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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![Richard Doanmoe posed on a gate [version 2], 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_016b.jpg?itok=eNggT0E2 "Richard Doanmoe posed on a gate [version 2], 1889")
Studio portrait of Richard Doanmoe posed on a wooden gate. The caption says that he was three years old when this photo was taken.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has four copies of this image: PA-CH2-016b and CS-CH-004.1-.3.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Florence Miller and Orpha Miller [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74212.jpg?itok=1ogKU28T "Florence Miller and Orpha Miller [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Florence Miller and Orpha Miller.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a group of four female students with an older Native American man. The original caption identifies them as "Chihuahua and Apache."
Based on comparison with other photographs, Cumberland County Historical Staff have suggested that the student seated in the front is Lucy Tsisnah and that the students in the back row, from left to right are Janette Woods (Pahgostatum), Naomi Merkel (Kohten), and Annette Suison. Those identifications are preliminary.
A researcher has identified the man in the front row as Chief Chihuahua and the female student as his daughter Ramona.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jennie Mitchell (probably standing at left) and Jennie Dubray (probably seated at left).
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
![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 Albert Anderson (left) and John Morrison (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Luther Dah-hah (right) and Lyman Kennedy (left), both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Bruce Patterson holding his hat [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-PC-004-f24.jpg?itok=BeC7LQ-c "Bruce Patterson holding his hat [version 1], c.1889")
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.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![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
Studio portrait of Charlotte Wilson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Naomi Merkel (Kohten).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Hiram Bailey dressed in school uniform. Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Hiram Bailey.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Baird and Angelina Baird.
The handwritten caption along the side of the image is probably: Angelina and William Baird.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Hugh James (left) and Charles D. Wheelock (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jemima Wheelock.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 James R. Wheelock and Celicia Wheelock. James is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Zippa Metoxen.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![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 seven male and seven female students, the first graduating class in 1889.
The are, back row, left to right: Frank Dorian, Joel Tyndall, William F. Campbell, Edwin Schanandore, Thomas Wistar, Joseph B. Harris; middle row (seated), left to right: Kish Hawkins, Eva Johnson, Esther Miller, Lillie Cornelius, Julia Powlas; front row (seated), left to right: Clara Faber, Kate Grindrod, Cecilia Londrosh.
This image also appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 16.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-011 and 15-18-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The top printed notes read: EDWIN SCHANANDORE, ONEIDA. Entered Carlisle 1885 Is Employed as BAKER and BAND LEADER.
The bottom printed notes read: Graduated Class 1889. At Cherokee School North Carolina.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
![Alexander Yellow Wolf and Frank Shane [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_018b.jpg?itok=g9yU89JD "Alexander Yellow Wolf and Frank Shane [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Alexander Yellow Wolf and Frank Shane.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Garry Myers [?], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74059.jpg?itok=iGV2TiXR "Garry Myers [?], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Garry Myers [?].
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Barbara Showarumy.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution