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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![Lucy Black Shortnose [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74268.jpg?itok=tRv_Vufx "Lucy Black Shortnose [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose wearing a school-issued print dress.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Ernest (Knocks Off) [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73387.jpg?itok=f0o21tfJ "Ernest (Knocks Off) [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Ernest (Knocks Off) wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Etadleuh Doanmoe.
The caption reads: Etahdleuh
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Walter Matches [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73315.jpg?itok=Ftd4esdZ "Walter Matches [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Walter Matches.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of John Primaux.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74254.jpg?itok=D7Ji0IWq "Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise, both wearing school-issued print dresses.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Five Sioux girls [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74321.jpg?itok=PIuYO9fI "Five Sioux girls [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Ruth (Looking Woman), Hattie Long Wolf, Anna Laura, Grace Cook, and Stella Berht.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Stella Berht.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Left Hand and his son, U.S. Grant (Grant Left Hand) [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74311.jpg?itok=k_iALsre "Left Hand and his son, U.S. Grant (Grant Left Hand) [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Left Hand and his son, U.S. Grant (Grant Left Hand). Grant is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Iron Wing, a Sioux chief.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has four copies of this image: PA-CH1-011b and CS-CH-036.1-.3.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Fanny and Dora both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Five Sioux girls [version 2], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_023a.jpg?itok=BPucSOWQ "Five Sioux girls [version 2], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Ruth (Looking Woman), Hattie Long Wolf, Anna Laura, Grace Cook, and Stella Berht.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has six copies of this image: CS-CH-066, PA-CH1-023a, and 10-B-12.1-.4.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of David Blue Teeth (standing) and his sister Hope Blue Teeth (seated). David is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Ernest (Knocks Off) [version 2], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_017a.jpg?itok=i2kDj7nF "Ernest (Knocks Off) [version 2], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Ernest (Knocks Off) wearing school uniform.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-017a and CS-CH-019.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Sheldon Jackson, Harvey Townsend, and John Shields [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73447.jpg?itok=Ipgh7A_S "Sheldon Jackson, Harvey Townsend, and John Shields [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Sheldon Jackson (left), Harvey Townsend (center), and John Shields (right), all wearing native clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Hugh (Running Horse) wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Students Samuel High Bear and Guy (Bear Don't Scare) working at the bakery. This is a posed photo of them loading loaves of bread on a wheelbarrow outside the bakery.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has four copies of this image: PA-CH1-084c and CS-CH-099.1-.3.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Hattie Long Wolf (Hattie Porcupine).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Raymond Stewart.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Joseph Wisecoby and Moses Nonway [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74314.jpg?itok=-4RIMn7k "Joseph Wisecoby and Moses Nonway [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Joseph Wisecoby and Moses Nonway, both wearing school uniforms and holding hats.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lizzie Walton, probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Bob Tail and his son Joseph Bobtail [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73319.jpg?itok=SUi24qWb "Bob Tail and his son Joseph Bobtail [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Bob Tail and his son, Joseph Bobtail, who is wearing school uniform. There is an illegible handwritten caption along the side of the image.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise [version 2], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_016c.jpg?itok=mnYMyePA "Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise [version 2], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise, both wearing school-issued print dresses.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Son of the Star, an Arickaree Chief, also known as Santa Fe Star.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has five copies of this image: PA-CH1-018a, CS-CH-031.1-.2, 12-11-01, and 00325C#04.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Justine La Framboise [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0050.jpg?itok=qhm4nhe9 "Justine La Framboise [version 1], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Justine La Framboise.
The handwritten note reads: Justine.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: No 48 Justine La Framboise from Sisseton Agency Dakota
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections