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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The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Henry North
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.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Phillips White (Phillips Bob Tail).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of De Bett Cheynne Chief (seated) and Alexander Yellow Man (standing). Cheyenne Chief is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Minnie Yellow Bear.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-039d and PA-CH1-064c.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joe Stewart wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a visiting chief Augustine Vigil of the Jicarilla Apache.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image. This person is identified as "N. M. Apache" in the album (PA-CH1-092b) and as "Augustine" in BS-CH-004.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Frank Yates [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74408.jpg?itok=6tcOQHKB "Frank Yates [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Frank Yates wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Belle Yellow Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of five visiting chiefs, including Augustine Vigil (seated center) of the Jicarilla Apache.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![James H. Miller, Jane Vane, a female student and a visitor [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74318.jpg?itok=slhc1jDB "James H. Miller, Jane Vane, a female student and a visitor [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of James H. Miller, Jane Vane, an unidentified female student and a visitor, probably a Pueblo chief or family member.
Note: The male student was previously identified as Benjamin Thomas based on cataloging of this NAA negative. A researcher suggested that he is actually James H. Miller. The identification of Jane Vane comes from an annotation on the Cumberland County Historical Society's album copy.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Clarence White Thunder and Fred Big Horse [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_048a.jpg?itok=7SALB4nQ "Clarence White Thunder and Fred Big Horse [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Clarence White Thunder and Fred Big Horse, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Clarence White Thunder.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Kish Hawkins, Kias Red Wolf, and Clarence Wolf Face [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73351.jpg?itok=hA6-HzX9 "Kish Hawkins, Kias Red Wolf, and Clarence Wolf Face [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Kish Hawkins (left), Kias Red Wolf (center), and Clarence Wolf Face (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Eyawat.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![George Summers [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73793.jpg?itok=t05CWj0h "George Summers [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of George Summers.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mack Kutepi wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Carlisle Indian School Student Body [version 1], 1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73473.jpg?itok=G-IJXOmW "Carlisle Indian School Student Body [version 1], 1884")
Portrait of a very large group of male and female students, assembled in rows on the school grounds. The caption for this copy of the image and the copy at the Cumberland County Historical Society both identify this as the student body of the school in 1884. The caption on the Historical Society copy says there are 375 students in the group.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Cook, Grace Cook, and Hope Blue Teeth [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_009c.jpg?itok=_Oz0yr1N "Cook, Grace Cook, and Hope Blue Teeth [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Cook, seated, with his daughter, Grace Cook standing at left and Hope Blue Teeth standing at right. Cook has an open photo album in his lap.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Fire Thunder wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Mabel Kelcusay [version 1], 1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73398.jpg?itok=qLFDwRBq "Mabel Kelcusay [version 1], 1884")
Studio portrait of Mable Kelcusay possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Mabel Kelcusay [version 2], 1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_005a.jpg?itok=0D27ekoi "Mabel Kelcusay [version 2], 1884")
Studio portrait of Mabel Kelcusay, possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Miss Coats' class [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73826.jpg?itok=Q8-KFQDN "Miss Coats' class [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of seven female and eleven male students. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies them as Miss Coats' class. School records show Carrie W. Coats taught at the school in 1884.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Henry Kendall.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Luther Kuhns wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Dorian in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution