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 Fred Penn wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Andrew Light.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sarah Kennedy.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Melinda Porter.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mary Wilkinson wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Wood-cutting class [version 2], c.1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_063b.jpg?itok=M_fffqCg "Wood-cutting class [version 2], c.1893")
Studio portrait of eleven students, six male students and five female students, identified in the caption as being the "Wood-cutting class."
The wood cutting class is referenced in the school paper in January 1893.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Jerome Kennerly [version 2], c.1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_048a.jpg?itok=x8JHR-Mu "Jerome Kennerly [version 2], c.1893")
Studio portrait of Jerome Kennerly.
Note: Kennerly was six years old when he arrived at the school in 1893.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Louisa Pinkham wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nelson Porter and George Martin.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ella Rickert probably wearing school uniform.
Note: This image also contains caption information for a different photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lizzie Hill.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Hayes Williams.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lucy Cloud and Sarah Williams, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Bemus Pierce.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Richard Grant wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mary Nelson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alpha Scott.
Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portarit of Nellie Eagle Child.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Bunn Armstrong.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mary Cut Foot probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charles Cusick.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of John Morrison, Martin Round Face, and James Waldo. Two of them are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sophia American Horse, Alice American Horse, and Hattie Eagle Horn, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joseph Culbertson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Emmeline McLane and Celinda Metoxen.
Note: This image contains partial caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society