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 sixteen male students and three female students. The caption identifies them as from the Arapaho tribe.
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 Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree).
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 Jane Willis and Isabella Willis, both probably wearing school uniforms.
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 William Ellis wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lillie Wind.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-074d and PA-CH2-013c.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James R. Wheelock.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Margaret Yates.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Otto Zotoum, Levi St. Cyr, Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and John Tyler.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Otto Zotoum, Levi St. Cyr, Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and John Tyler.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Henry Standing Bear, and Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 Garry Myers [?].
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of a large group of male students, some in uniform, some not, posed on the school grounds with fence and trees in background. There is a white man in the center of the group. The caption states that this is the student group, "Standard Society, 1890."
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 Knox Nostlin wearing school uniform.
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
Studio portrait of Sarah Walker.
Note: In the Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Omaha and Winnebago Agency, September 19, 1890, a check mark appears next to the entry for Sarah Walker. Sarah Walker is the only student listed on this document who is not also listed in the admissions ledger, so it seems likely that, for whatever reason, Sarah Walker did not actually enroll at Carlisle.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Morgan Toprock (left) and Jonas Place (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 portait of Fred Big Horse (right) and Felix Iron Eagle Feather (left), both wearing baseball clothing.
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 seven visiting chiefs with two older Native American men (possibly also chiefs) and three male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution