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 Ulysses Paisano and John Shiosee [?], both wearing school uniforms.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains the date December 1887.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of James Paints Yellow and (probably) Francis Lee.
Previous cataloging notes a date of December 1887 included in the handwritten caption on the image.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Brown, Phillips Bob Tail (also known as Phillip White), and Jacob White Eyes. Brown and Bob Tail are both wearing school uniforms.
Note: Jacob White Eyes was not a student at Carlisle. According to the January 6, 1888 issue of The Indian Helper, White Eyes was visiting Carlisle from the Educational Home, Philadelphia "during the holidays."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Andrew Conover wearing school uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: A. Conover.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Moses Culbertson and Constant Bread; one is wearing a school uniform.
Note: Cataloging information provided by the National Anthropological Archives gives a date of October 1889 for this image, but both of these students left in July of 1888.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Archiquette, Libbie Archiquette (seated), and Sarah Archiquette (standing), in school uniform.
An illegible handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: William Archiquette with his two sisters.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Casper Cailis wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Lock.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Cochrane.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: William Cochrane.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jessie Bitter wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Alphonso Eolisto and Joseph Ezhuna.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Levi Levering.
Note: According to previous cataloging the handwritten caption includes the date January 1888.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of fifteen male students wearing school uniforms.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian Printers. 1. Robert Mathews, Pawnee ; 2. Yamie Leeds, Pueblo ; 3. Paul Boynton, Arapahoe ; 4. Lorenzo Martinez, Pueblo ; 5. Benajah Miles, Arapahoe ; 6. Carl Lieder, Crow ; 7. Bennie Thomas, Pueblo ; 8. Levi St. Cyr, Winnebago; 9. Howard Logan, Winnebago ; 10. Charlie Dagenett, Peoria ; 11. Dennison Wheelock, Oneida ; 12. Joe Harris, Gros Ventre ; 13. Geo. Valier, Quapaw ; 14. Henry Philips, Alaskan Thlinket ; 15. Charlie Moncravie, Omaha.
This photograph was donated by James Herster in 2014.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has a copy of this image (CS-CH-077) but it has no identifying information associated with it.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Willis Black Bear.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Thomas Blackbear.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charles Clawson.
Handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Charles Clawson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Elizabeth Black Moon possibly wearing school uniform. Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Eliz. Blackmoon.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Nellie Carey.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Benjamin Lawry and Peter Snow. Both are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Harry Kohpay (back left), Lyman Kennedy (back right), Morgan Toprock, (front left), and Ralph Naltuey (front right), all wearing baseball uniforms with "YA" on the front of the shirts.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Tivis (at left) and Frank Everett (at right). Everett is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Harry Kohpay (back left), Lyman Kennedy (back right), Morgan Toprock (front left), and Ralph Naltuey (front right), in baseball uniforms with "YA" on their shirts.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lucy Tsisnah.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Laura Standing Elk.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Benjamin Lawry (at left), Howard Logan (standing in center), and Levi St. Cyr (seated at right). Logan is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution