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 Lydia Gardner.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Robert Tome [?] in school uniform.
Note: This student was previous identified as Robert Thomas. There are no records of a student with that name so it seems likely that he is Robert Tome.
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
Studio portrait of Perry Tsamanwa wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Susan Summers and Alice Sheffield, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of David Hodgson (standing) and Frank Shane (seated). Hodgson is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer, George Scott, and George Vallier. Two are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Co-zed (Below).
Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Below Cozed.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Harry Kohpay, Robert Penn, and Paul Lovejoy, all wearing athletic attire and posing with baseball equipment.
Note: The identificaiton of Robert Penn is preliminary.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of nine male students, identified by the caption as being from the Nez Perce nation.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joe Pawnee.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Peter Cornelius wearing a uniform holding a cornet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of seven male students with one white boy. The caption for the National Anthropological Archives version of this image identifies the white boy as John Nisley. Cumberland County Historical Society cataloging identifies the students as being from the Crow Nation. Richard Wallace is standing in the center, and George Thomas is standing on the right.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Peter Cornelius wearing a uniform and holding a cornet.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Edward Davis wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Co-zed (Below).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Benjamin Caswell
Handwritten caption along side of image probably reads: Benjamin Caswell.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of thirteen unidentified male students and twelve unidentified female students dressed formally and posed on the school grounds.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Luther Dah-hah.
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 sixteen male students and three female students. The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging identifies them as from the Arapaho nation. No date is provided.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of twelve young male students, all in school uniforms. The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging identifies them as "Pueblo and other Indian students."
The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle Barracks, PA has a copy of this image (Carlisle Indian Industrial School Photograph Collection, Box 1, Folder 18) which identifies them as "12 unidentified Chiricahua Apaches boys four months after their arrival, circa 1886."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Martin Round Face, Charles Clawson, and an unidentified young man.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
A composite of 16 photographs of the school. The captions read: Small Boys’ Quarters, Ass’t. Supt’s. Quarters, Superintendent’s Quarters, Chapel, Guard House, Hospital, Disciplinarian’s Quarters, Band Stand, After School, School Building, Large Boys’ Quarters, Christmas Dinner, School Room, Office & Teachers’ Quarters, Gymnasium, Girls’ Quarters, Girls’ Industrial Hall and Dining-room, Shops.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Louis Caswell (left) and Benjamin Caswell (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution