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 Constant Bread probably wearing school uniform with neckerchief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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
Studio portrait of Silas Childers wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Richard Wallace.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joseph Cox (seated) and another person (standing in school uniform), identified as "Friend" in the handwritten caption. This is probably student Friend Hollow Horned Bear, also known as Friend.
The caption reads: 93 Joseph Cox + Friend
There is another photograph of Joseph Cox wearing the same clothing (see Related Images). That photograph is also undated.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of George W. Hill.
Note: The handwritten caption identifies this sitter as George Washington. When he first arrived at the school that was the name Hill was known by.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 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
Studio portrait of a visiting chief Augustine Vigil of the Jicarilla Apache.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image. This person is identified as "N. M. Apache" in the album (PA-CH1-092b) and as "Augustine" in BS-CH-004.
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
Studio portrait of Charles Damon, Stailey Norcross, Wood Nashozey, and George S. Watchman. Damon was the youngest, and so is presumably the student at back left wearing a school uniform. Norcross is standing at right, Watchman is probably seated at left and Nashozey is probably seated at right.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Levi Levering.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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
Studio portrait of Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez. All are wearing school uniforms.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-093a and PA-CH2-019c.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Fred Big Horse and Clarence White Thunder, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of nine students. Back row, left to right: Frank West, George Summers, Percy Zadoka, Warden Cleaver; front row, left to right: Annie Thomas, Minnie Yellow Bear, Pollock Spotted Tail, Hattie Longwolf, and Harriet Mary Elder.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-004, 10-B-17, and 10B-08-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Yates wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of three male students and four female students. The caption identifies them as being from the Pueblo nation.
Staff at the Cumberland County Historical Society identified three students based on comparison with other photographs: seated, from left to right Harry Marmon, Francis H. Ortiz, and James B. Garcia.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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
Studio portrait of Louise Wilson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Juan Julian, a visiting chief.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Glass plate negative image of Little Elk.
The caption reads: Little Elk
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Hortie Stevens wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
