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 Siceni Nori.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Peter Cornelius and William Baird [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch048.jpg?itok=GjXvJJYJ "Peter Cornelius and William Baird [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Peter Cornelius (at left) and William Baird (at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Julia Long and Lizzie Hill [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_053b.jpg?itok=DVI_-Aqa "Julia Long and Lizzie Hill [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Julia Long (on left) and Lizzie Hill (on right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Norman Casadore and Stephen Smith [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_078b.jpg?itok=qQu_1_dz "Norman Casadore and Stephen Smith [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Norman Casadore (standing) and Stephen Smith (sitting).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students wearing uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mack Short Neck (Red Wolf).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Assiniboine and Sioux students [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73474.jpg?itok=uSR5zPGh "Assiniboine and Sioux students [version 1], c.1890")
Portrait of male and female students posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds. The caption identifies them as being from the Fort Peck reservation. The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy identifies them as Assiniboine and Yankton Sioux from Fort Peck, Montana.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_056a.jpg?itok=jQeSI3FV "Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ezra Ricker and Quincy Adams.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Twelve Cheyenne students [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73649.jpg?itok=m8eR77PS "Twelve Cheyenne students [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of nine male student and three female students. The caption identifies them as being from the Cheyenne nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Twenty Crow students [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73920.jpg?itok=M7UdM07p "Twenty Crow students [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of sixteen male students and four female students, all wearing school uniforms. Previous cataloging interprets the caption for this image, scratched into the plate, as saying they are from the Crow nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Levi St. Cyr [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NARA_1327_b134_f5259_0001combined.jpg?itok=JxOttXPx "Levi St. Cyr [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr holding a hat.
The caption reads: LEVI ST CYR, WINNEBAGO. Entered Carlisle 1887, aged 16. Graduated 1891; learned the Printer's trade, and is now Assistant Printer in the Carlisle School Office - Is also a member of the band.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Lena Webster and Veronica Holliday.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Isaac Webster and an unidentified male student, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Cynthia Webster and John Webster.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified female students wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Jimmie McAdams and Willie Norkok [?], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73989.jpg?itok=wYU_46HS "Jimmie McAdams and Willie Norkok [?], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Jimmie McAdams and Willie Norkok [?], one wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Norman Casadore and Stephen Smith [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74202.jpg?itok=RD4M_-NE "Norman Casadore and Stephen Smith [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Norman Casadore (standing) and Stephen Smith (sitting).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Daniel Jackson (left) and Wallace Williams (right), both wearing school uniforms and holding their hats.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Six Sioux chiefs with six male students [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73427.jpg?itok=ueu4Rtme "Six Sioux chiefs with six male students [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of six visiting Sioux chiefs with six male students.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has another copy of this image and they have made the folowing identifications based on comparison with other photos: back row, second from the left, Chauncey Yellow Robe, third from the left, Horn Pipe; middle row, from left to right, Quick Bear, High Hawk, He Dog, Hollow Horn Bear, and Good Voice.
Previous cataloging interprets the handwritten caption for this image as containing the name Charles Smith. A Sioux student named Charles Smith did attend the school, overlapping with Chauncey Yellow Robe. He may be one of the other students here.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Seventeen print shop workers [version 1], 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73642.jpg?itok=G1EAdl6- "Seventeen print shop workers [version 1], 1890")
Studio portrait of seventeen male students, identified as "printer boys."
The National Anthropological Archives has two negatives of this image: NAA 73642 and NAA 73382.
The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image has the date 1890 in the caption.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Wallace Williams (left) and David Tipsico (right), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mawbeens Waymegance wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution