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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![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
![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
Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf, Levi Levering, and Harvey Warner.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Eyawat.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Otto Wells [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74399.jpg?itok=GWCZy1Kk "Otto Wells [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Otto Wells.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates Wells is wearing a club ribbon with the date 1884 and a medal dated 1884.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Levi Levering [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_020b.jpg?itok=FawUWCuU "Levi Levering [version 2], c.1884")
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
![Louise Wilson [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74091.jpg?itok=99cNDu7U "Louise Wilson [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Louise Wilson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Mary K. Marmon, Lena Carr, and Harry Marmon [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-PC-004-f23.jpg?itok=Uo-Kp_kT "Mary K. Marmon, Lena Carr, and Harry Marmon [version 2], c.1884")
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
![Louise Wilson [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_066b.jpg?itok=jNdMZDIj "Louise Wilson [version 2], c.1884")
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
![Fred Big Horse and Clarence White Thunder [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73911.jpg?itok=51PJAjfb "Fred Big Horse and Clarence White Thunder [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Fred Big Horse and Clarence White Thunder, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Arnold Woolworth [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_010a.jpg?itok=WQmRAwLF "Arnold Woolworth [version 2], c.1884")
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 Mack Kutepi wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Dorian in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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
![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
![Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74026.jpg?itok=leHBhayh "Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez. All are wearing school uniforms.
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
![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
![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