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 portratit of Benjamin Caswell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Felix Iron Eagle Feather [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_087b.jpg?itok=u2puFnfz "Felix Iron Eagle Feather [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Felix Iron Eagle Feather.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Louis Caswell.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Nellie Carey [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74222.jpg?itok=634cwR_I "Nellie Carey [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Nellie Carey probably wearing school uniform with a patterned bow.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Nellie Carey [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_075a.jpg?itok=iQ3pLoEM "Nellie Carey [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Nellie Carey probably wearing a school uniform with a patterned bow.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charles Smith.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Carefelle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Philip Marshall, Mary Cut Foot, and Harrison Marshall.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Emmeline McLane.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Martino Vallo.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Large group of male students in front of YMCA building [version 2], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_040.jpg?itok=1W76-9vR "Large group of male students in front of YMCA building [version 2], 1892")
Portrait of a large group of male students in front of YMCA building, presumably the members of the YMCA. The date 1892 is written along the side of this image.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ernest Hogee.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Felix Iron Eagle Feather [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74088.jpg?itok=Cb1HsPpr "Felix Iron Eagle Feather [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Felix Iron Eagle Feather.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mark Hopkins.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![James Waldo [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_036C.jpg?itok=b5TjRWb7 "James Waldo [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of James Waldo.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of six female Nez Perce students and one young male Nez Perce student. All are wearing school uniforms.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society staff has identified some of the sitters based on comparison with other photographs . Front row (seated), from left to right: Alice Hayes, Jean Swan, [unknown], and Effie Spencer. Back row (standing), from left to right: [Unknown], Anna Parnell, and Julia Jonas.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Charlotte Wilson [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74099.jpg?itok=Z5BTYm7h "Charlotte Wilson [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Charlotte Wilson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Sarah Smith.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nancy Wheelock and Elijah Wheelock. Elijah is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Robert Tome [?], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_049d.jpg?itok=AC0EY4eb "Robert Tome [?], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Robert Tome [?].
Note: This original caption for this image identifies him as Robert Thomas (Caddo nation). There are no records of a student with that name. Therefore we believe it is Caddo student Robert Tome.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Alexander Manabove, Albert Sitting Eagle, and John Runninghorse [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_051b.jpg?itok=X3SOkMya "Alexander Manabove, Albert Sitting Eagle, and John Runninghorse [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove, Albert Sitting Eagle, and John Runninghorse.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Henrietta Fremont and Julia Jonas.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Albert Sitting Eagle [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_030C.jpg?itok=f0wrencL "Albert Sitting Eagle [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Albert Sitting Eagle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Samuel Tilden [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_035C.jpg?itok=6HXDCHSx "Samuel Tilden [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Samuel Tilden.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society