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 Joseph Wisecoby and Moses Nonway, both wearing school uniforms and holding hats.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Princeton University Library, Department of Special Collections
Studio portrait of Son of the Star, an Arickaree Chief, also known as Santa Fe Star.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has multiple copies of this image: PA-CH1-018a, CS-CH-031, 12-11-01, and 00325C#04.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Hattie Long Wolf (Hattie Porcupine).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of a group of visiting chiefs with some white men and one male student.
The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image says that they are chiefs from the Sac and Fox nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The individual in this carte de visite has not been positively identified, although there is speculation that it may be photographer John N. Choate himself.
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
Studio portrait of what appear to be two visiting chiefs with one male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Spotted Tail, a Sioux chief, described as being "after his return from Washington."
Note: This image was sold by photographer J.N. Choate (#23 on his list of photos being sold). It is there that it is described as "after his return from Washington."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Raymond Stewart.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of teacher Mary Hyde and eight female students. The students are: Ann Laura (back left), Hattie Long Wolf (back middle), Rebecca Big Star (back right), Alice Wynn (middle row left), Grace Cook (middle row right), Mabel Doanmoe (bottom left), Stella Berht (bottom center), and Ruth (Looking Woman) (bottom right). The girls all appear to be wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two visiting chiefs.
Cataloging from the Cumberland County Historical Society, presumably based on information scratched on the negatives, indicates they are "Nachisi and New Mexico, Apache."
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The Assistant Superintendent's Quarters with a man, woman, and two children (one in a baby carriage) posed on the porch. The man is probably A.J. Standing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Spotted Tail, a Sioux chief.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-018c and CS-CH-037a.1-.2.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose wearing a school-issued print dress.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of a group of Native American men, white men, with one male student and two female students posed in front of a dormitory building on the school grounds. Richard Henry Pratt is standing at the far left.
The caption in the album for the Cumberland County Historical Society version of this image states that they are from the Great Nemaha Agency and that the photo was taken on February 25, 1880.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of a group of Native American men, white men, with one male student and two female students posed in front of a dormitory building on the school grounds. Richard Henry Pratt is standing at the far left. The caption in the album states that they are from the Great Nemaha Agency and that the photo was taken on February 25, 1880.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students in school uniforms.
The caption identifies them as being from the Cheyenne nation and provides a date of March 1880.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose, Ella Hippy, Fanny (Knife Holder), Mabel Doanmoe, and Laura Doanmoe.
The caption identifies Lucy Black Shortnose as Lucy Cheyenne and Fanny (Knife Holder) as Fanny Kawboodle.
The caption for another version of this image (10-B-04) provides a date of March 1880.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has four copies of this image: PA-CH1-022a, 10-B-04, and CS-CH-062.1-.2.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students in school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Kiowa nation and provides a date of March 1880.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portratit of ten unidentified male students in school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Cheyenne nation and provides a date of March 1880.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose, Ella Hippy, Fanny (Knife Holder), Mabel Doanmoe, and Laura Doanmoe.
One of the Cumberland County Historical Society's versions of this image (10-B-04) provides a date of March 1880.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students in school uniforms.
The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's version of this image identifies the students as from the Cheyenne nation and provides a date of March 1880.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Bernard (Hawk Charging Daylight) (standing at left), Horace (Horse) (standing at right), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy) (seated at left), John Renville (seated in center), and Rufus (Strikes the Enemy) (seated at right). All are wearing school uniforms.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society dates this image to March, 1880. They have six copies of the image: 10-B-08.1-.3; 13-08-01, and PA-CH1-021a.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students in school uniform.
The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's version of this image identifies the students as from the Kiowa nation and provides a date of March 1880.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of ten unidentified male students wearing school uniforms.
The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies them as from the Cheyenne nation and dates it to March 1880.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of five male students and four female students, identified in the caption as being from the Arapaho nation. The caption provides a date of March 1880.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society