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 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 Charles Redmore and an unidentified young man. One is in a uniform and holding a brass horn instrument.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William White Bear.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jason Betzinez (seated right), Caleb Kechjolay (seated left), Beatrice Morton (standing right), and Maggie Iahanetha (standing left), all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Laura Standing Elk [version 2], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_088a.jpg?itok=IEwUC3DY "Laura Standing Elk [version 2], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Laura Standing Elk.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Rose Howell.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Frank Lock [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74405.jpg?itok=LW3W2ZLM "Frank Lock [version 1], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Frank Lock.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Simon Smith (seated at right) and an unidentified male student (standing at left). The unidentified young man is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Fred Harris.
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
![Laura Standing Elk [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74145.jpg?itok=lQG4t30p "Laura Standing Elk [version 1], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Laura Standing Elk.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Thomas Kose.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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
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 Levi St. Cyr.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Brule Iron Eagle Feather [version 1], 1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74393.jpg?itok=8v6QhyIc "Brule Iron Eagle Feather [version 1], 1888")
Studio portrait of Brule Iron Eagle Feather wearing school uniform.
Note: A handwritten caption written along the side of the image appears to contain the date 1888.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Oswald Smith.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![William Morgan and Rose Howell [version 2], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_048c.jpg?itok=2bVk4hl7 "William Morgan and Rose Howell [version 2], c.1888")
Studio portrait of William Morgan and Rose Howell. Morgan is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Baird (standing) and Peter Cornelius (seated).
Note: There is no identification of the people in this image. The identification is based on comparison with other images of the two students.
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 Richard Davis and Paul Good Bear. Davis is probably standing at left, in non-native clothing, and Good Bear is probably standing at right in school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Julia Given.
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
![Mike Buffalo Thigh and Paul Good Bear [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73767.jpg?itok=m0H1Jn40 "Mike Buffalo Thigh and Paul Good Bear [version 1], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Mike Buffalo Thigh (left) and Paul Good Bear (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Talbot Goday wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society