Images



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 Cook, seated, with his daughter, Grace Cook standing at left and Hope Blue Teeth standing at right. Cook has an open photo album in his lap.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Nicholas Ruleau.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of instructor Mary Hyde and the Indian School choir, including male and female students in school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society assigns a date of April 30, 1884 to their copy of this image. They also identified several students by comparison with other images: Luke Phillips (back row, second from the left), Luther Standing Bear (front row, far left), and Joshua Given (back row, third from left). 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Portrait of a very large group of male and female students, assembled in rows on the school grounds. The caption for this copy of the image and the copy at the Cumberland County Historical Society both identify this as the student body of the school in 1884. The caption on the Historical Society copy says there are 375 students in the group. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

View of the school grounds looking east/northeast, probably taken from the porch of the School Building. On the left is the Teachers' Quarters, with a fence around the area behind the quarters. On the right is the Chapel. The Large Boys' Quarters is visible in the center in the distance. 

The Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections also has a copy of this image: CIS-MC-003, box 1, folder 13. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Isaac Cutter wearing school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of eighteen students, eleven male and seven female. The caption identifies them as Miss Coats' class. 

School records show Carrie Coats taught at the school in 1884.  

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Wilkie Sharp (standing) and Stacy Matlock.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Mack Kutepi and an unidentified young man.

Previous cataloging interpreted the handwritten caption as giving the name of the unidentified young man as "Bear." 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of William Fletcher (standing) and his uncle Old Crow (seated).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of seven female and eleven male students. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies them as  Miss Coats' class. School records show Carrie W. Coats taught at the school in 1884. 

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: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Joseph Cox in native clothing.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Josep Cox.   Sioux.

Note: Although the caption on the reverse of the card indicates that Josep [Joseph] Cox is Sioux, school records indicate that he belongs to the Omaha Nation.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of George Summers. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Clarence Powder Face and an unidentified young man. 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the name "Thomas" for the unidentified young man. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Victoria Standing Bear. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

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

Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Cecilia Londrosh, both wearing white pinafore aprons over school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Alice Neopet.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Julia Dorris. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Charles Redmore wearing a school uniform. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Casper Edson holding a straw hat. 

A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Casper Edson.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of William Eyawat. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Myra Cedar Grove and Rhoda Red Wolf, both probably wearing school uniforms. 

Note: This identification is preliminary. Previous cataloging identified these students as "Myra and Rhoda Order." 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Boss Sun, a Pawnee chief.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society