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 Minnie Yellow Bear.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-039d and PA-CH1-064c.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of De Bett Cheynne Chief (seated) and Alexander Yellow Man (standing). Cheyenne Chief is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Mary K. Marmon, Lena Carr, and Harry Marmon [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-PC-004-f23.jpg?itok=Uo-Kp_kT "Mary K. Marmon, Lena Carr, and Harry Marmon [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Mary K. Marmon (seated), Lena Carr (standing in center), and Harry Marmon (standing at right).
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mrs. Marmon, Lena Carr, Harry Marmon.
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Student Mary K. Marmon was also known as Mrs. Walter Marmon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Belle Yellow Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Frank Yates [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_074a.jpg?itok=5wZ32sG- "Frank Yates [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Frank Yates wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Levi Levering [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_020b.jpg?itok=FawUWCuU "Levi Levering [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Levi Levering.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-020b and CS-CH-013.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Otto Wells [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74399.jpg?itok=GWCZy1Kk "Otto Wells [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Otto Wells.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates Wells is wearing a club ribbon with the date 1884 and a medal dated 1884.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Kish Hawkins, Kias Red Wolf, and Clarence Wolf Face [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/BS-CH-014%20front.jpg?itok=OgrgdoT4 "Kish Hawkins, Kias Red Wolf, and Clarence Wolf Face [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Kish Hawkins (at left), Kias Red Wolf (in center), and Clarence Wolf Face (at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf, Levi Levering, and Harvey Warner.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Louise Wilson [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_066b.jpg?itok=jNdMZDIj "Louise Wilson [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Louise Wilson wearing school uniform.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-066b and CS-CH-011.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Clarence White Thunder.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Clarence White Thunder and Fred Big Horse [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_048a.jpg?itok=7SALB4nQ "Clarence White Thunder and Fred Big Horse [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Clarence White Thunder and Fred Big Horse, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a visiting chief.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image. This person is identified as "Apache, N.M." in the album (PA-CH1-092b) and as "Augustine" in BS-CH-004.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![James H. Miller, Jane Vane, a female student and a visitor [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_015a.jpg?itok=CW-evWuB "James H. Miller, Jane Vane, a female student and a visitor [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of James H. Miller, Jane Vane, an unidentified female student and a visitor, probably a Pueblo chief or family member.
Note: The male student was previously identified as Benjamin Thomas based on cataloging of the NAA negative. A researcher suggested that he is actually James H. Miller. The identification of Jane Vane comes from an annotation on the Cumberland County Historical Society's album copy.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Juan Julian, a visiting chief [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_075b.jpg?itok=coRx7DSI "Juan Julian, a visiting chief [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Juan Julian, probably a visiting chief.
This person is identified as Juan Julian in the National Anthropological Archives negative version of this image and also in one of the Cumberland County Historical Society's copies (BS-CH-006). The other copy, located in an album (PA-CH2-075b), is labeled "Augustine." But that is probably a mistake. There are other photographs of a person with that name, wearing similar clothing but distinctly a different person.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Otto Wells [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_012d.jpg?itok=fpklNsfN "Otto Wells [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Otto Wells.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Phillips White (Phillips Bob Tail).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Juan Julian, a visiting chief [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73357.jpg?itok=Ga4HVMLj "Juan Julian, a visiting chief [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Juan Julian, a visiting chief.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Levi Levering [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73799.jpg?itok=p7lgiqqk "Levi Levering [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Levi Levering.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Frank Yates [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74408.jpg?itok=6tcOQHKB "Frank Yates [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Frank Yates wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Standing Bear, Red Fish and five students [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74286.jpg?itok=wLipZWWo "Standing Bear, Red Fish and five students [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Standing Bear and Red Fish with three male students and two female students. The male students are probably Luther Standing Bear, Willard Standing Bear, and Henry Standing Bear. One of the female students is probably Victoria Standing Bear.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Wilkie Sharp (standing) and Stacy Matlock.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Rose White Thunder, posed in profile.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Louise Wilson [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74091.jpg?itok=99cNDu7U "Louise Wilson [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Louise Wilson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Kias Red Wolf (standing at right) and an unidentified male student (at left).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution