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 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 Jennie Conners probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Adam McCarty [first pose], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-MC-005-f01.jpg?itok=30292FLF "Adam McCarty [first pose], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Adam McCarty wearing school uniform.
The caption reads: Adam McCarty
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![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 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
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth.
The caption reads: Arnold
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![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
![Thomas Wistar [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch022.jpg?itok=l2tMx6lg "Thomas Wistar [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Thomas Wistar wearing school uniform.
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
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
The caption reads: Rob [?] and [illegible]
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
![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
![Rachel Checote [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73411.jpg?itok=NrAX1zrI "Rachel Checote [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Rachel Checote possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Rachel Checote [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_090c.jpg?itok=xrPBKZ1O "Rachel Checote [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Rachel Checote possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth and three unidentified male students, all in school uniforms. Woolworth is standing at the left in the back row. Based on other photographs, Theodore North may be the student sitting in the right of the front row.
There is an almost undecipherable handwritten caption along the side of the image, which reads in part: Arnold.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Michael Burns.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ernie Black.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Louis Bighorse.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Baptiste Bayhylle and his son Louis Bayhylle [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73451.jpg?itok=Fb7dTQUE "Baptiste Bayhylle and his son Louis Bayhylle [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portarit of Baptiste Bayhylle and his son, Louis Bayhylle. Louis is wearing a school uniform. There apperas to be an illegible caption written along the top of the image.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Baptiste Bayhylle and his son Louis Bayhylle [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_001a.jpg?itok=Z1vAwaqm "Baptiste Bayhylle and his son Louis Bayhylle [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Baptiste Bayhylle and his son Louis Bayhylle. Louis is in a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![George Baker [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74400.jpg?itok=8Om9-iys "George Baker [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of George Baker wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Emily Ross and Ella Ross [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_003a.jpg?itok=-jzHpwE3 "Emily Ross and Ella Ross [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Ella Ross both wearing white pinafores over dark dresses.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![William B. Peery [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_012a.jpg?itok=WWTFpD_2 "William B. Peery [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of William B. Peery wearing school uniform.
Note: In the copy of this image at the American Philosophical Society the student is identified as "William Peary, Peoria."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joshua Given (seated left), Luther Standing Bear (senter), and an unidentified male student, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Tivis.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution