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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A posed group of male students in the Carlisle Indian School tin shop with their instructor and Richard Henry Pratt. They are, from left to right: Charles Oheltoint, Richard Henry Pratt, Henry Roman Nose, Paul Black Bear, J.H. Curtain (instructor), Ernest, and Koba.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: CS-CH-097.1-.2.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ruth (Looking Woman), Hattie Long Wolf, Anna Laura, Grace Cook, and Stella Berht.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has six copies of this image: CS-CH-066, PA-CH1-023a, and 10-B-12.1-.4.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of a group of visiting chiefs with some white men and one male student. The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging says they are Sac and Fox chiefs, and that the man wearing a hat on the right rear is Major James M. Haworth, an Indian agent.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ruth (Looking Woman), Hattie Long Wolf, Anna Laura, Grace Cook, and Stella Berht.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of John Primaux.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise, both wearing school-issued print dresses.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of eleven unidentified male students in school uniforms.
Previous cataloging identifies them as from the Arapaho nation, and the version of this image in Princeton's collection identifies them as being Northern Arapaho.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of (back row, left to right): David (Kills Without Wounding), Nathan (Ear), Pollock Spotted Tail; and (front row, left to right): Marshall (Marshall Bad Milk), and Hugh (Running Horse). All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Ernest (Knocks Off) wearing school uniform.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-017a and CS-CH-019.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Red Shirt, a Sioux chief.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-019c and CS-CH-108.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Luther Standing Bear.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Raymond Stewart.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Benjamin Thomas (standing at left), Mary Perry (seated in center), and John Menaul Chaves (seated at right). The two boys are both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lizzie Walton, probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sheldon Jackson (left), Harvey Townsend (center), and John Shields (right), all wearing native clothing.
The handwritten note reads: Pueblos Harvey Townsend Sheldon Jackson.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-19b, CS-CH-074, and 12-26-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Posed portrait of eight female students, presumably kitchen staff, and one staff member in the dining room with set tables.
Note: Three of these students are identified as Eva Pickard, Anna Laura, and Anna Raven.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Students Samuel High Bear and Guy (Bear Don't Scare) working at the bakery. This is a posed photo of them loading loaves of bread on a wheelbarrow outside the bakery.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has four copies of this image: PA-CH1-084c and CS-CH-099.1-.3.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose wearing a school-issued print dress.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose, Anna Laura, Justine La Framboise, and Nancy Renville, all wearing school-issued print dresses.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charles Kawboodle.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of (back row, left to right): David (Kills Without Wounding), Nathan (Ear), Pollock Spotted Tail; and (front row, left to right): Marshall (Marshall Bad Milk), and Hugh (Running Horse). All are wearing school uniforms
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has six copies of this image: PA-CH1-021c, 10-B-07.1-.4, and CS-CH-065.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alice Wynn (back left), Kisetta Roosevelt (back middle), Mabel Doanmoe (back right), Rebecca Big Star (front left), and Harriet Mary Elder (front right). All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
A photograph of a studio portrait, identified as "Friday, a visitor to the Indian school."
This photograph was taken by J.N. Choate, but the photographer of the original portrait is unknown. It may have also been Choate.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Bernard (Hawk Charging Daylight) (standing at left), Horace (Horse) (standing at right), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy) (seated at left), John Renville (seated at center), and Rufus (Strikes the Enemy) (seated at right). All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Chief Big Horse and his son, Hubbell Big Horse. Chief Big Horse wears traditional clothes and Hubbell is in a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

 
![Five Sioux girls [version 2], c.1880 Five Sioux girls [version 2], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_023a.jpg?itok=BPucSOWQ) 
![Visiting Sac and Fox chiefs [version 1], c.1880 Visiting Sac and Fox chiefs [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_bsch044.jpg?itok=ChddWFju) 
![Five Sioux girls [version 1], c.1880 Five Sioux girls [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74321.jpg?itok=PIuYO9fI) 
 
![Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise [version 1], c.1880 Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74254.jpg?itok=D7Ji0IWq) 
![Eleven male Northern Arapaho students [version 1], c.1880 Eleven male Northern Arapaho students [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74284.jpg?itok=5DNA9R_p) 
![Five young male Sioux students [version 1], c.1880 Five young male Sioux students [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73375.jpg?itok=8tYIYK7r) 
![Ernest (Knocks Off) [version 2], c.1880 Ernest (Knocks Off) [version 2], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_017a.jpg?itok=i2kDj7nF) 
![Red Shirt [version 2], c.1880 Red Shirt [version 2], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_019c.jpg?itok=5Ucb-faG) 
 
 
![Benjamin Thomas, Mary Perry, and John Menaul Chaves [version 1], c.1880 Benjamin Thomas, Mary Perry, and John Menaul Chaves [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73235.jpg?itok=EkaJaYcY) 
 
![Sheldon Jackson, Harvey Townsend, and John Shields [version 2], c.1880 Sheldon Jackson, Harvey Townsend, and John Shields [version 2], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-PC-004-f34.jpg?itok=CfaDrD4x) 
 
 
![Lucy Black Shortnose [version 1], c.1880 Lucy Black Shortnose [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74268.jpg?itok=tRv_Vufx) 
![Lucy Black Shortnose, Anna Laura, Justine La Framboise, and Nancy Renville [version 1], c.1880 Lucy Black Shortnose, Anna Laura, Justine La Framboise, and Nancy Renville [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73381.jpg?itok=KlfhE_tS) 
![Charles Kawboodle [version 1], c.1880 Charles Kawboodle [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73391.jpg?itok=amrJqpXG) 
![Five young male Sioux students [version 2], c.1880 Five young male Sioux students [version 2], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_021c.jpg?itok=8fcKJm5a) 
![Five female students [version 1], 1880 Five female students [version 1], 1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73335.jpg?itok=Ku3YYeOZ) 
 
![Five male Sioux students [version 1], 1880 Five male Sioux students [version 1], 1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73380.jpg?itok=kExMPIRr) 
![Chief Big Horse and Hubbell Big Horse [version 1], c.1880 Chief Big Horse and Hubbell Big Horse [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_028b.jpg?itok=0xjYClsV)