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 Frank Everett and Percy Zadoka.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Lois Pretty Scalp [version 3], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/0321.f.0020.jpg?itok=E_mV4EDT "Lois Pretty Scalp [version 3], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Lois Pretty Scalp.
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections also has a copy of this version (CIS-P-0018).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture
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
![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
Studio portrait of Joseph Little Brave wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Hoo-sa-tau-lus [?], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_094b.jpg?itok=So4uk7vR "Hoo-sa-tau-lus [?], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Hoo-sa-tau-lus [?], an Apache chief.
Note: There is no original caption for this photograph. This identification was provided by an unknown source at the Cumberland County Historical Society.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Roland Fish (seated at left), Jonas Place, and an unidentified young man. Fish is in a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Rose White Thunder.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Rose White Thunder. Sioux.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: PA-CH1-043a.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Nine female students [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_060.jpg?itok=Fb23kXAx "Nine female students [version 2], c.1885")
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, three male students, and one white man.
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
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of four unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students, each holding a hat.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student in a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing school uniform.
Another image of what is probably this student in a different pose is linked to in Related Images.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing a school uniform.
Another image of what is probably this student in a different pose is linked to in Related Images.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections