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 Julia Given.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_056a.jpg?itok=jQeSI3FV "Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of John Tyler wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![John Tyler, Samuel Noble, Paul Good Bear, and Luke Bear Shield [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_049c.jpg?itok=xYGOKu6O "John Tyler, Samuel Noble, Paul Good Bear, and Luke Bear Shield [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of John Tyler, Samuel Noble, Paul Good Bear, and Luke Bear Shield. All are wearing school uniforms.
Note: This image also contains partial caption information for a different photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Jessie Bitter and Jemima Two Elks [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_049a.jpg?itok=mGXPXOFL "Jessie Bitter and Jemima Two Elks [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Jessie Bitter (at left) and Jemima Two Elks (at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Perry Tsamanwa [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_097b.jpg?itok=VsrC0_sN "Perry Tsamanwa [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Perry Tsamanwa wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Robert Tome [?], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_025b.jpg?itok=uUD1M6Ds "Robert Tome [?], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Robert Tome [?] in school uniform.
Note: This student was previous identified as Robert Thomas. There are no records of a student with that name so it seems likely that he is Robert Tome.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alexander Upshaw.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Levi St. Cyr [version 3], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_055a.jpg?itok=RhOr-arq "Levi St. Cyr [version 3], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Kate Stocker and Jessie Spread Hands.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree) [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_020c.jpg?itok=vhTPPKrp "Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree) [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Norman Casadore and Stephen Smith [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_078b.jpg?itok=qQu_1_dz "Norman Casadore and Stephen Smith [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Norman Casadore (standing) and Stephen Smith (sitting).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of J. Grover Ground wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Janette Woods (Pahgostatum) wearing school uniform.
Note: This image also contains caption information for a different photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Albert Silas wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Jimmie McAdams and Willie Norkok [?], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73989.jpg?itok=wYU_46HS "Jimmie McAdams and Willie Norkok [?], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Jimmie McAdams and Willie Norkok [?], one wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Ezra Ricker and Quincy Adams.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: [Nellie Robertson] (5248) (16)
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Mack Short Neck (Red Wolf).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Otto Zotoum (standing at left) and Stacy Matlock (seated at right). Matlock is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Percy Zadoka.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Invincible Society [version 2], 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_008.jpg?itok=HkOV9TpC "Invincible Society [version 2], 1890")
Portrait of a large group of male students, some holding instruments, with a white man in the center of the bottom row. They are posed on the front steps of a building on the school grounds. The caption states that this is the student group, "Invincible Society, 1890."
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-008 and 10-B-32. The latter copy identifies this group as the Invincible Literary Society.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jane Willis and Isabella Willis, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Levi St. Cyr [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NARA_1327_b134_f5259_0001combined.jpg?itok=JxOttXPx "Levi St. Cyr [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr holding a hat.
The caption reads: LEVI ST CYR, WINNEBAGO. Entered Carlisle 1887, aged 16. Graduated 1891; learned the Printer's trade, and is now Assistant Printer in the Carlisle School Office - Is also a member of the band.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of William Ellis wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution