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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![Nine Chippewa students [version 1], 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74272.jpg?itok=SKou0mui "Nine Chippewa students [version 1], 1889")
Studio portrait of five unidentified male students and four unidentified female students.
Previous cataloging identifies them as from the Chippewa nation and provides a date of August 31, 1889 for the image.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Nina Carlisle (pose #1) [version 1], 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73801.jpg?itok=By7tVFvs "Nina Carlisle (pose #1) [version 1], 1889")
Studio portrait of Nina Carlisle.
Note: Information supplied by NAA for the image provides a date of November 1882. However, Nina was not at the school until 1889 and another image apparently taken on the same day was dated November 1889, so we believe that is also the date of this image.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Nina Carlisle.
Note: A faint handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Nina Carlisle Nov. 1889."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The Mishler family sits for a portrait around 1890. Two members of the Mishler family, Louis Jr. and Charles, would attend the Carlisle Indian School.
Standing, left to right: Charles Mishler, Louis Mishler Jr.
Sitting, left to right: Louis Mishler Sr., [unidentified], Margaret McCarthy Mishler
This image was digitized from the private collection of Pat Monroe, descendant of Louis Mishler.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Private Collection
Studio portrait of Paul Good Bear (standing) with Thomas W. Potter (seated).
Note: Potter was employed first as a teacher at the school from Oct. 1889 to Jan. 1890, and then as storekeeper from Feb. to Apr. 1890.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mark Evarts.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Graduating Class of 1890 [pose 2], 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74289.jpg?itok=NIA5QPMy "Graduating Class of 1890 [pose 2], 1890")
Studio portrait of thirteen male and five female students.
This appears to be a different version (people in different positions) of the graduating class of 1890. This is not the version that became the official photograph of the class.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Martin Round Face, Charles Clawson, and an unidentified young man.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Patrick Bitter [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74051.jpg?itok=PsNjC-T9 "Patrick Bitter [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Patrick Bitter holding a large light bowler hat.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Rose Aubrey and Alice Aubrey.
Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Rose and Alice Aubrey.
Note: Rose was one year younger than Alice, and so is probably the girl on the left.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Sarah Ninham, Melinda Thomas, and Marian King, all probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree) [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74404.jpg?itok=60-rzonp "Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree) [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Colton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of David Abraham dressed in a uniform, probably a band uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: David Abraham
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lillie Wind.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-074d and PA-CH2-013c.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Cora Poor Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joseph Ezhuna.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Eustace Esapoyhet, Frank Everett, and two unidentified young men.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Everett in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Emma Bull Bonnet and Sallie Face both probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Minnie Finley.
Note: This image also contains partial caption information for another photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73815.jpg?itok=XYPOR1zf "Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_088b.jpg?itok=EOTDhets "Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Emanuel Powless.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing glasses and a suit and tie.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Lydia Gardner.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society