1880-1889

Studio portrait of Silas Childers wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of six male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Osage tribe. 

Cumberland County Historical Society Staff have identified Fred Lookout as the student in the front row, far right, based on comparison with other photos.

Studio portrait of six male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Osage tribe.

Cumberland County Historical Society Staff have identified Fred Lookout as the student in the front row, far right, based on comparison with other photos. 

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Studio portrait of Standing Bear, a Sioux chief, with his son, Luther Standing Bear.

Studio portrait of Standing Bear, a Sioux chief, with his son, Luther Standing Bear. 

Studio portrait of a visiting chief Standing Bear with eight male students and a young white boy. His son, Luther Standing Bear, is standing behind him on the right wearing a dark coat. 

Studio portrait of Standing Buffalo, a Ponca chief. 

The student newspaper records a visit by Standing Buffalo to the school in January of 1881, so that is probably when this photo was taken.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-063a and CS-CH-032.1-.2.

Three male students posed standing in the print shop with Marianna Burgess seated writing at a desk. 

View of students on school grounds with superintendent's quarters on the left and the girls' quarters on the right. 

Students working in the shoe shop with a table covered wtih boots in the center. 

Male students posed making buckets and watering cans and other objects in the tin shop, with a white male instructor observing. 

View of the Superintendent's Quarters with people, including probably Richard Henry Pratt, in front of the house and on the balconies. 

Ten male Creek students posed at the bandstand on the school grounds. All are wearing school uniforms. In the front row (from left to right) are: Almarine McKellop, Robert Stewart, Alexander McNac, Ellis Childers, Samuel Checote, and Corenlius Carr. In the back row (front left to right) are: Benjamin Marshall, James Bell, Samuel Scott, and…

Ten male Creek students posed at the bandstand on the school grounds. All are wearing school uniforms. In the front row (from left to right) are: Almarine McKellop, Robert Stewart, Alexander McNac, Ellis Childers, Samuel Checote, and Corenlius Carr. In the back row (front left to right) are: Benjamin Marshall, James Bell, Samuel Scott, and…

A studio portrait, taken in Philadelphia of Chief Left Hand and his son Grant, Chief Little Raven and daughter Anna, and Chief Yellow Bear and his daughter Minnie. 

Studio portrait of twelve unidentified male students, most in school uniforms. 

Previous cataloging identifies these students as being from the Arapaho nation. 

Studio portrait of a visiting Native American chief with four male students in school uniforms. 

Portrait of a group of visiting chiefs with white men posed in front of the bandstand on the school grounds. Richard Henry Pratt is at the far right in the back row.

Group portrait of nine Native American men, one white man, and two female students. Most of the Native American men are probably visiting chiefs. They are posed on the school grounds, in front of one of the dormitory buildings. 

Studio portrait of student White Buffalo in Native dress wearing a feathered headdress.

Studio portrait of student White Buffalo in Native dress wearing a feather headdress and holding a bow and arrow. 

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: White Buffalo. Cheyenne. Native dress.

 The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-003a and BS-CH-001a…

The caption reads: WHITE BUFFALO – CHEYENNE.  AT CARLISLE '81–'84.

This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).

Studio portrait of White Buffalo wearing Native clothing including feathered headdress and holding a bow and arrow.

Studio portrait of Yellow Bear and his daughter, Minnie Yellow Bear. 

Studio portrait of Yellow Bear and his daughter, Minnie Yellow Bear.