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 Lizzie Dubray.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Dorian.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of twelve male students in school uniforms.
Previous cataloging interprets part of the caption as saying student Howard Logan is in this group.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Levi Levering and Laban Locojim.
Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: John Gunn Pueblo
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Ernest Hogee (left), Bishop Eatennah (center), and Oswald Smith (right). All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mark White Shield and Charley White Shield.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the hand written caption is "M.W. and Charles W. [Jaield]."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Norman Casadore [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74054.jpg?itok=Vf-Mpott "Norman Casadore [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Norman Casadore.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Norman Casadore [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_051a.jpg?itok=DJpoboUL "Norman Casadore [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Norman Casadore.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Irene Horse Looking [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73402.jpg?itok=-pS6l2FU "Irene Horse Looking [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Irene Horse Looking possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Edmund Guerrier, Laura Standing Elk, and Julia Bent [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_067b.jpg?itok=oT0bE_t_ "Edmund Guerrier, Laura Standing Elk, and Julia Bent [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Edmund Guerrier, Laura Standing Elk, and Julia Bent. Guerrier was an interpreter for the U.S. government.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock (seated left), William Morgan (seated right), Frank West (seated center), and Wilkie Sharp, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Anson Garlick.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Nelson Caught the Eagle and an unidentifield young man.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joshua Given.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Irene Horse Looking [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_055b.jpg?itok=cUmMBgRg "Irene Horse Looking [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Irene Horse Looking possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Seven male students [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/BS-CH-032_front%20smaller.jpg?itok=yF3X6z3s "Seven male students [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Luke Phillips, Howard Logan, Frank Lock, Samuel Townsend, Roland Fish, Henry Kendall, and Richard Davis. All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: James B. Garcia and Santiago
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Chauncey Yellow Robe [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74389.jpg?itok=JI1Msijz "Chauncey Yellow Robe [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe) wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Joshua Given and Julia Given [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74134.jpg?itok=Ye_xybXn "Joshua Given and Julia Given [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Joshua Given and Julia Given.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Ernie Black and Jennie Black [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-PC-004-f08.jpg?itok=zPpR7wsF "Ernie Black and Jennie Black [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Ernie Black and Jennie Black.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Ernie Black and Sister. Cheyennes from Ind. Ter.
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Paisano family group [?], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73647.jpg?itok=lgqcWB8a "Paisano family group [?], c.1886")
Studio portrait of four male students and three female students, all in school-issued clothes or uniforms.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates this may be a group of students from the Paisano family, possibly with an unrelated student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jiron, a Native American man (seated at left), Harvey Townsend (standing in center), and Henry Kendall (seated at left).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Strike Axe, visiting chief [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_036b.jpg?itok=7aZNxAK5 "Strike Axe, visiting chief [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Strike Axe, a visiting Osage chief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of school employee Mary R. Hyde.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center