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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Carlisle Indian School student body around 1885, with the Superintendent's House in background.
Dickinson College has another copy of this image cataloged as CIS-P-0078.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Laban Locojim [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_082c.jpg?itok=GyNMIucV "Laban Locojim [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Laban Locojim wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Everett and Percy Zadoka.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Stacy Matlock and William Morgan [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74109.jpg?itok=sbyKTmMJ "Stacy Matlock and William Morgan [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock (standing at left) and William Morgan (seated at right), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Dana Long Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Henry Ouita (left) and Kise Williams (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Arnold Woolworth and Casper Edson [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74200.jpg?itok=4rGD5DW0 "Arnold Woolworth and Casper Edson [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth (left) and Casper Edson (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Work Together and Brian Early Bird.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Cyrus Windy [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74199.jpg?itok=iJhaQi40 "Cyrus Windy [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Cyrus Windy.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two male students, one in school uniform.
Note: Based on other images and the handwritten caption, that the student on the left is Theodore North. The student on the right is currently unidentified.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Lois Pretty Scalp [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73769.jpg?itok=w4_NHjBT "Lois Pretty Scalp [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Lois Pretty Scalp.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper, and Justin Head [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73731.jpg?itok=3BnLlwPV "Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper, and Justin Head [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper (George Nyruah), and Justin Head, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Tom Torlino [version #1], 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73296.jpg?itok=Q62ux6ya "Tom Torlino [version #1], 1885")
Studio portrait of Tom Torlino.
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has four copies of this image: PA-CH2-004b, 12-26-04, BS-CH-12, and US-50b.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![James H. Miller and Francis Ortiz [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73710.jpg?itok=7dvLPXSq "James H. Miller and Francis Ortiz [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Francis Ortiz (standing at left) and James H. Miller (seated at right). Ortiz is in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Frank West [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73792.jpg?itok=pu4gS7xI "Frank West [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Frank West.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Joarclores, Arapaho chief [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_096b.jpg?itok=pLEcaWb_ "Joarclores, Arapaho chief [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Joarclores, an Arapaho chief.
Note: The caption for this image identifies the sitter only as an Arapaho chief. A name is provided in the National Anthropological Archives glass plate negative (Joalloras) and in another copy of this image from the Cumberland County Historical Society (13A-14-04) where it is either Joarclores or Joactoras. None of these names may be correct.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Max Spotted Tail. Sioux boy from Rosebud, Dakota.
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
![Ada Fox Catcher [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_092a.jpg?itok=rpkYV86X "Ada Fox Catcher [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Ada Fox Catcher probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Roland Fish (seated at left), Jonas Place, and an unidentified young man. Fish is in a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Stacy Matlock and William Morgan [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_098c.jpg?itok=oqlI7pkl "Stacy Matlock and William Morgan [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock (standing) and William Morgan, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Ada Fox Catcher [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73404.jpg?itok=L1j5kCw8 "Ada Fox Catcher [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Ada Fox Catcher probaby wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![James B. Garcia [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_078c.jpg?itok=lYcnvoCD "James B. Garcia [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of James B. Garcia.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![James B. Garcia [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74410.jpg?itok=WwRnzJ1G "James B. Garcia [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of James B. Garcia.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Nancy McIntosh [version 3], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_003c.jpg?itok=P_rJnDxp "Nancy McIntosh [version 3], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Nancy McIntosh.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Carl Matches.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society