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 Noah Lovejoy wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Teacher Mary Hyde and Indian School choir [version 1], 1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73388.jpg?itok=hNJVLQ7F "Teacher Mary Hyde and Indian School choir [version 1], 1884")
Studio portrait of instructor Mary Hyde and the Indian School choir, including male and female students in school uniforms.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society assigns a date of April 30, 1884 to their copy of this image. They also identified several students by comparison with other images: Luke Phillips (back row, second from the left), Luther Standing Bear (front row, far left), and Joshua Given (back row, third from left).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Irene Horse Looking and Henry Horse Looking.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Alice Neopet [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74285.jpg?itok=PCdksex2 "Alice Neopet [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Alice Neopet.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Julia Old Camp possibly 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
![View of the school grounds from the school building [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/12-07-04.jpg?itok=OrIDE8Jw "View of the school grounds from the school building [version 2], c.1884")
View of the school grounds looking east/northeast, probably taken from the porch of the School Building. On the left is the Teachers' Quarters, with a fence around the area behind the quarters. On the right is the Chapel. The Large Boys' Quarters is visible in the center in the distance.
The Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections also has a copy of this image: CIS-MC-003, box 1, folder 13.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Isaac Cutter 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
![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
![Lorenzo Bonito [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_059a.jpg?itok=KutiT8fz "Lorenzo Bonito [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Lorenzo Bonito wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![George W. Hill [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_001b.jpg?itok=Br7XUrzt "George W. Hill [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of George W. Hill.
Note: When he first entered the school, Hill was known as George Washington.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Nine Indian School students [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73782.jpg?itok=SNE9iKeq "Nine Indian School students [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of five male students and four female students.
They are, back row, left to right: Frank West, George Summers, Percy Zadoka, Warden Cleaver; front row, left to right: Annie Thomas, Minnie Yellow Bear, Pollock Spotted Tail, Hattie Longwolf, and Harriet Mary Elder.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Hope Blue Teeth.
Note: In its album, this photograph is captioned "Hope Lock." Hope Blue Teeth married fellow student Frank Lock, so that is her married name.
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
Studio portrait of Hattie Long Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Dolly Gould probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of George Fire Thunder wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Louis Big Horse, Elmer, Joel Chetopah, Embry Gibson, and Fred Lookout [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_057Bb.jpg?itok=i9J4pR9X "Louis Big Horse, Elmer, Joel Chetopah, Embry Gibson, and Fred Lookout [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Louis Big Horse (back row at left), Elmer (back row center), Joel Chetopah (back row at right), Embry Gibson (front row at left), and Fred Lookout (front row at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Adelia Lowe, probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![William Fletcher and his uncle, Old Crow [version 2], 1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_011a.jpg?itok=dLA7BkXw "William Fletcher and his uncle, Old Crow [version 2], 1884")
Studio portrait of William Fletcher (standing) and his uncle, Old Crow (seated). Old Crow is wearing a large overcoat.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lorenzo Bonito [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74044.jpg?itok=Ce1qLiEK "Lorenzo Bonito [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Lorenzo Bonito wearing school uniform. A partially obscured handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Lorenzo Barnte.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Mary K. Marmon, Lena Carr, and Harry Marmon [version 3], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_094a.jpg?itok=UU79nADr "Mary K. Marmon, Lena Carr, and Harry Marmon [version 3], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Mary K. Marmon (seated), Lena Carr (standing in center), and Harry Marmon (standing at right). Harry is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![William Fletcher and his uncle, Old Crow [version 1], 1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73601.jpg?itok=Usxpwen_ "William Fletcher and his uncle, Old Crow [version 1], 1884")
Studio portrait of William Fletcher (standing) and his uncle Old Crow (seated).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Paul Lovejoy wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society