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 Lizzie Dubray.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of twelve male students in school uniforms.
Previous cataloging interprets part of the caption as saying student Howard Logan is in this group.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![John Elm [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_085c.jpg?itok=Hs6QxN2o "John Elm [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of John Elm.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![John Elm [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74347.jpg?itok=VphlRDhk "John Elm [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of John Elm.
A handwritten caption written along the side of the image probably reads: John Elm.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Robert Big Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Irene Horse Looking [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_055b.jpg?itok=cUmMBgRg "Irene Horse Looking [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Irene Horse Looking possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Seven male students [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/BS-CH-032_front%20smaller.jpg?itok=yF3X6z3s "Seven male students [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Luke Phillips, Howard Logan, Frank Lock, Samuel Townsend, Roland Fish, Henry Kendall, and Richard Davis. All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Irene Horse Looking [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73402.jpg?itok=-pS6l2FU "Irene Horse Looking [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Irene Horse Looking possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Eben Beads and Brian Early Bird wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Thirteen male student printers [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0077.jpg?itok=hpDCdQMF "Thirteen male student printers [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of thirteen male students wearing school uniforms.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: 1. Bennie Thomas, Pueblo Tribe, 2. Lorenzo Martinez, Pueblo, 3. Willie Butcher, Chippewa, 4. C. P. Cornelius, Oneida, 5. Dennison Wheelock, Oneida, 6. Samuel Townsend, Pawnee, 7. Richard Davis, Cheyenne, 8. Howard Logan, Winnebago, 9. Yamie Leeds, Pueblo, 10. Paul Boynton, Arapahoe, 11. John D. Miles, Cheyenne, 12. Benajah Miles, Arapahoe, 13. Joe B. Harris, Gros Ventre.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: CS-CH-078.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Siceni Nori wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Rose White Thunder (left) and Hope Blue Teeth (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Chauncey Yellow Robe [version 2], c. 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0025.jpg?itok=vSAsI45e "Chauncey Yellow Robe [version 2], c. 1886")
Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe) wearing school uniform.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has two copies of this print: PA-CH1-057Ba and CS-CH-018.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Walter Analla (standing at left) and Siceni Nori (seated at right), both wearing school uniforms.
Note: The identification of the students pictured is preliminary.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: James B. Garcia and Santiago
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
![Strike Axe, visiting chief [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_036b.jpg?itok=7aZNxAK5 "Strike Axe, visiting chief [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Strike Axe, a visiting Osage chief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Henry Morning wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Hill.
Note: When he arrived at Carlisle, Hill was known as George Washington. He is also known as George W. Hill.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Adam Metoxen (standing) and John Elm (seated), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Plenty Living Bear wearing school uniform.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Plenty Living Bear
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.
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: PA-CH1-064d.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Thomas Metoxen.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Wilkie Sharp.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-063c and PA-CH1-078e.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Justin Head and Donald Water. Both are wearing what appear to be cadet hats, but not school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Joshua Given and Julia Given [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74134.jpg?itok=Ye_xybXn "Joshua Given and Julia Given [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Joshua Given and Julia Given.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Levi Levering and Laban Locojim.
Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society