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 an unidentified female student.
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 male student wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student.
Previous cataloging indicates that part of the handwritten caption on this plate may be Alex.
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
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mark Evarts.
Note: The Historical Society has two prints of this image: PA-CH2-055c and 13-28-02.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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 Frank Everett in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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.
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: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![George Fire Thunder [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74392.jpg?itok=beQYS0on "George Fire Thunder [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of George Fire Thunder.
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
![George Fire Thunder [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_007b.jpg?itok=z9uBOx87 "George Fire Thunder [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of George Fire Thunder.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students, each holding a hat.
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
Studio portrait of Jame Black Hawk.
Handwritten caption along side of image probably reads: James Black Hawk.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of six unidentified male students in school uniforms.
The caption identifies them as being from the Crow nation.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Seven Crow students [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73644.jpg?itok=yoYyJaVJ "Seven Crow students [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of seven Crow students.
The male student in the back left may be George Thomas, and the student in the back right appears to be Charles Fisher. The young woman seated second from the left seems to be Persis Big Hair, and on the far right is Lois Pretty Scalp.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Eben Beads.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Baird wearing a uniform.
Note: This image also contains partial caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Etadleuh Doanmoe [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2073463.jpg?itok=sQ9wykju "Etadleuh Doanmoe [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Etadleuh Doanmoe.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Etadleuh.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution