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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![Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73400.jpg?itok=NpzZdKna "Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Andrew Medler wearing school uniform.
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
![Julia Long and Lizzie Hill [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73638.jpg?itok=lu5bCC08 "Julia Long and Lizzie Hill [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Julia Long (left) and Lizzie Hill (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of David Abraham dressed in a uniform, probably a band uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: David Abraham
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Benjamin American Horse wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified female students wearing school uniforms. A handwritten caption identifies them as "Apache girls."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified female students wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Percy Zadoka.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified female students wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified female students wearing school uniforms.
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 Perry Laravie.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Alice Leeds.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James Paints Yellow and Dell Whiting.
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 Clarence White Thunder and an unidentified young man.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Sarah Ninham, Melinda Thomas, and Marian King, all probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of George Ell (seated at left), Philip Lavatta (standing center), and Charles Buck (seated at right, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Wood Nashozey and three unidentified male Apache students (all wearing school uniforms). The small boy in the center may be Ambrose Chachu.
Note: A researcher has identified Wood Nashozey as sitting at left, standing is Clement Seanilzay, sitting at right is Frederick Skahsejah.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified female students wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree) [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74404.jpg?itok=60-rzonp "Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree) [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Colton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Rose Aubrey and Alice Aubrey.
Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Rose and Alice Aubrey.
Note: Rose was one year younger than Alice, and so is probably the girl on the left.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution