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 two unidentified male students, one wearing a school uniform.
The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies this as the "David group," presumably due to information scratched on the glass plate.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Harry Marmon wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Gail Marko [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_050a.jpg?itok=mvQuF2aF "Gail Marko [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Gail Marko.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Kent Black Bear and Dana Long Wolf [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_077a.jpg?itok=dVeyBz5x "Kent Black Bear and Dana Long Wolf [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Kent Black Bear (seated) and Dana Long Wolf (standing), both holding straw boater hats.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Lock (probably standing at left) and Charlie Bird (probably seated at right. Lock is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joshua Given.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of five male students.
The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies this as the "Alfred group," presumably from information scratched on the glass plate.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of four male students.
The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies this as the "Little Elk group," presumably due to information scratched on the glass plate.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Twelve Sioux male students [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_038b.jpg?itok=y1C9xGGA "Twelve Sioux male students [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of twelve male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption says that they were from the Sioux tribe, the Pine Ridge agency and entered in November 1882.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Susie Martinez holding a doll [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0021.jpg?itok=8w9u9LAv "Susie Martinez holding a doll [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Susie Martinez holding a doll.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Susie Martinez & Doll. Delaware.
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has copies of this image: PA-CH1-076a and CS-CH-005.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Five Osage students [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/73822.jpg?itok=NqIovqnp "Five Osage students [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Josephine Pryor, Metopa, Joel Chetopah, Elmer, and Alice Long Pole. All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Ellwood Wilbeforce (Ellwood Moon) [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74013.jpg?itok=WI44ulE5 "Ellwood Wilbeforce (Ellwood Moon) [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Ellwood Wilbeforce (Ellwood Moon) wearing school uniform.
Note: When this student arrived he was known as Ellwood Moon. His information card notes that he later changed his name to Ellwood Wilbeforce.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Rosa Dion probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Harvey Whiteshield [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73891.jpg?itok=G5ltb3eF "Harvey Whiteshield [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Harvey Whiteshield.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Bertha Chips [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_032d.jpg?itok=TTluxIQ9 "Bertha Chips [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Bertha Chips probably wearing school uniform.
Note: Although the spelling on school materials shows the last name as Chips, family members indicate that the proper spelling is Chipps.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Bertha Chips [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73397.jpg?itok=ISgzPhZw "Bertha Chips [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Bertha Chips probably wearing school uniform.
Note: Although the spelling on school materials shows the last name as Chips, family members indicate that the proper spelling is Chipps.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of four young men, two seated, two standing behind them. The young men seated and standing on the left are wearing school uniforms.
Two students are identified as Ota Chief Eagle and Phillips Bob Tail. The other two are unidentified.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joel Tyndall wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Fifteen Sioux male students [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73457.jpg?itok=J76pId_1 "Fifteen Sioux male students [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of fifteen male students wearing school uniforms.
Previous cataloging for this image identifies the students as being from the Pine Ridge reservation. However the caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society version of the image has a caption that says they are from the Rosbud agency and arrived in November 1882.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Theodore McCauley wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Edgar McCassey.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Conroy in school uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: F. Conroy.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of Kent Black Bear in native clothing and feather headdress posed on a horse on the school grounds.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Ella Ross, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Watson Penn, George Summers, Joseph Big Wolf, and a visitor [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_090b.jpg?itok=2_4KPitp "Watson Penn, George Summers, Joseph Big Wolf, and a visitor [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Watson Penn, George Summers, Joseph Big Wolf (seated on the floor in uniform), and a visitor (seated in a chair).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society