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 Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and Henry Standing Bear the day after they entered the school on November 15, 1883.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: 1 Wounded Yellow Robe, 3 Timber Yellow Robe, and 2 Henry Standing Bear.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and Henry Standing Bear on November 15, 1883. Wounded Yellow Robe is seated at left, Henry Standing Bear is standing in the center, and Chauncey Yellow Robe is seated at right.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of twenty-five female students posed on the school grounds, some in native clothing. One of the students appears to be Rose White Thunder who arrived on November 14, 1883 with a large group from the Sioux nation (Rosebud reservation).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Henry Standing Bear, shortly after his arrival, wearing native clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of eighteen students, eleven male and seven female. The caption identifies them as Miss Coats' class.
School records show Carrie Coats taught at the school in 1884.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a female student and a male student, both wearing school uniforms, identified in the caption as being a brother and sister from the Laguna nation.
Based on comparison with other photographs, these are almost certainly Walter and Maria Analla.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Stailey Norcross (standing at left), Samuel Keryte (seated in center), and Lorenzo Martinez (standing at right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Standing Bear and Red Fish with three male students and two female students. The male students are probably Luther Standing Bear, Willard Standing Bear, and Henry Standing Bear. One of the female students is probably Victoria Standing Bear.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of three young male students in uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of twenty-four female students, many wrapped in plaid shawls or blankets, posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds.
There may be another student at the far right of the bottom right; if there is, then there are twenty-five students in the picture.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Cecilia Londrosh, both wearing white pinafore aprons over school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Nicholas Ruleau.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of three male students and four female students.
The caption on the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies the students as being from the Pueblo nation. Staff at CCHS identified three students based on comparisons with other photographs: seated, from left to right, Harry Marmon, Francis H. Ortiz, and James B. Garcia.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of George W. Hill.
Note: The handwritten caption identifies this sitter as George Washington. When he first arrived at the school that was the name Hill was known by.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Kish Hawkins (at left), Kias Red Wolf (in center), and Clarence Wolf Face (at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Levi Levering.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-020b and CS-CH-013.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Louise Wilson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mary K. Marmon (seated), Lena Carr (standing in center), and Harry Marmon (standing at right).
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mrs. Marmon, Lena Carr, Harry Marmon.
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Student Mary K. Marmon was also known as Mrs. Walter Marmon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Louise Wilson wearing school uniform.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-066b and CS-CH-011.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Rose White Thunder, posed in profile.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Fred Big Horse and Clarence White Thunder, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charlie Bird and Conway Two Cuts. Bird is probably standing and Two Cuts is probably seated and wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Tivis.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charles Damon, Stailey Norcross, Wood Nashozey, and George S. Watchman. Damon was the youngest, and so is presumably the student at back left wearing a school uniform. Norcross is standing at right, Watchman is probably seated at left and Nashozey is probably seated at right.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
