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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![Benajah Miles, Martin Archiquette, and Frank Smith [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74186.jpg?itok=9UPAinmc "Benajah Miles, Martin Archiquette, and Frank Smith [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Benajah Miles, Martin Archiquette (center), and Frank Smith.
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 Esther Johnson, Eva Johnson, Arthur Johnson, and Artie Smith. Arthur is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Burdett Tsis-nah.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Florence Miller and Orpha Miller [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74212.jpg?itok=1ogKU28T "Florence Miller and Orpha Miller [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Florence Miller and Orpha Miller.
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 Eustace Esapoyhet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio picture of Francis Ortiz wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Kate Stocker Ledants Spotted Horse, and Lydia Harrington [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74075.jpg?itok=c5iZ54L4 "Kate Stocker, Ledants Spotted Horse, and Lydia Harrington [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Kate Stocker, Ledants Spotted Horse, and Lydia Harrington.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lawrence Smith (standing) and Abner St. Cyr (seated).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Zippa Metoxen.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Fanny Bird wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Brule Iron Eagle Feather, holding a hat and leaning on an umbrella.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Naomi Merkel (Kohten).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jennie Mitchell (probably standing at left) and Jennie Dubray (probably seated at left).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
A group of sixteen female employees posed on the school grounds. All of the sitters, except one, are identified on the back of the photo.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Union Debating Society [version 1], c. 1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73833.jpg?itok=urEuQTv- "Union Debating Society [version 1], c. 1888")
Portrait of a large group of unidentified male students, most in school uniforms, posed on the steps of one of the school buildings.
The Cumberland County Historial Society has a print of this image which identifies the group as the Union Debating Society.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joel Tyndall.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the date February 1889.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Arrow Running Horse.
Previous cataloging indicates a date of February 1889 is part of the handwritten caption.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Burdett Tsis-nah and Giles Lancy, one wearing school uniform.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes a date of March 1879. However, that date cannot be correct. Based on the students' enrollment dates, it is more likely the date is March 1889.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of three male students, two in uniform, with a white man with a large handlebar mustache. The caption identifies the man as J.M. Woodburne. The school paper notes that Dr. Woodburne "of the Rosebud Agency" visited the school in March of 1889.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Frederick Dangerous Eagle [version 1], 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74201.jpg?itok=hWkP279E "Frederick Dangerous Eagle [version 1], 1889")
Studio portrait of Frederick Dangerous Eagle wearing school uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Fred D. Eagle, March 1889.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Frederick Dangerous Eagle [version 2], 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_100b.jpg?itok=tH4k32wK "Frederick Dangerous Eagle [version 2], 1889")
Studio portrait of Frederick Dangerous Eagle wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Carrie Deroin probably wearing school uniform. A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Carrie Deroin, March 1889.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of seventeen unidentified male students and three unidentified female students. The caption identifies them as Miss Seabrook's class and provides a date of June 1889.
School records show Alice M. Seabrook was a teacher at the school from 1885 to 1889.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution