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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![Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_069a.jpg?itok=ra3umS8u "Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Benjamin Marshall [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73528.jpg?itok=dtOblE7V "Benjamin Marshall [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Benjamin Marshall.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Left Hand (seated at left), Carl Matches (standing in center), and Short Teeth (seated at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_005b.jpg?itok=L70npmu8 "Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74378.jpg?itok=-EsEUKbV "Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portait of Martha Moore and Ella Moore with their father, John R. Moore.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students and five unidentified female students with a white woman, presumably a teacher.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Henry Kendall.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Eleven female Omaha students [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73441.jpg?itok=jmSMBtiO "Eleven female Omaha students [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of eleven female students in school uniforms. Caption information states they are from the Omaha nation and entered in 1882. If that is accurate, then they are probably Alice Springer, Jennie Mitchell, Mary Tyndall, Ettie Tyndall, Mary Hewitt, Etta Webster, Elsie Springer, Lettie Esau, Alice Fremont, Fannie Merrick, and Mamie Springer.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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 Samuel Scott.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-029d and 13-29-02.
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
![Emily Ross and Ella Ross [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74090.jpg?itok=BxuUJDTk "Emily Ross and Ella Ross [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Ella Ross, both wearing white pinafores over dark dresses.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Cyrus Windy (standing), Samuel Townsend (seated at left), and Luke Phillips (seated at right), all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Louis Bighorse.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73386.jpg?itok=egLWpyR- "Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Leila Jones and Maud Chief Killer, both wearing school uniforms.
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
![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
![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
Studio portrait of Justine La Framboise.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Male students posed working in the tin shop.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the Superintendent's Quarters with two men leaning against the fence in front of the building.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The Disciplinarians Quarters on the school grounds, with the Disciplinarian and his family posed on the front porch.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
View of the Assistant Superintendent's Quarters with the family posed on the porch.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The Hospital building and the Disciplinarian's Quarters. This building replaced the original hospital on the school grounds in 1881.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-008, 10A-C-05, and 12-07-05. The caption for 10A-C-05 reads "Hospital, built mainly by Indian apprentices."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society