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 Emma Seowitsa.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Justin Shedee wearing a uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lucy Ramon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Grace Red Eagle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Phoebe Howell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jemima Wheelock (probably left) and Celicia Wheelock (probably right).
Note: The handwritten caption along the top of this image is very difficult to read, but one of the names appears to be Wheelock. Identification of the sitters is preliminary based on comparison with other images.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Johnson Webster (left) and James R. Wheelock (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jeanette Rice
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Talbot Goday.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joe Stewart.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of seven male and seven female students, the first graduating class in 1889.
The are, back row, left to right: Frank Dorian, Joel Tyndall, William F. Campbell, Edwin Schanandore, Thomas Wistar, Joseph B. Harris; middle row (seated), left to right: Kish Hawkins, Eva Johnson, Esther Miller, Lillie Cornelius, Julia Powlas; front row (seated), left to right: Clara Faber, Kate Grindrod, Cecilia Londrosh.
This image also appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 16.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-011 and 15-18-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Henry Old Eagle [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_021c.jpg?itok=VHbw_Ddh "Henry Old Eagle [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Henry Old Eagle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alene Conover.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Alene Conover.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jacob Cobmoosa and Frank Campeau both wearing school uniforms.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Jacob Cobmoosa and Frank Campeau.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Luther Dah-hah (right) and Lyman Kennedy (left), both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Baird and Angelina Baird.
The handwritten caption along the side of the image is probably: Angelina and William Baird.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Hiram Bailey dressed in school uniform. Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Hiram Bailey.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of David Hodgson, Joe Stewart, and Thomas Stewart, one wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Chester Cornelius [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_021a.jpg?itok=834mQnNq "Chester Cornelius [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Chester Cornelius.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Chester Cornelius [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74008.jpg?itok=uJ-iWavD "Chester Cornelius [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Chester Cornelius.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joshua Asher and Louis Bedell. A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Louis Bedell & Joshua Asher.
Note: Asher was three years older than Bedell. Therefore, it seems likely that it is Asher seated at left, and Bedell seated at right.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Richard Doanmoe, the son of students Etadleuh and Laura Doanmoe.
This image also contains caption information for a different photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charles Istee, Vincent Natalish, and Gail Marko. Two are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lawrence Toopher wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lois Pretty Scalp.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution