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 Phillip White (Phillips Bob Tail).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Richard Henry Pratt and teachers [pose 1] [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73777.jpg?itok=xMyW5BuP "Richard Henry Pratt and teachers [pose 1] [version 1], c.1887")
Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.
Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Richard Henry Pratt and teachers [pose 1] [version 2], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/10-A-005_front.jpg?itok=aiyNQ0NW "Richard Henry Pratt and teachers [pose 1] [version 2], c.1887")
Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.
Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah J. Given, who worked at the school between 1884 and 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Ulysses Paisano and John Shiosee [?], 1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73699.jpg?itok=IZydB5-g "Ulysses Paisano and John Shiosee [?], 1887")
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
![James Paints Yellow and Francis Lee [?], 1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73700.jpg?itok=meOjPBdv "James Paints Yellow and Francis Lee [?], 1887")
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 Lucy Tsisnah, Burdett Tsisnah, and Virginia Nahaklo (seated). Lucy and Burdett were married to one another.
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
Studio portrait of Jessie Bitter wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Student portrait of Morgan Kah-ka-neth-la.
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 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 Thomas Black Bull and Julia Walking Crane.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr wearing school uniform.
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 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 Albert Sitting Eagle (at left) and Thomas Blackbear (at right). Sitting Eagle is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Louis Levering.
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 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 Benjamin Lawry and Peter Snow. Both are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lambert Istone posed next to a bicycle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Burdett Tsis-nah [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73715.jpg?itok=i2M_gSaE "Burdett Tsis-nah [version 1], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Burdett Tsis-nah, posed with a hat and umbrella.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Martha Napawat probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Susie Nachekea (standing at left), Charles Istee (standing at rear), and Gail Marko (seated at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society