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 Celicia Metoxen probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Donald McIntosh.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of David McFarland and Ben Harrison, both in band uniforms, holding musical instruments--one a saxophone and the other a cornet. McFarland is probably on the left holding a saxophone, and Harrison is probably on the right holding a cornet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nellie Barada.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Wood-cutting class [version 1], c.1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73414.jpg?itok=Ensfboa7 "Wood-cutting class [version 1], c.1893")
Studio portrait of five female students and six male students identified in the caption as being the wood cutting class.
The school newspaper referenced the wood cutting class in January 1893.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Seventeen male Sioux students [version 1], 1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73422.jpg?itok=pJ-5TwH7 "Seventeen male Sioux students [version 1], 1893")
Studio portrait of seventeen male students, some wearing school uniforms. The caption for this image identifies them as being from the Pine Ridge reservation. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society copy identifies them as being from the Sioux nation and provides a date of 1893.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Stailey Norcross.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Edward Marsden.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joel Moore and Cora Moore.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joseph C. Lujan wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Julia Dorris.
This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Philip Iron Tail wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Peter Howe.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nelson Hare.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Herbert Good Boy.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Eddie Running Crane.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Robert Horse.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Jerome Kennerly [version 1], c.1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0060.jpg?itok=J7LVrZJN "Jerome Kennerly [version 1], c.1893")
The handwritten note reads: Jerome Kennerly, Piegan
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School.
Cabinet card photo of Jerome Kennerly around the time he enrolled at Carlisle at age 6
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Amos Osage.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Scott Crane.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Paul Hayne (seated) and Clark Gregg (standing).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of eleven unidentified female students. The caption identifies them as The What-So-Ever circle.
The What-So-Evers were a "circle" or a subgroup of the female student group the King's Daughters.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH3-085 and 10-B-22. Caption on the back of the latter copy says that the photograph was taken for the leader of the group, Miss Shaffner.
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 an unidentified man.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society