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 Carrie Cornelius (left) and Marian King (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Abraham Lone Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Group of male and female student printers [version 1], c.1894](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/74290.jpg?itok=ApIXozUT "Group of male and female student printers [version 1], c.1894")
Studio portrait of a large group of male and female students with a white male teacher in the center of the group. The caption identifies them as students who worked in the print shop.
One copy of this image has the sitters identified. They are, back row, left to right: William Denomie, Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth, Timothy Henry, W.R. Claudy (Assistnt Printer), John Sanborn, Luther Dahhah, William Dominick, William Lufkins, Sibbald Smith, Clark Gregg; middle row, left to right: Fred A. Wilson, Siceni Nori, Philp Lavatta, Levi Saint Cyr (Foreman), M. Burgess (Sup't of Printing), James Riley Wheelock, Thomas Hanbury, Brigman, John Webster; front row, left to right: George Buck, Pressly Houk, Susie McDougal, Alice Lambert, Ida LaChapelle, James Hill, Samuel Six Killer.
W. Clandy and Marianna Burgess were staff members.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Maggie Simpson and Kate Stocker.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Hiram Blackchief (left) and Edwin Moore (right)
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Delos Lone Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Amelia Kills the Bull.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Christine (also known as Tenie) Wirth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Elmer Simon wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ella Rickert and Mary Wilkinson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Amy Johnson and Lucy Lowin.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Daniel Osage West posed with a bicycle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Lufkins.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Fleety Payne and Lillie Payne, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mamie Blue Jacket.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Matthew Johnson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of David McFarland wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Thomas Stewart (left) and Nelson Hare (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of three unidentified male students seated at a table stacked with books. Behind them is a banner which reads "Standard En Avant." They may be members of the Standard Debating Society.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs and students [version 2], 1894](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_101.jpg?itok=lRIehyog "Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs and students [version 2], 1894")
Studio portrait of two visiting chiefs with ten male student and ten female students.
Previous cataloging for the National Anthropological Archives version of this image indicates they are Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs and students and that it was taken in March 1894.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Quanah Parker and Lone Wolf with a group of students [version 2], 1894](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_105.jpg?itok=sgU6JWLO "Quanah Parker and Lone Wolf with a group of students [version 2], 1894")
Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Quanah Parker (seated in the middle row) and Lone Wolf (standing in the back row, third from the left) with three female students and six male students. The wife of Quanah Parker, Tonarcy, is seated next to him in the center of the photo.
The National Anthropological Archives version of this image has the date March 1894 scratched into the glass plate.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Quanah Parker and Lone Wolf with a group of students [version 1], 1894](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74266.jpg?itok=3MKZD4ZR "Quanah Parker and Lone Wolf with a group of students [version 1], 1894")
Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Quanah Parker (seated in the middle row) and Lone Wolf (standing in the back row, third from the left) with three female students and six male students. The wife of Quanah Parker, Tonarcy, is seated next to him in the center of the photo.
Previous cataloging indicates a date of March 1894 is scratched into this glass plate.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Kiowa Chief Lone Wolf with his sons, William Lone Wolf (seated left) and Delos Lone Wolf (standing left) and another student (standing right), c.1895.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs and students [version 1], 1894](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73830.jpg?itok=dtjauXsj "Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs and students [version 1], 1894")
Studio portrait of two visiting chiefs with ten male students and ten female students.
Previous cataloging indicates that these are Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs and students, and that the date of the photo is March 1894.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Josephine Lane [?], 1894](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73886.jpg?itok=3VQp5eXL "Josephine Lane [?], 1894")
Studio portrait of Josephine Lane [?] wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution