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 Justine La Framboise.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Otto Zotoum [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_038c.jpg?itok=cCpEix_7 "Otto Zotoum [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Otto Zotoum wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Phillips White (Phillips Bob Tail) [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73616.jpg?itok=OlghrGG4 "Phillips White (Phillips Bob Tail) [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Phillips White (Phillips Bob Tail).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Ernie Black.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Sun Boy [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73480.jpg?itok=MAtRx8Kt "Sun Boy [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Sun Boy, a Kiowa chief.
The school newspaper documents a visit by Sun Boy to the school in January 1885, but this photo appears to be from an earlier visit.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Adam McCarty [second pose], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-MC-005-f02.jpg?itok=6Pkizq0p "Adam McCarty [second pose], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Adam McCarty wearing school uniform.
The caption reads: Adam McCarthy
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Casper Edson wearing school uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Casper Edson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of a student identified as Alfred.
The caption reads: Alfred - 3
This is most likely Alfred Brown (Cheyenne, 1879-1883), but there is also a small chance it could be a student named Alfred who attended Carlisle a little later in the 1880s or 1890s.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-MC-005-f38.jpg?itok=YEp5VxLY "Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studi portrait of two unidentified male students wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth.
The caption reads: Arnold
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
The caption reads: Rob [?] and [illegible]
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Five young female Osage students [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_040a.jpg?itok=O6bDP4nd "Five young female Osage students [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of five young female students, all wearing school uniforms with white pinafores. They are Alice Long Pole, Julia Pryor, Metopa, Josephine Pryor, and Myrtie Tallchief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Elmer wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Engler.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Sun Boy [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_007a.jpg?itok=U0eV-is8 "Sun Boy [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Sun Boy, a Kiowa chief.
The school newspaper reported a visit by Sun Boy to the school in January 1885, but this photo appears to be from an earlier visit.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-007a and CS-CH-039.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Standing Bear (seated right), a Sioux chief, with his son Luther Standing Bear, and Red Fish (seated left), another Sioux chief.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: 1 Standing Bear, 2 Standing Bear’s Son Luther, 3 Red Fish. Sioux.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Frank Engler, William Fletcher, and Carl Matches [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_091a.jpg?itok=xOUBZkpP "Frank Engler, William Fletcher, and Carl Matches [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Frank Engler, William Fletcher, and Carl Matches, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students in school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Benjamin Marshall [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_090b.jpg?itok=f5qWflZ4 "Benjamin Marshall [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Benjamin Marshall.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Phillips White (Phillips Bob Tail) [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_089a.jpg?itok=HJvMpy2n "Phillips White (Phillips Bob Tail) [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Phillips White (Phillips Bob Tail).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Otto Zotoum [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-MC-005-f10.jpg?itok=2hncW2NE "Otto Zotoum [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Otto Zotoum wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Harry Marmon wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lena Carr and Harry Marmon with staff [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch060.jpg?itok=Sa_xKkmn "Lena Carr and Harry Marmon with staff [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of students Lena Carr and Harry Marmon with staff members Mary R. Hyde (standing in rear at left) and Harriet Hyde Shiverick (standing in rear at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Thomas Wistar [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-MC-005-f16_1.jpg?itok=ZN8Aq1gG "Thomas Wistar [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Thomas Wistar dressed in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections