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 Annie Boswell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lawney Shorty wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Chester Smith.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Julia Bent [version 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_055b.jpg?itok=cyqqmCqV "Julia Bent [version 2], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Julia Bent, probably wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Allie Blaine.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Louis Caswell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mary Beaulieu.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio of portrait of Jessie Bitter.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Minnie Yandell.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an Osage chief with three male students.
This chief is also in the group of Osage chiefs in PA-CH1-075b and on his own in PA-CH2-005b.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Simon King, Henry Williams, and Martin Christjohn [?], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74228.jpg?itok=z1BvpP0a "Simon King, Henry Williams, and Martin Christjohn [?], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Simon King (right), Henry Williams, and Martin Christjohn [?], all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lazarus Willis.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of visiting chief Hollow Horn Bear.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of visiting chief Two Strikes.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Thomas Kitewmi and Hugh Soucea.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Stephen Reuben [pose 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73613.jpg?itok=OWneIgSG "Stephen Reuben [pose 2], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Stephen Reuben in school uniform with star-shaped pin.
This photograph was almost definitely taken at the same time as the others linked to in Related Images.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Delia Randell (left) and Minnie Yandell (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Albert White Wolf [version 1], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73802.jpg?itok=KmUgNhGr "Albert White Wolf [version 1], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Albert White Wolf.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Malcolm Clark, Edward Clark, and Elmer Simon, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of visiting Osage chiefs with their interpreters.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has identified the following sitters based on comparison with other photos: standing, back row, left to right: James Bigheart, Ne-kah-ke-pah-nah, William Connor, Saucy Chief, and Ed Mathews; sitting, front row. left to right: Alvin Wood, Tall Chief, Strike Axe, and Black Dog.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ne-kah-ke-pah-nah, an Osage chief.
Newspapers record visits from the chief to Carlisle in 1891 and 1895.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ne-kah-ke-pah-nah, an Osage chief, with two unidentified male students.
Identification of the chief is based on comparison with CCHS PA-CH2-005c. He appears to have visited the school in 1891 and 1895.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of student Charles Smith (standing at left) with three visiting chiefs and one male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of James Grant, Richard Sanderville, William Ellis and an unidentified young man. Two are in school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Richard Sanderville wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution