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 two unidentified female students wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Robert Matthews [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73681.jpg?itok=3-1t7GF9 "Robert Matthews [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Robert Matthews.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified female students, one holding a circular fan.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Siceni Nori.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Twelve Cheyenne students [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73649.jpg?itok=m8eR77PS "Twelve Cheyenne students [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of nine male student and three female students. The caption identifies them as being from the Cheyenne nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Twenty Crow students [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73920.jpg?itok=M7UdM07p "Twenty Crow students [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of sixteen male students and four female students, all wearing school uniforms. Previous cataloging interprets the caption for this image, scratched into the plate, as saying they are from the Crow nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Graduating Class of 1890 [pose 1], 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0027.jpg?itok=KqTsUj1E "Graduating Class of 1890 [pose 1], 1890")
Studio portrait of thirteen male and five female students, the second graduating class in 1890.
They are, back row, left to right: William Tivis, Jemima Wheelock, Dennison Wheelock, Stacy Matlock, Levi Levering, Veronica Holliday, Benjamin Lawry; middle row, left to right: George Means, Howard Logan, George Vallier (standing), William Morgan (standing), Carl Leider, Percy Zadoka, Benjamin Thomas; front row, left to right: Lawrence Smith, Rosa Bourassa, Nellie Robertson, Julia Bent.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 17 and the Cumberland County Historical Society has four prints: PA-CH2-083, 10B-07-01, 11-A-01, and 15-21-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Lena Webster and Veronica Holliday.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Cynthia Webster and John Webster.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Isaac Webster and an unidentified male student, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students wearing uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Garry Myers [?], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74113.jpg?itok=ElxfzBqM "Garry Myers [?], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Garry Myers [?].
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of thirteen unidentified female students.
Note: Previous cataloging states the handwritten caption says they are from the La Pointe reservation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Louis Caswell and Benjamin Caswell [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_033C.jpg?itok=jC4sKzCu "Louis Caswell and Benjamin Caswell [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Louis Caswell (left) and Benjamin Caswell (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nellie Spruce.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lydia Gardner.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Sarah Walker [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch010.jpg?itok=vPY2NvWR "Sarah Walker [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Sarah Walker.
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
![Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_088b.jpg?itok=EOTDhets "Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73815.jpg?itok=XYPOR1zf "Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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
Studio portrait of Chapo Geronimo and an unidentified young man, both with decorative beaded canes.
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