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 Albert Anderson (left) and Theron Lears (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Henry Phillips [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_050c.jpg?itok=rowEtgn- "Henry Phillips [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Perry Kennerly wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Kate Stocker Ledants Spotted Horse, and Lydia Harrington [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74075.jpg?itok=c5iZ54L4 "Kate Stocker, Ledants Spotted Horse, and Lydia Harrington [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Kate Stocker, Ledants Spotted Horse, and Lydia Harrington.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Hugh Leider [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_048a.jpg?itok=CxK6e4Db "Hugh Leider [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Hugh Leider wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Amos Hamilton.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Albert Anderson (left) and John Morrison (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Carrie Hamlin.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Joseph Harris [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_035B.jpg?itok=qBgniiOu "Joseph Harris [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Joseph Harris.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Joseph Harris [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74159.jpg?itok=wG1AxMJi "Joseph Harris [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Joseph Harris.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Hugh James.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Nicholas Ruleau.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of John Hill and Sophia Hill.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Sophia Metoxen and Katie Metoxen.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![American Horse with his children and relatives [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73835.jpg?itok=oZwbkoUo "American Horse with his children and relatives [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of American Horse with eleven female students and one male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Bruce Patterson, wearing school uniform and holding his hat in his hand, posed on a wooden gate.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: 44. Bruce Patterson.
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has copies of this image: PA-CH2-016a and CS-CH-001.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![American Horse with his children and relatives [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_029B.jpg?itok=BxgXyHR9 "American Horse with his children and relatives [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of American Horse with eleven female students and one male student.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-029b and BS-CH-040.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James Black Hawk (standing at left) and Davis Rice Hill (seated at right). Hill is wearing a school uniform.
Note: Davis Rice Hill is presumably student David R. Hill.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Richard Doanmoe posed on a wooden gate.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Richard Doanmoe "Kiowa"
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has copies of this image: PA-CH2-016b and CS-CH-004. The caption on one of these says that he was three years old when this photo was taken.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Nicodemus Hill (left) and Isaac Baird (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Nina Carlisle (pose #1) [version 2], 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch006.jpg?itok=F8nmBjd2 "Nina Carlisle (pose #1) [version 2], 1889")
Studio portrait of Nina Carlisle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joshua Asher and Louis Bedell. A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Louis Bedell & Joshua Asher.
Note: Asher was three years older than Bedell. Therefore, it seems likely that it is Asher seated at left, and Bedell seated at right.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Susie Henni.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Gilmore Hawk [?], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_011g.jpg?itok=EnCmYCTS "Gilmore Hawk [?], c.1889")
Studio portrait of a male student who is probably Gilmore Hawk.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note reads: CHOATE
The reverse side reads: Old Guard House Capt. R. H. Pratt Supt. Old Chapel. Supt. Quarters. Ass't Supt. Quarters Small Boys' Quarters. Hospital and Disiplinarian's Quarters Rosa W. Thunder as she arrived Rosa White Thunder (Sioux) after 3 yrs. 3 Sioux boys as they arrived Same 3 Sioux boys after 1 yr. John Kitson (Menominee) Rebecca Big Star (Sioux) Whole School Richard W. Y. Robe New school Building Noted Indian chiefs Dining Room Campus, after school Three Pueblos Calvin Kawley (Kiowa) Offices and Teachers' Quarters Tom Torlino (Navajoe) after 3 yrs. Indian Printer Boys Tom Torlino (Navajoe) as he arrived Girls' Quarters Bruce Patterson (Apache) Large Boys' Quarters Hector Cat (Kiowa) Etahdleuh Doanmoe (Kiowa baby) Belinda Archiquette (Oneida) Charlie Kerime (Pueblo) Gymnasium Interior view of Printing Office Carlisle School Choir Dining Hall and Girls' Industrial Department Group of Small Girls White Buffalo (Cheyenne) Two Apache Babies
Cabinet card composite photo of various images of people and spaces of the Carlisle Indian School.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections