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 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 Edward Yankton.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jemima Two Elks.
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 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
![Mike Buffalo Thigh and Paul Good Bear [version 2], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_087a.jpg?itok=1Ygpyd85 "Mike Buffalo Thigh and Paul Good Bear [version 2], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Mike Buffalo Thigh (left) and Paul Good Bear (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![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 Benajah Miles wearing school uniform.
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 Talbot Goday wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Richard Wallace wearing an overcoat and holding a hat.
Note: Handwritten caption identifies this student as Dick Wallace.
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 Casper Cailis wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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 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 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 Gertrude Siow.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Ladeaux wearing a band uniform and holding a brass horn instrument.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Thomas Kose.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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
![Charles Istee, Humphrey Escharzay, and Thomas Pelcoya [?], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74341.jpg?itok=Ab1JDDFu "Charles Istee, Humphrey Escharzay, and Thomas Pelcoya [?], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Charles Istee, Humphrey Escharzay, and Thomas Pelcoya [?]; two are wearing school uniforms.
Note: The identification of Thomas Pelcoya is preliminary. Previously cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the name "Thomas," and Thomas Pelcoya is the only male Apache student who attended at the same time as the other sitters in the image.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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 John W. Pipe and Philip B. Mann.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Eunice Suison [version 1], 1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0064.jpg?itok=O0IB5p-g "Eunice Suison [version 1], 1888")
Studio portrait of Eunice Suisson, infant daughter of student Annette Suison.
The note reads: CHOATE, CARLISLE, PA.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Eunice Mason Sois. Apache baby at Carlisle Indian School. 1888.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Burdett Tsis-nah [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch016.jpg?itok=2elgN3JH "Burdett Tsis-nah [version 1], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Burdett Tsis-nah, posed with a hat and umbrella.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society