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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![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 Maggie Thomas.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joseph H. Hamilton holding a straw hat.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Amos Hamilton.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Stephen Reuben [version 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_033A.jpg?itok=KO0dolgP "Stephen Reuben [version 2], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Stephen Reuben wearing school uniform with a star-shaped pin.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Hugh Leider.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Otto Wells.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Thomas Flynn and John Kennedy.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lazarus Willis.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Thomas Guardipee wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Samuel Gruett.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Katie Grindrod.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Isaiah Wasaquam.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Thirteen male Osage students [version 1], 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74354.jpg?itok=2z5gvVAW "Thirteen male Osage students [version 1], 1891")
Studio photo of thirteen male students. They are identified in the caption of the Cumberland County Historical Society copy of this image as being "Osage group, 1891."
A researcher at the Cumberland County Historical Society identified the students in their copy of this image as, top row, left to right: Claude Smith, Frank Penn, Amos Osage, Daniel McDougan; middle row, left to right: Elias Stanton, Harry Kophay, Richard Rusk, Ben Harrison, Fred Penn; bottom row, left to right: David Copperfield, George Conner, Amos Hamilton, Edgar McCarthy.
There is no Claude Smith in the school records from the Osage nation. Either this is Sioux student Claude Smith or it is Osage student Chester Smith.
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
![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
![Ernest Hogee and Jason Betzinez [version 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_057c.jpg?itok=Sxjt7pUp "Ernest Hogee and Jason Betzinez [version 2], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Ernest Hogee (standing at left) and Jason Betzinez (seated at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Ernest Hogee and Jason Betzinez [version 1], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74191.jpg?itok=kCTf9Ejw "Ernest Hogee and Jason Betzinez [version 1], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Ernest Hogee (standing at left) and Jason Betzinez (seated at right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Celicia Wheelock, Ida Wheelock, James R. Wheelock, and Dennison Wheelock. James and Dennison are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Twenty-three Apache students [version 2], 1891Twenty-three Apache students [version 1], 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73540.jpg?itok=S14Qsi2Y "Twenty-three Apache students [version 1], 1891")
Studio portrait of fourteen male students and nine female students. The caption of the Cumberland County Historical Society identifies them as from the Apache nation and gives a date of 1891 for the image. Previous catloging for this version also says they are Apache students but says there is a date of 16 January 1892 in the caption.
Staff at the Cumberland County Historical Society have identified, based on comparison with other photographs, that the following students are in this group: Parker Whitney West, Ernest Hogee, Viola Zieh, Dorothy Dekhlikiseh, Naomi Merkel (Kohten), Janette Woods (Pahgostatum), Annette Suison, Oswald Smith, Jason Betzinez, and Gail Marko.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Albert White Wolf [version 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_052c.jpg?itok=QX37XIev "Albert White Wolf [version 2], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Albert White Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of visiting chief Two Strike.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Richard Davis, Nellie Aspenall, and their children [version 1], c. 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0063.jpg?itok=1Gb1MtV7 "Richard Davis, Nellie Aspenall, and their children [version 1], c. 1891")
Studio portrait of Richard Davis and his wife, Nellie Aspenall Davis, with their two daughters, Richenda and Mary. Richard and Nellie were former students who married at the school and became staff members. Their daughters were not enrolled at the school.
The handwritten note reads: Richard Davis (Cheyenne) Richenda - Mary Nannie Davis (Pawnee)
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Married at Carlisle Indian School and living there. 1894. This note does not reflect that date the photograph was taken, which, due to the ages of the daughters, was probably around 1891.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-054c and CS-CH-061.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Julia Bent [version 1], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74382.jpg?itok=e0V-5xmb "Julia Bent [version 1], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Julia Bent, probably wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Robert Horse.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society