard Wallace is standing in the center, and George Thomas is standing on the right.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Nancy McIntosh [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73748.jpg?itok=c-pCQ9aA "Nancy McIntosh [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Nancy McIntosh.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Student nurses and medical staff [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73773.jpg?itok=KoQpsCdR "Student nurses and medical staff [version 1], c.1885")
Students from the Indian Nurses Corps and medical staff posed on the front of a building. They are identified as being, from left to right: Zippa Metoxen, Rose Howell, Dr. Obadiah G. Given, Alice Seabrook, Barbara Showarumy, Clara Anthony, Katie Metoxen, Lillie Wind, and Boise Bassford. Given, Seabrook, and Anthony were school employees.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Esther Miller [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73630.jpg?itok=gutwMlAM "Esther Miller [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Esther Miller wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Black Horse and Navajo Jack with D. M. Riordan and Chee Dodge [version 2], c. 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_059b.jpg?itok=cwp3KoFV "Black Horse and Navajo Jack with D. M. Riordan and Chee Dodge [version 2], c. 1885")
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
![Josie Vetter [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73747.jpg?itok=1q3CEj8i "Josie Vetter [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Josie Vetter wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Arnold Woolworth and Casper Edson [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_077a.jpg?itok=vwhgfaBb "Arnold Woolworth and Casper Edson [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth (left) and Casper Edson (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Tom Torlino and George S. Watchman [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73548.jpg?itok=riw8F5K- "Tom Torlino and George S. Watchman [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Tom Torlino (seated) and George S. Watchman (standing).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Black Horse and Navajo Jack with D. M. Riordan and Chee Dodge [version 1], c. 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74298.jpg?itok=rJfu-UPC "Black Horse and Navajo Jack with D. M. Riordan and Chee Dodge [version 1], c. 1885")
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
![Frank West [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73792.jpg?itok=pu4gS7xI "Frank West [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Frank West.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lyman Kennedy wearing partial school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Brown and Katie White Bird, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Josie Vetter [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_009b.jpg?itok=dO0AeUXx "Josie Vetter [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Josie Vetter wearing school uniform.
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 Henry Ouita (left) and Kise Williams (right).
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
![Cyrus Windy [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74199.jpg?itok=iJhaQi40 "Cyrus Windy [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Cyrus Windy.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Work Together and Brian Early Bird.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Arnold Woolworth and Casper Edson [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74200.jpg?itok=4rGD5DW0 "Arnold Woolworth and Casper Edson [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth (left) and Casper Edson (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![White Wolf [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73566.jpg?itok=285UAOBA "White Wolf [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of White Wolf, a Comanche chief.
The school newspaper records a visit to the school by the chief in 1885.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of Kate Irvine, a staff member, and a group of nineteen male students posed in front of a school building. Many of the students are holding bows and arrows. The caption identifies them as her "Sabbath School Class."
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-027b and BS-CH-031.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Everett and Percy Zadoka.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution