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 Thomas Blackbear. Handwritten caption along side of image probably reads: Thomas Black Bear

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Luke Bear Shield.

A handwritten caption along the top of the image probably reads: Luke Bear Shield.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of ten unidentified male students in school uniforms. 

Previous cataloging identifies them as from the Pawnee nation. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of eight unidentified male students and three unidentified female students, all wearing school uniforms. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Jean Matia.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Clay Ainsworth. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Susie Bond and Susie Gray, both possibly wearing school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips (left) and Fred Harris (right). Phillips is wearing a school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf (left) and Robert Matthews (right).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Dexter Loco, Oliver Bitchaiet, and Duncan Balatchu.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of two unidentified male students in athletic clothing, possibly baseball uniforms. On the floor in front of them are gloves and a ball. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Nellie Aspenall in school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of George S. Watchman. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of two unidentified male students in uniforms. One is holding a brass instrument, the other is holding a drum. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Knox Nostlin (left) and Hugh Chee (right). 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of seventeen unidentified male students posed with two white boys. The caption identifies them as Miss Fisher's class. School records show Effie or Elspeth Fisher taught at the school intermittently between 1881 and 1892. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

View of the Small Boys' Quarters with several younger male students standing in front, some with brooms. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

View of the Small Boys' Quarters with several younger male students standing in front, some with brooms.

Format: Lantern Slide

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

View of young male and female students wearing uniforms seated at desks in a schoolroom. There is a row of male students standing at the rear in front of a chalk board. The students have their faces turned to the photographer.  

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of three male students and nineteen female students. 

Students Thomas Blackbear and Henry Standing Bear are probably in the group. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of teacher Florence M. Carter. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center

View of female students arranged in rows, with barbells lifted above their shoulders, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing the same dark-colored bloomers and long-sleeved tops. Most are also wearing large white bows. There are three men observing from the balcony. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

View of female students arranged in rows, holding narrow poles or sticks behind their shoulders, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing the same dark-colored bloomers and long-sleeved tops. Most are also wearing large white bows. There are three men observing from the balcony. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

View of female students posed around the gymnasium, some holding Indian clubs, some near parallel bars and rope ladders. The students are all wearing the same dark-colored bloomers and long-sleeved tops. Most are also wearing large white bows. There are also female students roller skating on the balcony above. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution