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 Nicholas Ruleau.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Sophia Metoxen and Katie Metoxen.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Alexander Yellow Wolf and Frank Shane [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_018b.jpg?itok=g9yU89JD "Alexander Yellow Wolf and Frank Shane [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Alexander Yellow Wolf and Frank Shane.
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
![Hugh Leider [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_048a.jpg?itok=CxK6e4Db "Hugh Leider [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Hugh Leider wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Alexander Yellow Wolf and Frank Shane [version 2], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74185.jpg?itok=xgSM3-mp "Alexander Yellow Wolf and Frank Shane [version 2], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Alexander Yellow Wolf and Frank Shane.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Eustace Esapoyhet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Luther Dah-hah wearing school uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Luther Dah-hah.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a group of four female students with an older Native American man. The original caption identifies them as "Chihuahua and Apache."
Based on comparison with other photographs, Cumberland County Historical Staff have suggested that the student seated in the front is Lucy Tsisnah and that the students in the back row, from left to right are Janette Woods (Pahgostatum), Naomi Merkel (Kohten), and Annette Suison. Those identifications are preliminary.
A researcher has identified the man in the front row as Chief Chihuahua and the female student as his daughter Ramona.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Albert Anderson (left) and Theron Lears (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Harry Kohpay in uniform (probably band uniform) holding drum sticks.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Garry Myers [?], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74059.jpg?itok=iGV2TiXR "Garry Myers [?], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Garry Myers [?].
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Thomas Woodman and an unidentified male student, both wearing school uniforms.
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 Thomas Kose.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Albert Anderson (left) and John Morrison (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Harry Kohpay, Lyman Kennedy, Morgan Toprock, and Ralph Naltuey, all wearing baseball uniforms with variations of "YA" on the front.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Hugh Leider [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73966.jpg?itok=msyWH6VY "Hugh Leider [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Hugh Leider wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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
![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 Peter Cornelius (left) and Edwin Schanandore wearing athletic clothing, holding a baseball mitt and ball.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![William Crazy Bull [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2074203.jpg?itok=M3AhvTG7 "William Crazy Bull [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of William Crazy Bull wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of James R. Wheelock and Celicia Wheelock. James is wearing a school uniform.
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 Thomas Skenandore, Adam Metoxen, and James R. Wheelock. Two are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution