Images

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 Clarence White Thunder and an unidentified young man. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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 Norman Casadore (standing) and Stephen Smith (sitting).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Perry Tsamanwa wearing school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Julia Long (left) and Lizzie Hill (right).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

A composite of 16 photographs of the school. The captions read: Small Boys’ Quarters, Ass’t. Supt’s. Quarters, Superintendent’s Quarters, Chapel, Guard House, Hospital, Disciplinarian’s Quarters, Band Stand, After School, School Building, Large Boys’ Quarters, Christmas Dinner, School Room, Office & Teachers’ Quarters, Gymnasium, Girls’ Quarters, Girls’ Industrial Hall and Dining-room, Shops.

The handwritten note reads: Buildings of Government Indian School at Carlisle, Pa.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: PA-CH2-022.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

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 Mack Short Neck (Red Wolf).

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of James One Star wearing school uniform and holding a hat. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Henry Old Eagle (standing at left) and Louis Crow on Head (seated at right), both wearing school uniforms and holding hats.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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 a young man wearing school uniform. The handwritten caption reads something like "Odella," and so we believe it is either Odell La Fleur (Colville Nation) or Odellah Ahtley (Apache Nation). 

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

Studio portrait of Knox Nostlin 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 Mishler family sits for a portrait around 1890. Two members of the Mishler family, Louis Jr. and Charles, would attend the Carlisle Indian School.

Standing, left to right: Charles Mishler, Louis Mishler Jr.

Sitting, left to right: Louis Mishler Sr., [unidentified], Margaret McCarthy Mishler

This image was digitized from the private collection of Pat Monroe, descendant of Louis Mishler.

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Private Collection

Studio portrait of Samuel Noble, Francis Garcia, Paul Good Bear (far right). Two are wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Ralph Naltuey and Lucius Bird, both holding hats.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Wallace Williams (left) and David Tipsico (right), both wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Daniel Jackson (left) and Wallace Williams (right), both wearing school uniforms and holding their hats. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

View of the school grounds looking east/northeast, probably taken from the porch of the School Building. On the left is the Teachers' Quarters, with a fence around the area behind the quarters. On the right is the Chapel. The Large Boys' Quarters is visible in the center in the distance. 

The Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections also has a copy of this image: CIS-MC-003, box 1, folder 13. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Robert Matthews.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

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 Jessie Bitter (left) and Jemima Two Elks (right). 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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